Organisation: Department of Physics and Materials Science

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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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    The Chemical Origins of Biological Metabolism

    Physics meets Biology Hybrid Colloquium

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    Multiscale simulation approaches for probing biomolecular phase behaviour

    Physics meets Biology Hybrid Seminar

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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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    Multiscale modelling of bacterial populations

    Physics meets Biology Hybrid Seminar, Talk by Dr. Philip Pearce

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    Controlling self-assembly by chemical fuels

    Physics meets Biology Hybrid Colloquium

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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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    The future is now – how can humans and robots live together?

    TRANSCEND 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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