Category: Research

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    No cold case – Uni researchers explore the future of forensic genomics

    Six new interdisciplinary research projects have received multi-year funding in the context of the Audacity funding instrument of the University’s Institute for Advanced Studies. 

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    University opens international branch of Bilingualism Matters

    The University of Luxembourg hosts an international branch of Bilingualism Matters, a research and information centre with headquarters at the University of Edinburgh and international partner branches all over the world.

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    University and Paul Wurth create Chair in Energy Process Engineering

    Paul Wurth S.A., a company of SMS group, and the University of Luxembourg have entered into an agreement to create and finance the Paul Wurth Chair in Energy Process Engineering. The 5-year agreement was signed on 4 March 2021 by Yves Elsen, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the University, Prof. Stéphane Pallage, Rector…

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    1 million Euros for black holes made from semimetals

    Semimetals are a class of materials which share features known from both metals and semiconductors. In recent years, it was found that the electrons flowing in certain novel – so-called “topological” – semimetals have properties known from particles in high-energy physics. A new research cooperation between the University of Luxembourg and the Technische Universität (TU)…

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    Exploring the future: on forensics, robots, humans and more

    Six new interdisciplinary research projects have received multi-year funding in the context of the Audacity funding instrument of the University’s Institute for Advanced Studies.

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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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