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LaserSTAMP project: outstanding results for laser industry

Launched in September 2016, the multidisciplinary cross-border project “Laser and Surface Treatment Assisted Metal Polymer assembly (LaserSTAMP)”, coordinated by the University of Luxembourg in collaboration with the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), the University of Namur and industrial partner company Optec, is coming to a successful end.

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Call for application Grand Prix PRODPILOT

In 2020, the PRODPILOT consortium will award the PRODPILOT Grand Prix for the second time in the Greater Region with the motto « Making companies aware of productivity potential ».

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Carte Blanche: About crises, climate change, time constants & hydrogen

Europe mobilises billions of Euros these days to fight against the virus crisis. But what is the difference to the climate crisis? It is the so-called time constant, the time between an action and the system’s reaction, to say the least. The time constant of the virus crisis is a matter of days – we can…

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A step forward towards photonic circuits with metamaterials

Researchers from the University of Luxembourg and their international research partners have recently reported how a special kind of artificial materials, called epsilon-near-zero metamaterials, might enable an unprecedented control of light properties on a temporal scale which is 1000 billion times smaller than a second. The scientists have published an article in Communications Physics, an open…

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Deuxième comité d’accompagnement réussi du projet PRODPILOT

Le 28 mai 2020, le deuxième comité d’accompagnement du projet INTERREG V A PRODPILOT s’est déroulé avec succès malgré les difficultés causés par la crise sanitaire. En raison de la situation actuelle, la réunion n’a pas pu avoir lieu au Luxembourg comme prévu. Toutefois, comme le consortium ne voulait pas manquer l’occasion de présenter personnellement…

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Quiz Astigmath: great success for the first edition

On 29 April 2020, the Department of Mathematics at the University of Luxembourg hosted an interactive online trivia game called « Astigmath: le quiz qui corrige votre vision des mathématiques ». Intended for all ages, this inaugural version attracted over 250 participants who were asked questions about mathematics, its history and its famous contributors. A lot had to…

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Cross-border cooperation continues irrespective of lock-down

The University of Luxembourg is part of several Interreg projects that support cooperation between local and regional partners from the Greater Region. PRODPILOT, one of these projects, focuses on analysing the status of productivity in terms of lean and Industry 4.0 using a self-assessment tool. A virtual workshop was recently organised with the six partners…

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Zur Hochwasserhistorie der deutschen und luxemburgischen Mosel

Offizielle Pegelaufzeichnungen der Mosel liegen seit etwas über 200 Jahren vor. Um das langfristige Trendverhalten der Hochwasserabflüsse besser abschätzen zu können, wurden auch vier Jahrhundertereignisse zwischen 1572 und 1784 rekonstruiert und statistisch analysiert. Zudem geben historische Berichte Auskunft über noch weiter zurückliegende Ereignisse, wovon das « Magdalenenhochwasser » vom Juli 1342 in mehrfacher Hinsicht ein Extremereignis war.…

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions: award for physicist Daniel Barragan

Daniel Barragan-Yani, postdoctoral researcher within the Department of Physics and Materials Science at the University of Luxembourg, has recently been awarded a Marie Curie Individual Fellowship from the European Commission. With a budget of 178.320 euros for two years, Daniel will work on defect-based quantum technology.

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International experts exchange about weather prediction

On 25-26 February 2020, the international workshop on improving Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Tropospheric Products for Meteorology gathered more than 40 renowned experts on Kirchberg campus to exchange about the tools to improve prediction of weather.