Category: Research

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    The University of Luxembourg mourns the loss of Pierre Hippert

    Pierre Hippert, a long-lasting and avid supporter and friend of the University of Luxembourg died Thursday, 3 June, at the age of 92.

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    Solar cell efficiency record: University of Luxembourg comes close

    A solar cell developed by physicists from the University of Luxembourg and Uppsala University has recently been certified with an efficiency of 14%, which comes close to the world record of 15.5%. These new findings have been recently accepted for publication in the international journal of energy research Joule.

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    Secondary impacts of COVID-19 hit girls and low-income children harder

    New research suggests that adolescent girls and children from low-income homes are especially vulnerable to effects of COVID-19 that can affect mental health. Results of an international study show that key determinants of well-being are surprisingly similar in children from Luxembourg, Germany and Brazil. The study explored the well-being of adolescents across three countries that…

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    SnT Partners with LuxTrust to Research Post-Quantum Cryptography

    Yesterday, LuxTrust S.A. and the University of Luxembourg’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) announced their collaboration in a research partnership that will investigate cryptographic algorithms resistant to quantum computers. The announcement was made yesterday in a press release.

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    The future is now – how can humans and robots live together?

    TRANSCEND is one of six new interdisciplinary research projects which received multi-year funding in the context of the Audacity funding instrument of the University’s Institute for Advanced Studies.

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    Study reveals opinions about COVID-19 vaccine and prioritisation

    A survey conducted among 5,000 persons in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Sweden during March 2021 reveals how residents feel about COVID-19 vaccination strategies and prioritisation.

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    What has the COVID-19 crisis done to our education system?

    The University of Luxembourg and the Ministry for Education, Children and Youth presented today first insights from the November 2020 ÉpStan (Épreuves Standardisées), the Luxembourg School Monitoring Programme. The 2020 edition of ÉpStan provides representative data of the perception of home-schooling in elementary and secondary schools.

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