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🟣 #Quantum. #AI. #Data.

No longer separate. These fields are converging to shape science, technology and society.

Join us for the final Quantum Breakfast on 27 November.
📍 Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce
⏰ 08.30 to 11.00
⚠️ Register by 20 November!
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#QuantumAtUniLu
November 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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From quantum biology to sustainable AI, Google supports USD 350,000 in research at #uni_lu

Prof. Alexandre Tkatchenko & Dr. Matteo Gori explore quantum-mediated allostery

Assoc. Prof. Decebal Mocanu develops truly sparse training for energy-efficient AI

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#QuantumAtUniLu
October 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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🏆 Proud moment for the University of Luxembourg at the #FNRAwards 2025!

⦿ Dr. Florian Felten – Outstanding Thesis
⦿ Profs. Andreas Fickers, Sonja Kmec & Dietmar Hüser – Outstanding Scientific Achievement
⦿ Prof. Christos Koulovatianos – Outstanding Mentor

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Rewarding research with impact at FNR Awards 2025
The Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) hosted its annual FNR Awards ceremony on 23 October 2025 on the Belval Campus, in the presence of Stéphanie
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October 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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How can we keep digital info safe as quantum computers challenge today’s codes?

We’re testing Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) through LUQCIA, the University of Luxembourg SnT initiative connecting campuses and beyond.
🎥 Watch the video ↓

#QuantumAtUniLu #CybersecurityMonth2025
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How can quantum tech keep our data safe?
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October 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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🌱 What makes a city truly green?
More solar panels? Smarter buildings? Reusing what we already have?

This Tuesday in #Luxembourg City, join a live #UniverCityTalks on how the green transition is shaping the future of our urban spaces.

#Luxembourg | @villedeluxembourg.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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🟣 Quantum cryptography: once niche, now urgent.

Join us on 23 October at the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce for the 4th Quantum Breakfast, exploring how we secure our digital future in the age of quantum computing.

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#QuantumAtUniLu | @ccluxembourg.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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From Luxembourg, the University of Luxembourg and the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) launch a joint research programme on AI for finance:

- Smarter bond issuance
- Actionable market insights
- Deeper understanding of dynamics

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#AI #Finance #Research | @snt.uni.lu
September 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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🚨 Happy to share my article on recent US pressures against EU #digital regulation, and Europe's (potential) response. Even after the #EU-#US #trade framework agreement, transatlantic relations remain volatile.

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Difficult choices for EU digital regulation push amid US pressure
Recent developments should lead bloc to strengthen its autonomy, writes University of Luxembourg postdoctoral researcher Mark Konstantinidis
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September 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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🎙️ Six scientists. Ten minutes each. One golden trophy 🏆

From rap songs to flying lemons 🍋, the #ScienceSlam makes research fun, creative and easy to understand.

🗓️ Friday 26 Sept | 20.00
📍 Kulturfabrik Esch
🎟 Tickets: 5 € (registration required)

#Science #Luxembourg
Science Slams: a decade of making science entertaining and accessible
Scientists will use (almost) every trick to make their research entertaining and lure you in, especially when they can win a prize. During previous
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September 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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New Academic Year. New Energy. New Ambitions. ✨

On 18 September, #uni_lu opened the doors to 2025/2026 with our annual #RentréeAcadémique: a moment where students, staff, partners and friends come together to look ahead.

#University #Luxembourg
September 20, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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🚨 Job Alert @uni.lu 🚨

We’re hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for Childhood and Youth Research (CCY)!
📊 Work with the Youth Survey Luxembourg on topics like attitudes, digitality, health, political participation & youth values.

👉 More info & apply: recruitment.uni.lu/en/details.h...
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September 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Live in Luxembourg & own a Smarty+? Join LetzPower! 💡

Run appliances when power is cheapest & cleanest, earn GoGift vouchers, and help shape smarter grids.

8-week study by SnT with Enovos & Creos, funded by Fondation Enovos.

Register 👉 www.uni.lu/snt-en/resea...

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September 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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🧬 New AI model SO3LR simulates large biomolecules with quantum accuracy.

Conceived by @uni.lu’s Adil Kabylda & Prof. Alexandre Tkatchenko, with TU Berlin, BIFOLD & Google DeepMind, it paves the way for faster drug discovery & deeper insights into biology.

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#AI #Research
September 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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🎉 Celebrating 10 years of LUCET at the University of Luxembourg.

📊 From ÉpStan tests to national education reports: building a more transparent, inclusive school system for every learner.

#Education #uni_lu #Inclusion
A decade of educational insight: 10 years of LUCET in Luxembourg
For the past decade, the Luxembourg Centre for Educational Testing (LUCET) has been at the forefront of evaluating and improving the country’s school
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September 2, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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The University of Luxembourg opens 4 professor positions via the Anne Beffort Excellence Programme, boosting diversity & gender equality in academia.

AI • Theoretical CS • Mathematics • Electrical Power Quality

Apply by 20 October

#AcademicJobs #Luxembourg
Four female professor positions opened through the Anne Beffort Excellence Programme
The Anne Beffort Excellence Programme is a flagship initiative of the University of Luxembourg, dedicated to fostering excellence, diversity, and gender equality in academia. Named after Anne Beffort ...
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August 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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🟣 Summer isn’t over… but we’re already thinking quantum.

After exploring algorithms and communications, #QuantumBreakfast #3 is here:

☕ #QuantumComputing
🗓️ Friday 18 September, 08.30–11.00
📍 Chamber of Commerce (@ccluxembourg.bsky.social), #Luxembourg

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#QuantumAtUniLu
August 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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🎡 The Schueberfouer is back! Beyond rides & lights, one sound stood out in the 1960s: the voices of the Recommandeurs (barkers).

Research by our own Véronique Faber (@c2dh.uni.lu) + Dr. Vanessa Toulmin from @sheffielduni.bsky.social dives into this art of showmanship.

#Schueberfouer #Luxembourg
Echoes of the Schueberfouer: Voices from the Fairground
Exploring the theatrical and multilingual art of fairground “Recommandeurs” in the sensory chaos of the Schueberfouer during the 1960s.
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August 22, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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⚽️ England vs. Spain in the #WomensEuro2025 final this Sunday!

New research from #uni_lu shows that ancestral diversity can give national football teams a performance edge.

👏 #Diversity = strength.

#Football #TeamDiversity #Economics
Sports and economics series #2: Playing to our differences
After Spain’s victory against England in the men’s UEFA EURO 2024, it’s time for the women’s national teams to shine in 2025. This summer, Switzerland is
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July 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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🌍 Climate action, signed and sealed.

To mark the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, #Luxembourg launched the Climate Nexus Framework Convention: a bold 5-year partnership between the Ministry of the Environment and the University of Luxembourg.

#ClimateAction
July 25, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Go behind the scenes of the Bioimaging Platform at the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine and discover how state-of-the-art #microscopy and image analysis support biomedical research!

#uni_lu
LCSB Bioimaging Platform - University of Luxembourg
YouTube video by University of Luxembourg
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July 24, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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🧠 What if ageing brain cells could be rejuvenated?

Researchers in Luxembourg & Spain built a computational ageing clock that predicts the biological age of brain cells, and uncovered 453 potential compounds to slow or reverse decline.

#uni_lu #BrainHealth | @cicbiogune.bsky.social
July 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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🦠 What if the smallest organisms could solve one of our biggest pollution problems?

At @uni.lu, Prof. Anupam Sengupta and his team are using microbes to replace harmful #microplastic additives, with sustainable, custom-made biominerals.

The future? Cleaner, greener… and microbially engineered.
Microbes offer a green solution to the microplastic challenge
In the fight against microplastic pollution, scientists are leveraging the power of microbes to create sustainable alternatives to harmful microplastic
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July 18, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Did you know that there are researchers who specialise in housing? And how is this field actually studied? That’s exactly what Lindsay Flynn explains in this episode of "Mäin Element".
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#podcast #Luxembourg. #Research #FNR #ATTRACT
Mäin Element - Lindsay Flynn | Lëtzebuerger Journal
Wosst du schonn, dass et Fuerscher*inne ginn, déi sech op de Logement fokusséieren? A wéi gëtt dëse Beräich eigentlech erfuerscht? Genee dat erkläert eis d'Lindsay Flynn an dësem Episod vu Mäin Element - e Podcast an Zesummenaarbecht mam Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR), deen de Mënsch hannert der Fuerschung weist.
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July 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Congratulations to Dr @mkonstantinidis.bsky.social, who has been appointed Thought Leadership Co-Chair of Young ITA (Institute for Transnational Arbitration for the term 2025–2027.

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@uni.lu #uni_lu #LCEL
Dr Mark Konstantinidis appointed Thought Leadership Co-Chair of Young ITA
We are pleased to announce that Dr Mark Konstantinidis, postdoctoral researcher at the Luxembourg Centre for European Law (LCEL), has been appointed
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July 17, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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🎓 Dr Tara Trauthwein wins the Rolf Tarrach Prize 2025 for the best PhD thesis at #uni_lu!

Her research in probability theory is already influencing finance, medicine & AI, and was published in Annals of Applied Probability.

#RolfTarrachPrize #Mathematics #DoctoralExcellence #WomenInSTEM
Young mathematician changes probability theory with award-winning thesis
The Rolf Tarrach Prize 2025, recognising the best doctoral thesis of the academic year at the University of Luxembourg, has been awarded Wednesday 9 July
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July 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM