Treatment with methylphenidate appears to affect specific tracts in brain white matter in boys with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder according to this study published in the journal Radiology.

ImPhys Phd’s Maurice Krielaart and Ryan Lane have won poster prizes at the Microscopy & Microanalysis 2019 conference in Portland (USA)

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded nearly three million euros to seven recently appointed researchers in physics and chemistry through the START-UP programme. Both David Maresca and Sebastian Weingärtner have been awarded with a grant

In case you missed the inaugurational speech of Prof Sjoerd Stallinga, the recorded speech 'Zichtbaar/Onzichtbaar' can be watched on collegerama.

His lab will be working on the development of novel methods for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to enable quantitative depiction of pathologies in-vivo.

A collaboration of Sjoerd Stallinga with Stijn Kragt, Davey Hoekstra, Dick Broer and Albert Schenning of TU Eindhoven has led to a paper “3D Helix Engineering in Chiral Photonic Materials” in Advanced Materials.

Paper Freek Pols: "Introducing argumentation in inquiry—a combination of five exemplary activities" published in Physics Education.

Hannah Nijsse successfully completed her Bachelor End Project (BEP) on 10 July 2019. She developed a method for quantifying image sharpness in MR images after FatNav motion correction.

The research team of Koen van Dongen received a grant of € 38.095,00 for their project on “Real-time dose reconstruction for proton therapy based on proton acoustics”. This grant will allow the team to conduct a feasibility study at HollandPTC.

Researchers Nico de Jong (Imaging Physics) and Toeno van der Sar (Quantum Nanoscience) have received funding from NWO within the National Science Agenda programme: Research on Routes by Consortia (NWA-ORC). Both researchers will lead an interdisciplinary consortium that focuses on a particular scientific and societal challenge.