Researchers from the FOM Institute AMOLF have shown that the mechanical rigidity of amyloid nanofibrils depends on the molecular folding of the protein building block. Fibrils of the same chemical composition become 40 times stiffer when the proteins are folded into beta-sheets instead of alpha-helices.read more »

The FOM Physics Thesis Prize 2011 has been awarded to dr. Klaas-Jan Tielrooij. He receives this prize worth 10,000 euros for his research into the properties of water in the vicinity of ions and molecules.read more »

Researchers from New York University and FOM Institute AMOLF have developed non-living structures that can self-replicate. This new artificial process could lead to a far more efficient production of materials from very small building blocks (micro and nano scale). The results of this research were published on 13...read more »

Op zaterdag 8 oktober wordt van 12:00-17:00 de jaarlijkse Open Dag op het Science Park Amsterdam georganiseerd.read more »

Water molecules on the surface of a water mass exchange energy with each other extremely rapidly. Researchers from the FOM Institute AMOLF observed this with a new spectroscopic technique they have developed.read more »

The Dutch technology foundation STW (Stichting voor de Technische Wetenschappen) decided to fund Heeren’s pixelated detector research within the framework of STW’s “Open Technology Program”. The grant will fund a four-year research program, in which the two FOM institutes, AMOLF and Nikhef, are joining forces to...read more »

Take a picture with your smart phone and have its Fourier transform calculated, and vice versa. A new App, developed by AMOLF director Albert Polman, his PhD student Ernst Jan Vesseur and INFI Inc. is now available on-line. read more »