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    (post)Modern Thermodynamics School and Workshop

    Organized by members of the Department of Physics and Materials Science and co-funded by the FNR and by the University of Luxembourg, the event (post)Modern Thermodynamics consisted of a school and a workshop that took place at the University of Luxembourg during the second week of December 2022. Approximately 30 members from the University of…

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    Experimental Mathematics Lab: A research experience for students

    Giving students a real research experience and a very different learning environment from very early on in their studies — that is the aim of the Experimental Mathematics Lab in the Department of Mathematics.

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    Physics department workshop: community building & synergy development

    The annual workshop of the Department of Physics and Materials Science (DPhyMS) was held on December 5th, 2022, at the Maison des Arts et des Etudiants on the Belval Campus. This event is a great opportunity for academic members of the Department and bachelor/master students in physics to discuss with colleagues and fellow scientists and…

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    Workshops to improve doctor-patient communication

    Over semester 5 last year, the year 3 medical students at the University of Luxembourg had the opportunity to develop their doctor-patient communication skills, and to train on various profiles of patients: the depressed patient, the taciturn patient, the talkative patient, the aggressive patient. To this end, two professional actors, Ms Monique Melsen and Ms…

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    Research project on circular economy receives FNR grant

    CircuRement (promote resource recoverability by aligning product designs with end-of-life process chains), a project carried out within the Department of Engineering, has received the FNR JUMP grant. 

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    Students at the service of other students

    The tutoring system set up between October and November 2022 by the BMED (Bachelor of Medicine) 2nd and 3rd year students is already a resounding success with the first-year students, who are thus getting the support they need for free.

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    Uni hosts final conference of EU project on sustainable construction

    After a long period of lockdown era meetings, the University of Luxembourg was happily able to host for the first time the guests of the CO2REDRES project (which aims to propose novel and sustainable binder concept for concrete mixes) for an in-person conference for the closure event entitled “Treatment of secondary raw materials for the…

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    Colour-changing fibres for smart clothes

    When 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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    ILNAS publishes its Aerospace Sector Standards Analysis

    In the framework of the National Standardization Strategy 2020-2030, the new edition of the Aerospace Sector Standards Analysis was presented at a workshop organized by ILNAS and the University of Luxembourg on Wednesday 29 June, 2022. The document provides an overview of the space sector and the associated normative context, while encouraging national actors to…

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    University scientists receive top awards at Science Image Competition

    A “sunspot”, an Antarctica mission and liquid crystals – these are the topics of three award winning images at this year’s FNR (Luxembourg National Research Fund) Science Image Competition. The objective of the annually held contest since 2019 is to show the growing role of images in scientific research, to reveal how scientific work is…

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