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Luxembourg Centre for Socio-Environmental SystemsTopic: Physics & Materials Science
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Jan Lagerwall obtains ERC Grant to produce smart mechanical sensors
Learn moreProf. 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
Learn moreThe 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
Learn moreA 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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The future is now – how can humans and robots live together?
Learn moreTRANSCEND is one of six new interdisciplinary research projects which received multi-year funding in the context of the Audacity funding instrument of the University’s Institute for Advanced Studies.
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Advancing diagnosis and therapy: Exploring the cancer microbiome
Learn moreSix 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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1 million Euros for black holes made from semimetals
Learn moreSemimetals 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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New ERC grant to develop novel chemical discovery platform
Learn moreAlexandre 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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Two University professors on Highly Cited Researchers 2020 list
Learn moreProfessors 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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Innovative use of machine learning for discoveries in chemistry
Learn moreProf. Alexandre Tkatchenko and his research team at the University of Luxembourg have been awarded grants totalling 500,000 euros to conduct research in the emerging field of machine learning methods for chemical discoveries.