Category: Research

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    International study links socioeconomic deprivation to dementia risk

    Current research shows that cognitive impairment and dementia are, to a significant degree, determined by the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age.

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    Dr Martin Stöhr wins Rolf Tarrach Prize 2022

    The 2022 award for the best PhD thesis of the University of Luxembourg was conferred to Dr Martin Stöhr, PhD in Physics, for his work “Van der Waals Dispersion Interactions in Biomolecular Systems: Quantum-mechanical Insights and Methodological Advances”, under the supervision of Prof. Dr Alexandre Tkatchenko.

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    Encevo Launches First Joint Research Projects with Uni.lu and LIST

    Encevo S.A. announced today that they have signed a Partnership Framework Agreement with the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), and the University of Luxembourg’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT). This Partnership Framework Agreement follows the signature of an MoU in 2021. In this context, Encevo, SnT and LIST have also…

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    Professor Stéphane Bordas elected to the Learned Society of Wales

    Stéphane Bordas, Professor of Computational Mechanics at the University of Luxembourg’s Department of Engineering, has been named Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.

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    Ukrainian refugee crisis tests humanitarian and integration policy

    In a new Research Note, researchers from the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), the University of Luxembourg and the European Migration Network (EMN) discuss the issues related to the massive inflow of displaced persons from Ukraine and the need for monitoring its consequences and implementing a solid evidence-based action plan to improve refugees’ integration.

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    Infinite Reality Launches Global Metaverse Hub in Luxembourg

    Infinite Reality (iR), the Metaverse entertainment and innovation company, announced today a strategic relationship with the University of Luxembourg’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability, and Trust (SnT) to introduce a global, open metaverse, from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. This is a significant piece of the company’s European expansion plans.

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    Global biodiversity framework falls short on chemicals

    An international group of scientists are highlighting the broad impacts of chemical pollution on ecosystems to decision makers as negotiations continue on a new international agreement to protect biodiversity.

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    Research on next-generation fitness tracker receives Lux-Quebec grant

    NextStepEI (Next level step monitoring in health, sports and medicine by augmenting gait with meaningful environmental information), a new bilateral research project co-coordinated by teams at the University of Luxembourg, the Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH), the Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg (CHL) and other international partners from Quebec, has been conferred the AUDACE grant –…

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    International Team Identifies Neurotoxins generated by COVID-19

    New results from an international research team composed of the La Trobe and Swinburne Universities in Melbourne, ETH Zurich, and the University of Luxembourg, published in the peer reviewed Nature Communications on 13 June 2022, offer an explanation for the brain shrinkage evidenced from MRI scans following even from mild cases of COVID-19. The team…

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    “Remixing Industrial Pasts in the Digital Age” reweaves History

    The research project “Remixing Industrial Pasts in the Digital Age” of the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH) is part of the European Capital of Culture Esch 2022’s University of Luxembourg’s projects.

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