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Elizabeth von Hauff named professor by special appointment at UvA

Dr Elizabeth von Hauff has been named professor by special appointment of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics in Energy Conversion at the Faculty of Science of...

Christmas trees stay green in winter due to photosynthesis shortcut

The reason why pine trees are so popular at Christmas is because they stay green through the winter.

Davide Iannuzzi awarded ERC PoC grant for project involving cervical cancer screening device

Davide Iannuzzi, a physicist at VU Amsterdam, has been awarded a Proof of Concept grant by the European Research Council (ERC), for the DIADELPH project.

Dr. Charusheela Ramanan joins the Physics Department

Dr. Charusheela Ramanan joins the Physics department as an Assistant Professor, in the section of Photoconversion Materials.

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