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Higgs

On July 4th of 2012 two experiments CMS en ATLAS at the LHC in Geneve presented new results regarding the hunt for the Brout-Englert-Higgs boson. They announced on a joint seminar the 5 sigma discovery of a new elementary particle. At the 'Universitaire Stichting' in Brussels a press conference was organised to elaborate about the results. Our research group 'Elementaire Deeltjes Fysica' (Elementary Particle Physics) played an important role in the discovery and therefore organised at 9AM in room U241 a videoconference with the rest of the CERN groups.

Check out the movie.

(3/1/2012)

PhD student Jeroen Devreese in top 3 in de Young Speakers contest

PhD student Jeroen Devreese from the research group "Theorie van Kwantumsystemen en Complexe Systemen" (TQC - Theory of Quantum and Complex systems) was nominated to be in the top three best presenters in the Young Speakers contest of the 'Belgische Natuurkundige Vereniging (BNV)'. He presented his work in the plenary session of the annual meeting of the BNV.

(3/7/2012)

Atoms revealed in 3D

Prof. Dirk Van Dyck from the physics department describes this week in Nature a new method to determine the positions in 3D of individual atoms with exceptional high resolution. This technique opens new doors to study properties of materials.

More information can be found here: EOSMagazine (Dutch) and the article.

(20/6/2012)

BNV poster prize for PhD student D. Sels

Drs. Dries Sels from the reseach team "Theorie van Kwantumsystemen en Complexe Systemen" (TQC - Theory on quantum and complex systems) won a prize in the poster competition from the Belgian Physics Society. His poster with title "Phase-space dynamics of 2D topological insulators" won the third prize.

(1/6/2012)

Science meets arts with prof. dr. Floris Wuyts and Jan Fabre

On the festival "What’s the matter with method?" in the Arts centrum 'Buda' in Kortrijk scientists and artists met. On Saturday the 14th of April 2012 a conversation between artist Jan Fabre and physicist Prof. Floris Wuyts op led to new recipies for "artistic methods". What can they learn from each other? Is science a form of arts or the other way around?
Professor Floris Wuyts talked also about the connection on Friday the 13th of April 2012 in on Radio 1.

Listen to the interview

(18/4/2012)

Drs. Joachim Ganseman stimulates restructuring IT eductaion

In "De Morgen" (newspaper) of Friday the 13th of April 2012 an interview interview with Drs. Joachim Ganseman of the research team Visie appeared claiming that Flanders is the last region without modern IT education. He pursues investigation on restructuring our system with fast actions. If Flanders does not act, Flanders will never develop a decent IT industry.

Full article

(17/4/2012)

Optimess 2012 is big succes!

The Optimess 2012 conference, organised on April 4th and 5th of 2012 at the University of Antwerp by Prof. Joris Dirckx and Dr. Jan Buytaert from the BiMef research team was again a big succes.

More information is available from the conference webpage: Optimess 2012

Prof. Dr. Staf Vantendeloo receives title Doctorus Honoris Causa

On Februari 28th of 2012 Prof. G. Van Tendeloo of the EMAT research team received the title 'Doctorus Honoris Causa' from the 'Universidad National de Ingenieria' in Lima (Peru).

Click here for more information and pictures of the ceremonial.

(19/3/2012)

Front page Journal Hearing Research

A figure from the article "Open access high-resolution 3D morphology models of cat, gerbil, rabbit, rat and human ossicular chains." by W. Salih, J. Buytaert, J. Aerts, M. Dierick, P. Jacobs and J. Dirckx from the research group Biomedical Physics (BIMEF) in a collaboration with the Centre of X-ray tomography, University of Ghent, which has just been published in the Journal Hearing Research volume 284 number 1-2/February 2012 (one of the most reputable journals in the field Auditory Research), was chosen to stand on the front page.

You can find the article here . (27/02/2012)

Article of PhD student Joris Soons on ABC News

A recent article of PhD student Joris Soons et al. of the research team 'Biomedical Physics' on the power of the beak of the Java finch was published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface (one of the top magazine in Biology). Via a media announcement it was picked up by ABC News, who broadcasts the message from its website.

You can read the article or have a look on the webpage of ABC news: http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2012/02/16/3431644.htm

(16/2/2012)

Higgs at the Science Bar

Already in October 2008 Prof. Nick Van Remortel of the research team 'Elementary Particle Physics' shared his views on the new possibilities with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in the 'Wetenschapscafé Antwerpen'.

On Wednesday the 15th of February of 2012 he updated the students on the quest for the Higgs boson in a new 'Wetenschapscafé Antwerpen'.

Click here for more information.

(15/2/2012)

25 under 25

Drs. N. Van den Broeck was one of the 25 talented students under 25 selected for the end-of-the-year edition of the 'De Morgen Magazine', more specific for his research on metallic nanoshells. Read the article.

(20/1/2012)

Higgs

On Tuesday the 13th of December 2011 a public seminary was hosted by the CMS and ATLAS collaborations explaining the status of the quest for the Brout-Englert-Higgs particle . The seminary could be followed all over the world through videoconferencing. The main message was that there are hints towards the existence of the boson. Prof. Pierre Van Mechelen of the 'Elementary Particle Physics'-group and some physics students shared their knowledge on the news the same evening.

You can read the article or watch the movie. More info can be found on: http://www.hep.ua.ac.be/

(20/12/2011)

Cover of JARO magazine for Jan Buytaert et al

The article on "Realistic 3D Computer Model of the Gerbil Middle Ear, Featuring Accurate Morphology of Bone and Soft Tissue Structures" from the authors J. Buytaert, W. Salih, M. Dierick, P. Jacobs and J. Dirckx of the research team BiMef in collaboration with the UGCT of the University of Gent, published in the 'Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology' (JARO) Volume 12, Number 6 of December 2011 (the highest-ranking journal when dealing with scientific research of the hearing system), colors the cover page of the same edition.

You can find the article here.

(19/12/2011)

Prof. F. Peeters new member of 'KVAB'

Prof. F. Peeters is elected as a member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium ('Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België',KVAB).

(6/12/2011)

Article on Darwin finches

The EOS magazine on sciences and technology of November 2011 shows an article on the research on Darwin finches where the research team Biomedical Physics of the Department of Physics has played a prominant role. For this study they worked in close collaboration with Prof. Peter Aerts (Department of Biology) and many other national and international institutes and labs.

Click here to read the artcile in Dutch.

(29/11/2011)

Dr. Stuart Turner receives award "Robert Oppenheimer" 2011

The research board of the University of Antwerp assigned to Dr. Stuart Turner affiliated to the EMAT research group the reward "Robert Oppenheimer" 2011.
This biennial award honours young and successful researchers of the UA who delivered a special contribution to his/her scientific field. In accordance with all terms of the Rosa Blanckaert Foundation, the reward is given to one of the candidates postulating the rewards provided by the Research Board of the Faculties of Science, Medical Science and Biomedical Science.

The reward will be inaugurated on Tuesday the 15th of November 2011 at 16.00h in auditorium G.010 located on Campus Middelheim.

(11/10/2011)

Prof. Jacques Tempère receives 'Prijs Callataÿ & Wouters 2011'

This year the award 'Prijs Callataÿ & Wouters' distributed by the Fund for Scientific research (FWO/FNRS) goes to Prof. Jacques Tempère. He is the laureate because of his original and profound study on econophysics which is in line of the overall goal of the award.

The inauguration will be held on Monday the 12th of December 2011 around 17.30h in the buildings of the FWO/FNRS.

(6/10/2011)

Dr. Golibjon Berdiyorov receives the 'Award Frans Verbeure 2012' from the research board

The research board of the UA assigned to Dr. Golibjon Berdiyorov of the TGM research group the 'Award of the Research Board 2012' - Frans Verbeure (Science). This biennial award honours a young and successful researcher for a special contribution in his/her scientific field.
The inauguration will take place on Tuesday the 15th of November 2011 at 16.00 u. in the auditorium G.010 located on Campus Middelheim.

(27/9/2011)

Prof. Floris Wuyts organizes successful symposium

More than 150 participants enjoyed the successful ELGRA Biennial Symposium "Gravity: from µ to x!" held form the 5th of September 2011 until the 9th of Septemeber 2011. More information on the symposium can be found here.

(15/9/2011)

Drs. Nick Van den Broeck wins 'Best Masterthesis Award 2011'

During the scientific meeting of the Belgian Physics Society (BPS) on the 25th of May 2011 one out of three thesis awards went to Drs. Nick Van den Broeck for his work on 'Metalic Nanoshells on a solar cel'. His work can be found on the 'scriptiebank' and on the webpage of the TGC research group.

(15/7/2011)

Drs. Katrijn Putteneers wins second prize in the 'EPJ Best Poster Contest 2011'

During the scientific meeting of the Belgian Physics Society (BPS) on the 25th of May 2011 the second prize in the 'EPJ Best Poster Contest 2011' went to Drs. Katrijn Putteneers for her work on 'Density-Functional-Monte-Carlo-Theory for calculating properties of nanosystems'. His work can be found here'.

(15/7/2011)