Category: Research

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    Gaining unprecedented view of small molecules by machine learning

    A new tool to identify small molecules offers benefits for diagnostics, drug discovery and fundamental research.

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    Spuerkeess and Uni.lu Launch Partnership on Decentralised Finance

    Spuerkeess and the University of Luxembourg’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) announce a new partnership focused on exploring the potential of decentralised finance (DeFi).

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    Construction of a new building for biomedical research

    On Tuesday, 29 November 2022, Claude Meisch, Minister of Research and Higher Education, and Simone Asselborn-Bintz, Mayor of Sanem, broke ground for the new Biotech 3 building on Campus Belval, in the presence of a university delegation and the developers of the building. The Biotech 3, opening scheduled for 2026, will foster interdisciplinary research and…

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    Psychological mechanisms in math skills

    Inhibition, mental set shifting, and memory updating are related to math skills in preschool children. These meta-analytic findings from a research project led by the Luxembourg Centre for Educational Testing and the University of Oslo were published in the Psychological Bulletin.

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    Studying educational technology usages in Luxembourg

    As a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, many scholars and scientists have left the country. More than 30 Ukrainian researchers displaced by the war have temporarily joined the University of Luxembourg mainly as research fellows and in some cases under temporary contracts funded by the FNR. In this series of interviews, we briefly present…

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    Active lipids enable intelligent swimming under nutrient limitation

    Biophysicists from the University of Luxembourg have uncovered how microplankton – key photosynthetic organisms which produce nearly 50% of the oxygen we breathe – adopt a thrifty lifestyle when nutrients turn limiting. They strategically harness internal lipids to regulate swimming properties to maximise their fitness.

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    INSIDE COLON event – Boosting cancer prevention

    From 10 to 12 November (10.00-16.00)at the Cactus Belle Etoile shopping mall

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    First Luxembourgish AI Model created in BGL BNP Paribas Partnership

    The first Luxembourgish language model using the state-of-the-art BERT technology was recently released. It was developed through a partnership between BGL BNP Paribas and the University of Luxembourg’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT). Thus, Luxembourg now has its own language model, LuxemBERT, which is open source and publicly available online.

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    €1.5M to attract world-class researchers at the University’s IAS

    The University of Luxembourg will receive 1.5 million euros from the European Union’s flagship research programme, the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, to finance ten research projects at the Institute for Advanced Studies Luxembourg (IAS). These will be part of a new Young International Academics programme, starting in 2024 with a total budget of four million euros.…

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    Exploring multiculturalism in education

    As a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, many scholars and scientists have left the country. More than 30 Ukrainian researchers displaced by the war have temporarily joined the University of Luxembourg mainly as research fellows and in some cases under temporary contracts funded by the FNR. In this series of interviews, we briefly present…

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