
Glassy and reactive: plants are more dynamic than you think
Is the inside of a plant cell more like a liquid or a solid? While this may sound like an odd question, research carried out
Is the inside of a plant cell more like a liquid or a solid? While this may sound like an odd question, research carried out
The new research article by Bastiaan Veltkamp, Krassimir Velikov and Daniel Bonn appears on the cover of the Journal of Fluid Mechanics. The researchers investigated
Given a 3D piece of origami, can you flatten it without damaging it? Just by looking at the design, the answer is hard to predict,
Pour coffee into a mug and you might notice that the water cascading from the jug resembles droplets linked in a chain. Such oscillating “waterfalls”
PhD student Nico Schramma wins the first price of the BioPM Posterawards during the NWO Biophysics conference in Veldhoven with his poster entitled “Collective chloroplast
The physics of collective motion has been well-studied for the last thirty years. Until now, scientists have focused on the study of ‘fluid’ movements, such
Particles that can move on their own (“active matter”) are currently a hot topic in physics. The theory to describe such particles is still being
UvA physicists Daniel Bonn and Mazi Jalaal are involved in in the MIST programme (MItigation STrategies for airborne infection control) in which a large number
We like some foods, and dislike others. Of course, the way food tastes is important, but mouthfeel, and even the sound that food makes when
Daniel Bonn, head of the Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute, was elected as a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). Bonn
The Soft Matter group celebrates International Women’s day with some cake!
The Winter Olympics in Beijing are under way. Dutch athletes are hoping to win many medals, especially in skating events. To improve the performance of