Topic: Physics & Materials Science

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    Professor Jorge Iñiguez named 2022 American Physical Society Fellow

    Jorge Iñiguez, an affiliate professor of physics at the University of Luxembourg and a leading physicist at the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), has been elected fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) for 2022.

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    Uni opens physics and engineering labs for 16th Portes Ouvertes

    Following in previous years’ footsteps, the University of Luxembourg once again opened its physics and engineering laboratories to the public this year.

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    “Portes Ouvertes Luxembourg”: Visit University Labs

    The University of Luxembourg will participate in the 16th edition of the “Portes Ouvertes Luxembourg”.

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    Dr Martin Stöhr wins Rolf Tarrach Prize 2022

    The 2022 award for the best PhD thesis of the University of Luxembourg was conferred to Dr Martin Stöhr, PhD in Physics, for his work “Van der Waals Dispersion Interactions in Biomolecular Systems: Quantum-mechanical Insights and Methodological Advances”, under the supervision of Prof. Dr Alexandre Tkatchenko.

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    International Team Identifies Neurotoxins generated by COVID-19

    New results from an international research team composed of the La Trobe and Swinburne Universities in Melbourne, ETH Zurich, and the University of Luxembourg, published in the peer reviewed Nature Communications on 13 June 2022, offer an explanation for the brain shrinkage evidenced from MRI scans following even from mild cases of COVID-19. The team…

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    University researcher receives the first EIC grant in Luxembourg

    A consortium including the University of Luxembourg has been awarded a prestigious PathFinder Open grant of the European Innovation Council (EIC) that supports innovative and disruptive technologies with high impact.

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    ERC Advanced Grant on Quantum Materials for Prof. Alexandre Tkatchenko

    Professor Alexandre Tkatchenko, head of the Department of Physics and Materials Science and professor of theoretical chemical physics at the University of Luxembourg, has been awarded an Advanced Grant (AdG), the most prestigious single-investigator award offered by the European Research Council (ERC). The project is related to the broader field of Quantum Materials in physics,…

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    Jan Lagerwall obtains ERC Grant to produce smart mechanical sensors

    Prof. Jan Lagerwall, physicist at the University of Luxembourg, has obtained a Proof-of-concept grant from the European Research Council (ERC). He will work on the production of sheets and fibres of smart sensors applicable on various materials and therefore useable in monitoring the health and stability of buildings and in smart textiles, respectively.

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    European scientists develop technology for protein identification

    The University of Luxembourg participates in PROTEIN-ID, a research consortium that aspires to create device able to generate a proteins identity card. The newly funded project will develop a method to identify proteins in real time and trace their identity using spectroscopic techniques, artificial intelligence and sensors operating at the nanometer scale.

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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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