Category: Research

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    New innovative and sustainable projects for the Greater Region

    The University of Luxembourg takes part in three new Interreg projects which tackle regional challenges in the construction, manufacturing and water sectors. The projects are carried out with several stakeholders from the Greater Region.

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    Encevo Group joins forces with LIST and SnT

    Encevo, the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) and The University of Luxembourg’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust of the University of Luxembourg (SnT) will team up to accelerate the transition to a sustainable energy landscape. The corresponding Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the parties on 25 January 2021. 

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    Investigating the modulation of the COVID-19 immune response

    In a recent paper, the research team around Prof. Antonio del Sol from the University’s Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) describes a new method of how molecules can be identified that amplify and maintain the inflammatory response upon an infection. They use their novel method to identify these molecules in COVID-19 patients and suggest…

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    A University Chair in Urban Regeneration for Esch-sur-Alzette

    Renowned architect and urban planning researcher Prof. Markus Miessen has been appointed as chairholder for the new endowed Chair in Urban Regeneration between the University of Luxembourg and the city of Esch-sur-Alzette. The Chair is dedicated to urban planning and urban regeneration of Esch-sur-Alzette.

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    Diagnosing learning disabilities in multilingual contexts

    The University of Luxembourg, the Centre pour le développement des apprentissages Grande-Duchesse Maria Teresa (CDA) and the Minister of Education, Children and Youth, Claude Meisch presented a new publication on learning disabilities in multilingual contexts on Monday 18 January 2021. The handbook “Lernstörungen im multilingualen Kontext: Diagnose und Hilfestellungen” is the first result of a…

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    Uni & ABBL Explore AI for Instant Anti-Money Laundering Due Diligence

    The University of Luxembourg’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), the Luxembourg Bankers’ Association (ABBL) and Fondation ABBL pour l’éducation financière today announced a new partnership. They will work together to explore and develop trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools for instant anti-money laundering due diligence. The project is aimed at crafting a methodology…

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    New ERC grant to develop novel chemical discovery platform

    Alexandre Tkatchenko, professor of theoretical chemical physics at the University of Luxembourg, has been awarded a Proof-of-Concept grant from the European Research Council (ERC) to develop a novel chemical discovery platform.

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    Five higher education institutions create UNIVERSEH

    “UNIVERSEH – The European Space University for Earth and Humanity”, an alliance of five higher education institutions, was officially launched in a virtual inauguration ceremony today. UNIVERSEH was established in November 2020 to develop new ways of collaboration in the field of space, within the “European Universities” initiative by the European Commission.

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    Uni.lu & Ministry of the Economy set up Chair in Digital Procurement

    The University of Luxembourg and the Ministry of the Economy announce the creation of an academic Chair in Digital Procurement. The Chair will be hosted at the University’s Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management (LCL) of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance and will train Master students in the use of new technologies and…

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    Two University professors on Highly Cited Researchers 2020 list

    Professors Stéphane Bordas and Alexandre Tkatchenko from the Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine have been ranked among the world’s most influential academics on the “Highly Cited Researchers 2020” list published by Clarivate. Prof. Bordas has been on the list consecutively since 2015, Prof. Tkatchenko since 2018.

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