Category: Research
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Colour-changing fibres for smart clothes
Learn moreWhen we think about clothing, we usually think of it as something we wear to cover our body, convey our style and protect us from the environment. What if the cloth changes its visual appearance when you stretch your hand?… such mechanoresponsive material has enormous potential in a large range of transformative applications in the…
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ECOSS 2022: University hosts successful surface science conference
Learn moreThe 35th edition of the European Conference on Surface Science (ECOSS) was held in the week of the 29 August – 02 September 2022 in the Maison du Savoir, the main building of the University of Luxembourg (UL) on the Belval campus.
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A summer school and conference about statistics
Learn moreFrom the 18 to the 20 July, around 40 people participated in the 3-Day meeting of Statisticians in Paris hosted by Institut Henri Poincaré. Participants had the chance to listen to leading researchers in the domains of Statistical Learning and Shape-constrained Estimation to discuss recent advances. 9 young researchers were also invited to present their…
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The University proposes a visual math dictionary in 20+ language
Learn moreThe Visual Mathematical Dictionary is an ongoing collaborative and didactical project aimed at breaking language barriers.
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Active Time Management: Strategies from the bacterial world
Learn morePhysicists from the University of Luxembourg have uncovered how living systems – despite large differences at the level of individual properties – execute key biological processes in a timely manner.
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Medicine and the end of life – experiences and insights
Learn moreTo mark the publication of the book Das Warschauer Konzert – oder der letzte Gang (loosely translated as “The Warsaw Concerto – or the final curtain”) by Dr. Bernard Thill, the medical education team at the University of Luxembourg organised an academic and cultural event on 5 July. The book narrates the fate of terminally…
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STLE Edmond E. Bisson Best Paper Award
Learn moreScientists from University of Luxembourg and HYDAC win STLE Edmond E. Bisson Best Paper Award
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Study shows microbiome-derived formate promotes colorectal cancer
Learn moreColorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common and lethal malignancies in Western countries. It is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second most common cause of death from cancer in Europe (World Cancer Research Fund). In recent years, an increased morbidity in young adults has been observed in several parts of…
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BSc Physics student publishes breakthrough article on quantum chaos
Learn moreThe quest for the understanding of complex quantum systems and their properties occupies a central stage at the frontiers of physics, with applications ranging from material science to black holes. The pursuit of this quest has motivated emergent quantum technologies such as quantum computation. Any system in isolation is described by the celebrated Schrödinger equation,…
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Engineering students design and manufacture personal wind turbines
Learn moreA group of 45 students from the Bachelor in Engineering program at the University of Luxembourg has developed personal wind turbines as part of a competitive project-based learning course. The objective of this interdisciplinary project was to charge their mobile phones with the smallest amount of wind kinetic energy.