Two weeks ago, we closed the first Quantum & AI Breakfast on a line that stayed with us: "AI is improving the engine. Quantum is beginning to redesign the road." On 8 July, we turn to #sustainability. 🧵
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📢 10 fascinating #ResearchLuxembourg results 💡 Discover #Luxembourg #science & #research news from March 2026 you might have missed. 🔗 www.researchluxembourg.org/en/10-select... @liser.lu @fnr.lu @uni.lu
🥇 Prof. Michael Heneka has been awarded the European Grand Prize for Research 2026. This prestigious distinction was presented by the Fondation Recherche Alzheimer at the AD/PD™ International Conference in Copenhagen. Congratulations on this international recognition!
🎉 Congrats to Frederic Docquier on receiving the prestigious Hicks–Tinbergen Award! ✍ "The Academic Market and the Rise of Universities in Medieval and Early Modern Europe" is co-authored by D. de la Croix, F. Docquier, @aliceineconland.bsky.social & R. Stelter. 🔗Info: www.liser.lu/news/2026-Hi...
📢10 fascinating #ResearchLuxembourg results Can #AI be used as evidence in a court of law? How might a person’s fat cells help promote the formation of new bone tissue? Discover #Luxembourg #science & #research news from Feb. 2026 you might have missed ➡️ www.researchluxembourg.org/en/10-select...
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Can AI be used as evidence in a court of law? How might a person’s fat cells help promote the formation of new bone tissue? Here are the latest scientific news from the Grand Duchy.
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Integrating #AI into historical research: a conversation with Benoît Majerus about his ERC project on the history of offshore shell companies Discover a new article in our AI © C²DH series @majben.bsky.social #digitalhistory www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/arti...
Integrating AI into historical research: a conversation with Benoît Majerus about his ERC project on the history of offshore shell companies Integrating AI into historical research
Professor Benoît Majerus is using AI for his ERC research project on the history of offshore shell companies.
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#WomeninScience #WomeninSTEM Today we’re celebrating Women and Girls in Science. At MEGA we know that your gender does not define your abilities and talents.
✨ AI isn’t the future — it’s the present. In Luxembourg we focus on: faster services, multilingual support, better data, AI tools for public servants, and strong security. 🎯 Goal: Trust, safety, human‑centred innovation. AI’s future is ethical — not just technical.
Winter Holidays ❄️❄️ begin at #ResearchLuxembourg! We wish to express our thanks for supporting our initiative to promote scientific cooperation & research activities in #LuXembourg We wish everyone a happy holiday season ⛄️❄️⛸️🎅🏻🎁 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq5j...
Luxembourg. Winter Skies, Warm Hearts.
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📢 10 fascinating #ResearchLuxembourg results 💡 Discover #Luxembourg #science & #research news from Nov. 2025 you might have missed. 🔗https://www.researchluxembourg.org/en/10-selected-research-luxembourg-results-november-2025/ @statec-luxembourg.bsky.social @liser.lu @fnr.lu @uni.lu @c2dh.uni.lu
Deadline extended! 🎉 Share your story for #EUSEA26 - now open until Dec 8! Join us in Luxembourg to celebrate our 25th birthday and your world of #SciComm & #PublicEngagement. 👉 euseaconf.eusea.info/call-for-pro...
🔬 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞𝗢𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗢: 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 🔬 In the spotlight this week: 5️⃣ 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲: 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 Browse through the slides below to learn how this is being done! More info needed? 🌐 markersofpollution-markopolo.eu/research/wor...
Why aren’t more researchers using #HPC? 💡 Chrys and Francesco open up about the barriers, the missed opportunities, practical and actionable advice, and how HPC could change research for the better. 🎥 Full interview available now: youtube.com/watch?v=VBDIXz9l9LM&feature=youtu.be
It was a pleasure talking to @scihanna.bsky.social @researchluxembourg.org about how scientific evidence can inform #Migration #Policy making! We discussed evidence from our recent @science.org article on how emigration can be harnessed to support the economic development of origin countries.
Brain drain or brain gain? Effects of high-skilled international emigration on origin countries
How does emigration of highly educated citizens of low-income countries to high-income countries affect the economies of the origin countries? The direct effect is “brain drain”—a decrease in the coun...
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🎙️ New #SciLux ep: Does "brain drain" actually hurt home countries? Research of @catiabatista.bsky.social challenges this - migration possibilities can boost education back home. Final episode powered by @researchluxembourg.org. Next season: research across Europe! #migration #economics #podcast
🎙️ New #SciLux ep: Does "brain drain" actually hurt home countries? Research of @catiabatista.bsky.social challenges this - migration possibilities can boost education back home. Final episode powered by @researchluxembourg.org. Next season: research across Europe! #migration #economics #podcast
🦠 Is your #GutMicrobiome helping or harming you? Prof. Paul Wilmes and his team are looking into this question and so much more! It was great to catch up with him finally. Recorded at @uni.lu MediaCentre. Powered by @researchluxembourg.org #microbiome #Parkinsons #Luxembourg
❓How can research drive impactful policy innovation? 🧠 On Sept. 23rd in Luxembourg @liser.lu's Society in Motion invites you to explore this question together. ✨ Don’t miss Society in Motion - Science & Tools for Impact ⌛ Last spots left—learn more & register here: www.liser.lu/events//soci...
On September 23rd, join us at “Society in Motion” www.liser.lu/events//society-in-motion Get your Policy Lab Passport on-site, collect stamps as you navigate through our thematic stands to access rigorous evidence that supports better policy making. Complete the journey & become a Policy Explorer
Space weather can significantly impact life on Earth and our daily technology. I recently spoke on #SciLux with Dr. Carl Shneider from SnT (@uni.lu) about this fascinating field! Available wherever you get your podcasts. Proudly powered by @researchluxembourg.org #spaceweather #space
The gap between "eat your veggies" and actual human behaviour is... significant 😅 Listen to the latest episode of #SciLux to learn more about #nutrition, #diet, doing science and a lot in between. www.scilux.eu/episodes/nut... Episode supported by @researchluxembourg.org #sciencepodcast #scicomm
Eating for Life: Talking Nutrition with Dr. Torsten Bohn — SciLux
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🌞 #ResearchLuxembourg goes on summer holiday! 🙏 We would like to thank you for supporting the developments & news related to scientific cooperation & research activities in #Luxembourg 🏖️ See you in September w/ plenty of new research developments to share! We wish you all a wonderful summer!
📢 10 fascinating #ResearchLuxembourg results 💡 Discover #Luxembourg #science & #research news from July 2025 you might have missed. 🔗 www.researchluxembourg.org/en/10-select... @statec-luxembourg.bsky.social, @liser.lu, @fnr.lu, @uni.lu, @liser-lc.bsky.social, @ministryeconomylu.bsky.social
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Is the emigration of qualified people an asset for a country? And what role does waist circumference play in type 1 diabetes? Here's the latest scientific news from the Grand Duchy.
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The @c2dh.uni.lu offers one short-term fellowship (two months) for a scholar at risk in 2026 at @uni.lu. The application deadline is 15.10.2025. Thanks for sharing www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/news...
Scholar at risk fellowship 2026
To promote international exchanges and collaborations in the field of contemporary, public and digital history, the C²DH offers one short-term fellowship position for 2 months for a scholar at risk.
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This week’s #HPCSummerQuest shows how AI shifts job skills in Europe. Feimi, Gathmann, Gregory & Marguerit used #MeluXina to scan 33M job ads, finding a 15% boost in data skills and 16% rise in decision-making for AI-exposed roles . Read more👉 www.luxprovide.lu/how-ai-is-re...
On my latest #SciLux podcast episode I spoke with Prof. Jennifer Balakrishnan (Boston University) who solved the "cursed curve" problem, and Tim Seuré (University of Luxembourg) on fully homomorphic encryption. Find it wherever you get your podcasts. #NumberTheory #Cryptography #Mathematics
🦠 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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This week on our #HPCSummerQuest, researchers tracked Ne⁺ ions in polyethylene with #MeluXina. Their large-scale runs show embedding, displacement & sputtering with real-world benchmarks on 128 CPU nodes (1.5K–48K atoms). Read now👉 www.luxprovide.lu/mdspec-molec...
🥈 #Luxembourg's population, w/ a median age of 39.7, is the second youngest in the #EuropeanUnion behind Ireland at 39.4. 🧲 Luxembourg 's #youthfulness is due in part to the continued influx of #diverse young #immigrants of working age. ℹ️ Learn more: www.researchluxembourg.org/en/young-at-...
Young at heart: Luxembourg ranked as the EU's second youngest country
Luxembourg’s population, with an median age of 39.7, is one of the youngest in the EU. This is another strong indicator of Luxembourg's attractiveness to working aged people.
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‼️ ERC Proof of Concept grant Prof. Paul Wilmes has received an ERC Proof of Concept grant to explore whether gut microbes can help detect Parkinson’s disease early, even before symptoms appear. 🧠 @erc.europa.eu #Luxembourg #uni_lu #ParkinsonsDisease
💡 What drives #innovation made in #Luxembourg? 🎬 A new video by LuXembourg - Let's Make It Happen of the @ministryeconomylu.bsky.social will take you through Luxembourg’s priority sectors for innovation in 30 seconds: #aerospace #cleantech #logistics #IT #healthtech www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTDj...
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🎧 New SciLux episode! Professor Elisabeth Letellier (@uni.lu) and Dr. Mina Tsenkova (@amgen.bsky.social) discuss how diet and gut microbiome influence colorectal cancer development. 🎙️Listen now. Powered by @researchluxembourg.org #ColorectalCancer #GutHealth #SciLux #SciencePodcast