Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology - LIST

05/12/2025

🌲 Climate change is transforming our forests — but how exactly?
And how can science help us understand what’s happening?

In this video, Richard Keim explains why long-term forest monitoring is becoming just as essential as the decades of water monitoring we’ve already built. As our climate changes, some tree species will cope… others won’t. To prepare, we need solid data, smart models, and eyes on the ground.

This work is part of FORLUX, a national project where our teams are:
🌲 building a forest health monitoring system for Luxembourg
💧 studying how trees use water
🌍 analysing forest carbon storage
💨 improving our understanding of air quality

All of this will help forest and water managers make better decisions for the future.
👉 https://www.list.lu/en/environment/project/forlux/

But science isn’t the only way to tell this story.
We’ve also teamed up with artist Ben Carter, whose beautiful cardboard landscapes reveal the hidden systems that keep forests alive. His work echoes the challenges we’re seeing in our research 👉 https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1358216756316934&set=pb.100063858661498.-2207520000

04/12/2025

🌱 Forests are living systems — and their decline is happening fast.

Luxembourg artist Ben Carter explores this question in a striking series of four connected cardboard landscapes. Each 15 cm square box represents a stage of environmental decline: a thriving woodland gradually giving way to fire, infestation, extreme weather and drought.

Beneath each miniature scene, painted layers trace the continuous flow of groundwater — slowly drying as the damage above intensifies. The work also reflects a loss of natural balance: without predators, growing deer populations overgraze young shoots, preventing regeneration. In the “infestation” box, fallen trees hint at the increasing power of climate-driven storms.

Together, the four boxes form a single terrain where water flows from the hills toward sea level, reminding us that every disruption — roots, soil, canopy or climate — echoes through the entire ecosystem.

These artistic insights mirror the findings of our researchers. Forest health in Luxembourg has declined sharply in the last two decades due to droughts, pests, extreme weather and environmental pressures.

Through some of our projects, we are working with Ville de Luxembourg to better understand these changes and protect the vital services forests provide — from clean air and water to biodiversity and carbon storage.

By combining scientific evidence with artistic expression, we aim to strengthen awareness of how deeply interconnected our forests are — and why protecting them matters now more than ever.

24/11/2025

𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑e𝐒𝐊𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲!

Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility ( ) is changing the ways we travel, move goods, and design our cities. However, this shift affects not only technology but also transforms jobs, skills, and innovation across the mobility ecosystem.

📌 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞. The EU must ensure that its is well prepared for the new roles, tools, and ways of working. If we do not act now, skills gaps may slow down the transition, limit competitiveness, and leave workers behind.

With the Reskilling Project, we are now introducing 🚀 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲!

The Community is an online space where professionals and organisations from across Europe can connect, share expertise, and 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲? 📣
📄 Gain early access to research, tools, and policy insights from our project
⚖️ Contribute directly to recommendations for Europe’s workforce and mobility systems up to 2050
🧠 Take part in workshops, webinars, and co-creation sessions on skills and innovation
🤝Collaborate across sectors (public authorities, industry, researchers and worker organisations)

Your perspective matters and can influence how Europe adapts to CCAM, becomes competitive in the sector, and leads a shift that is both innovative and socially inclusive.

If you want to be part of this transformation, the first step is simple 👇

🔗 Register here and start engaging today:

Join the RESKILLING Stakeholder Forum — a collaborative space to engage with Europe's CCAM transition. Stay informed, exchange insights, and co-create solutions for a fair and inclusive shift in the transport workforce. Connect, contribute, and help shape the future of mobility and employment.

22/11/2025

The has kicked off! 🔬🚀

Come dive into science and experience our six interactive workshops:

🌱 Plants under Attack – Discover how react to stress and threats | 📍N55
🦠 Microbe Hunters – Explore the secrets of microbes in our | 📍N27
📡 Ultimate Sensors – Feel the future with ultimate | 📍N37
🚐 Methavan – Learn how waste becomes | 📍N11
🤖 AI & Satellite Observation – See in action studying the sky | 📍N21
🌌 SpaceCraft – Hands-on adventure | 📍N51

👨‍🔬👩‍🔬 Huge thanks to the 70 LIST researchers making this possible, ready to share knowledge, spark curiosity, and inspire tomorrow’s scientists!

✨ Join us today and tomorrow from 10am to 6pm and explore the exciting world of science!

📍 Location: Neumünster Abbey, Luxembourg City
🔗 More info: https://lnkd.in/eWyxNQS3

Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) | Musée national d'histoire naturelle Luxembourg | Emmanuel Defay | Pauline Seeburger | Alvaro Estupinan Donoso | Olivier Parisot | Mickael Stefas | Jimmy Roussel | Prasad ADHAV, Ph.D.

01/09/2025

Welcoming Professor Olivier Guillon as our new Chief Executive Officer! 🎉

Starting today, 1 September 2025, Olivier steps into the role following a unanimous decision by our Board of Directors. With his leadership, we look forward to strengthening LIST’s role: turning scientific knowledge into technologies, smart data, and tools that empower citizens, public authorities, and businesses to make better decisions and shape a more sustainable future.

Olivier joins us from Forschungszentrum Jülich, where he directed the Institute of Energy Materials and Devices, and from his professorship at RWTH Aachen University in Germany. He brings with him not only scientific and industrial expertise, but also a passion for driving innovation with real-world impact.

28/08/2025

“We’re developing tech for a future that doesn’t exist… yet.”🌍✨

🔬 Kathryn Hadler shares how the Luxembourg National Research Fund - FNR programme is helping Space Resources Innovation Centre - ESRIC build groundbreaking technologies to extract and manage space resources—pushing boundaries far beyond the lab.

💡 Why it matters: The innovations we develop for the Moon and beyond are helping us rethink how we manage resources here on Earth too.

🎥 Explore more in our Annual Report 2024: https://annual-report2024.list.lu/our-research-our-innovation/space

18/08/2025

🔬 Capturing the tiniest structural details. Revealing chemical composition.

Developed at LIST, magSIMS is a breakthrough nano-imaging instrument that views the tiniest details and reveals their chemical composition at the same time.

From boosting battery performance and improving solar cells, to advancing electronics, life sciences, and even cultural heritage analysis — magSIMS is unlocking insights that drive innovation across industries.

In 2024, we took magSIMS from lab to market through a major licencing agreement with German high-tech manufacturer RAITH Group, paving the way for large-scale commercialization.

📖 Read the full story in our LIST Annual Report 2024 👉 https://annual-report2024.list.lu/our-research-our-innovation/digital

14/08/2025

💧Monitoring wastewater for a healthier society 🧬

In LIST Annual Report 2024, we celebrate innovations that connect science and society — and MicrObs is a perfect example.

Developed by LIST in collaboration with the Health Directorate and Water Management Agency, MicrObs is Luxembourg’s first national wastewater monitoring dashboard, transforming wastewater analysis into real-time public health insights.

By tracking viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and RSV, MicrObs acts as an early warning system to protect communities and strengthen Luxembourg’s long-term health resilience.

Discover MicrObs and more transformative projects in our Annual Report 2024 👉 https://annual-report2024.list.lu/our-research-our-innovation/environment

Explore the dashboard here 👉 www.microbs.lu

11/08/2025

In 2024, LIST released Version 1 of BESSER — a powerful, open-source low-code platform developed under the leadership of Jordi Cabot and funded by the Luxembourg National Research Fund - FNR PEARL programme.

💡 With BESSER (BEtter Smart Software fastER), we’re simplifying software development — empowering professionals and newcomers alike to build robust applications with minimal coding.

By democratising development, BESSER paves the way for a future where software creation is accessible, collaborative, and AI-augmented.

Explore the platform on GitHub 👉 https://lnkd.in/esHFt7mF
Read more in the LIST Annual Report 2024 👉 https://lnkd.in/eceMUcnB

07/08/2025

As part of our Annual Report 2024, we’re spotlighting a milestone in responsible AI: the LIST AI Sandbox - a technical testing platform and the world’s first ethical bias leaderboard for large language models (LLMs).

📊 Designed for transparency, the LIST AI Sandbox evaluates a growing set of models across seven types of social bias—from gender and race to disability and age. Users can explore real-world examples of passed and failed tests and contribute by suggesting new models or test scenarios.

While it is not a regulatory sandbox under the EU AI Act, LIST’s initiative aligns closely with its goals:
✅ Inclusive AI development
✅ Fairness and non-discrimination
✅ Transparency and community-driven oversight

This platform supports developers, researchers, and policymakers in shaping AI systems that are safer, fairer, and more compliant by design.

📘 Learn more in the LIST Annual Report 2024 👉https://lnkd.in/eceMUcnB
🔗 Explore the AI Sandbox 👉 https://lnkd.in/ec66adV5

06/08/2025

A.R.T.ificial Intelligence: art meets code!

As part of our 2024 science–art collaboration, artist Faber Photography reinterprets the invisible architecture of AI through a two-part visual narrative:

📷 1. Neural connections - an abstract illustration of the digital brain — links that power AI decision-making, but remain unseen by most.
📷 2. Bias in focus - a visual grid inspired by the LIST AI Sandbox, reflecting various forms of art.
📷 3. This artwork is inspired by a scientific visual generated by Alessio Buscemi under the supervision of Jordi Cabot, blending the portraits of 25 individuals from diverse backgrounds — a visual manifesto for inclusion and fairness in AI.

💡The LIST AI Sandbox is a powerhouse platform that tests and secures trustworthy artificial intelligence.

🔗 Explore the LIST AI Sandbox 👉 https://lnkd.in/ec66adV5

05/08/2025

Discover our 2024 key figures!

✨ 177 top-tier scientific publications
✨ 25 patents, 16 licensed technologies
✨ 30+ active partnerships (Goodyear, Intel , UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency …)
✨ Competitive EU grants (European Research Council & European Innovation Council)
✨ 756 people, 61 nationalities, 114 new hires
✨ Actions Positives label by Ministère de l‘Égalité des genres et de la Diversité
✨ Leading national initiatives like the 🇱🇺

From quantum tech and polymer cooling to humanitarian AI and urban sustainability, we made breakthroughs in natural environment & resources, built environment, industrial environment, space and AI.

📘 Dive into the full report: https://annual-report2024.list.lu/