SciLux
Podcast about science in Luxembourg and beyond - in every episode we have a look at the latest scientific research and technological changes in Luxembourg or we discuss it with scientists or researchers working in Luxembourg. This is a podcast for people who love science, but aren't necessarily science graduates. We post a new episode every second week.
Episodes
79 episodes since 2020
Season 4 - Episode 25 - Water on the Moon
In this episode of SciLux, we have a closer look at lunar water with Dr. Veneranda López Días from the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST). We explore the parallels between the water cycles on Earth and the Moon, the various f...
September 17, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 25
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44:17
Season 4 - Episode 24 - SciLux with InTune - Music Education and Movement
In today's episode of Scilux, we look at music performance and education in Luxembourg. Joined by Eva Klein from In Tune (the Philharmonie Luxembourg podcast) and our guest, Luc Nijs, Associate Professor in early childhood music education, we e...
September 03, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 24
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49:20
Season 4 - Episode 23 - Solar Panels
Time to learn more about solar energy with an exceptional guide: Professor Phillip Dale, Head of the Laboratory for Energy Materials at the University of Luxembourg. Discover the photovoltaic technology, from the basics of solar cells to advanc...
July 30, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 23
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42:02
Season 4 - Episode 22 - Labour Law
This time we look at European and comparative labour law with Luca Ratti, Associate Professor at the University of Luxembourg. Luca shares his journey of making labour law engaging for students and discusses his research on minimum wages and Eu...
July 16, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 22
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42:00
Season 4 - Episode 21 - Science Podcasting at LAML
This very special episode includes fragments of biology podcasts made by students at Lycée Aline Mayrisch during an FNR-funded project.During the Project Week at school, the students visited the Musée de l’Homme in Paris where they got i...
July 09, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 21
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16:56
Season 4 - Episode 20 - Can We Change Time Perception?
Many factors can influence the way we feel the passage of time. And it seems we can also alter it using extended reality. Listen to Dr. Jean Botev and Sahar Niknam (University of Luxembourg) and Prof. Argiro Vatakis (Panteion University of Soci...
July 02, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 20
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45:31
Season 4 - Episode 19 - Beauty in Physics and Chemistry
In our recent discussions with physicists we have often ended up discussing beauty. Wikipedia says that beauty is a feature that makes objects pleasurable to perceive. And what does prof. Alex Tkatchenko think?Prof. Alex Tkatchenk...
June 18, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 19
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45:06
Season 4 - Episode 18 - Climate Change Research
In this episode of SciLux, we talk about climate science and policy with Dr. Andrew Ferrone, a physical climatologist and the head of the Meteorological Department at the Administration of Technical Agricultural Services in Luxembourg. Andrew s...
June 11, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 18
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48:43
Season 4 - Episode 17 - AllergoOncology
Here's interdisciplinarity at its best - combining experitise in allergies and oncology we get a novel and special look at the interesting link between cancer cell growth and allergies. Listen to our guests, Dr. Aurelie Poli (LIH) and Dr. Heath...
June 04, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 17
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40:20
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Time Series and Directional Statistics
Sometimes science is about going very deep, but it pays off to also cross disciplines and try to apply your knowledge to other fields - this is exactly what my guests try to do in their statistical research. Listen to Prof. Masanobu Taniguichi ...
May 21, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 16
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32:33
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Child Poverty
It is time to design policies that will combat poverty without relying on economic growth. In the latest episode, two experts in child poverty, Dr. Anne-Catherine Guio (LISER) and Prof. Olivier De Schutter (Université catholique de Louvain) hav...
May 07, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 15
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37:45
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Gut Microbiome, Immunotherapy and Targeted Cancer Therapy
In oncology the treatment is very diversified right now – there’s surgery, chemotherapy, radiology, but also immunotherapy and targeted therapy. In this episode of SciLux we focus on the last two combined with some studies on gut microbiome and...
April 23, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 14
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41:31
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Exposomics
Talking to Dr. Dagny Aurich from Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB, University of Luxembourg) turned to be a brilliant travel through many of our previous episodes and we referred a lot to our discussion about unknown chemicals wi...
April 09, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 13
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36:45
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Thermodynamics and Chemical Engines
The invention of heat engines has played a key role in human evolution and this is the starting point for our discussion about thermodynamics with our guests, Prof. Massimiliano Esposito (University of Luxembourg) and Dr. Emanuele Penocchio (No...
March 26, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 12
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44:20
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Microsimulations
If you want estimate the expected impact of a policy intervention, for example a modification of a tax rate, you can use microsimulations. Microsimulations can inform decision makers on the possible effects of their policies on individual hou...
March 12, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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39:22
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Epigenetics
This episode felt a little like going back to school as Dr. Archibold Mposhi from LIH was nice enough to first explain very basic genetics and only then moved to his specialisation, epigenetics - the study of the influence of environment and be...
February 27, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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36:02
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Can Sustainable Materials Be Beautiful?
Sustainability seems to be discussed in all areas of our lives nowadays. But what does it actually mean for a materials engineer? And most importantly, how can we convince the consumers to buy sustainable materials not only because they are bet...
February 13, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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37:45
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Space Robotics
After a couple of weeks of discussion we finally had the pleasure to talk to the head of the amazing space labs at SnT (University of Luxembourg) and one of the postdocs who is a member of the space robotics group (SpaceR). Prof. Miguel Olivare...
January 30, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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35:58
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Health Economics
It is not the first episode in which we learn how interconnected everything is. Health economics is all about trying to see the big picture and taking the right cost-effective decisions. Prof. Marc Suhrcke from Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Eco...
January 16, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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38:47
Season 4 - Episode 6 - 3D Printing Organic Materials
What if we just used the soil that is on your plot instead of bringing the building materials from somewhere else? Doable? Angelika Bocian-Jaworska, the founder of Äerd Lab, convinced us that this is going to happen. Right now Angelika focuses ...
December 19, 2023
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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37:33
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Satellite and Quantum Communications
They fly above our head in the thousands yet we tend to forget about them - the satellites! In this episode we had a chance to learn a lot about them, how to communicate with them, where they are, but we also went beyond to quantum communicatio...
December 12, 2023
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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46:45
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Housing Policy
Ever wondered how housing policies and markets add to inequalities within and across countries? And how does it work in Luxembourg?In the PROPEL project, Prof. Lindsay Flynn looks at the forces shaping patterns of inequality within and b...
November 28, 2023
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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41:18
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Software Engineering and Chatbots
Would you think about building a bridge or constructing a house before actually making a plan? Probably not. Yet for software we have a tendency of not starting with the bigger picture. We often forget that for complex programmes we need proper...
November 14, 2023
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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45:42
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Biobanks and Sample Preparation
It was great to have the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Kathleen Mommaerts, who works at the Integrated BioBank of Luxembourg, an institution affiliated with the Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH). Our conversation revolved around sample pr...
October 31, 2023
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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36:07
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Mentorship in Academia
Ever wondered how mentorship worked in academia? We did for sure, and that's why for the first episode of the new season we invited two experienced mentors: Prof. Simone Niclou, the Vice-Rector for Research at the University of Luxembourg and P...
October 17, 2023
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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44:22