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Call for participation in Indiana Jos Tour
En savoir plusThe University of Luxembourg is looking for scientists and researchers willing to offer a science workshop for children in 2021. This outreach activity is linked to a science communication training in November 2020.
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LaserSTAMP project: outstanding results for laser industry
En savoir plusLaunched 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
En savoir plusIn 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
En savoir plusEurope 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
En savoir plusResearchers 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
En savoir plusLe 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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CANBIO programme: training PhD students in cancer biology
En savoir plusIn the frame of the Cancer Biology “CANBIO” doctoral training unit launched in 2016 by the University of Luxembourg, the Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH) and the Laboratoire National de Santé (LNS), the first virtual PhD defence and online training module took place at the time of COVID-19.
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Successful first edition of the Science Comics
En savoir plusMore than 8000 copies of the science comics “Through the looking glass” have been distributed so far in Luxembourg and the Greater Region. Due to the wide interest in those short stories about research in Luxembourg, the comics are now available in four languages.
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Quiz Astigmath: great success for the first edition
En savoir plusOn 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
En savoir plusThe 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…