Category: Research
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Researchers study interactions in molecules using AI
Learn moreResearchers from the University of Luxembourg, Technische Universität Berlin, and the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society have combined machine learning and quantum mechanics to predict the dynamics and atomic interactions in molecules. The new approach allows for a degree of precision and efficiency that has never been achieved before.
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University receives 2.5 million euros for research in data science
Learn moreThe University of Luxembourg has recently been awarded a prestigious ERA (European Research Area) Chair grant under the EU’s Horizon 2020 framework programme. With a budget of 2.5 million euros for the period 2019-2024, the university will create a high-level research group in mathematical statistics and data science. It is the very first time that…
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Better understanding of how colon cancer develops and progresses
Learn moreResearchers from the University of Luxembourg have discovered a molecular mechanism that is responsible for the spread of cancer cells in the body and the development of metastases in patients with colon cancer. Their findings could help to develop treatments that inhibit tumor growth.
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Scientific sleuthing for reproducible results
Learn moreResearchers found traces of foreign, non-human genetic material in human blood samples. It turned out that it was not a groundbreaking scientific discovery, but mostly the result of contaminated laboratory materials. Scientists led by Associate Prof. Paul Wilmes of the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) of the University of Luxembourg recently published an article…
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Researchers explore new applications for “Smart” Material
Learn moreResearch led by scientists from the University of Luxembourg has shown the potential of liquid crystal shells as enabling material for a vast array of future applications, ranging from autonomous driving to anti-counterfeiting technology and a new class of sensors.
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Jean-Sébastien Coron receives an ERC Advanced Grant
Learn moreJean-Sébastien Coron, Associate Professor in cryptography at the University of Luxembourg, has been awarded the prestigious “Advanced Grant” by the European Research Council (ERC). Funded by the European programme Horizon 2020, Jean-Sébastien Coron and his team will receive up to € 2.5 million over a period of five years to conduct research in cryptography at…
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A digital exhibition about the Great War in Luxembourg
Learn moreThe digital exhibition Éischte Weltkrich: Remembering the Great War in Luxembourg is developed by the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History at the University of Luxembourg (C2DH), with the aim of addressing an important but neglected and understudied period in the country’s history.