The Laboratory of Applied Bio-Acoustics of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia has developed a study showing that low-frequency noise produced by large-scale human activities at sea causes acoustic trauma to cephalopods, a class of mollusks, that leads to severe injuries to their auditory structures

STAFF | APRIL 11TH, 2011

Eco Slim, a one of a kind eco-friendly catamaran, has set sail. It is powered with renewable energy, built by Drassanes Dalmau and developed by a team from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. It is the first boat with these characteristics in Spain and the largest in Europe

STAFF | MARCH 30TH, 2011

The sound of Japan's earthquake and its aftershocks have been recorded from the seabed, live via the Internet, through a network of underwater observatories located on each side of the epicenter of the quake. The detection has been carried out Polytechnic University of Catalonia

STAFF | MARCH 17TH, 2011

The so-called “Fibre-to-the-home” network is a new universal fiber-optic network born from research carried out by the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. This broadband fiber-optic network will have many more features and be able to reach each and every European household

STAFF | FEBRUARY 8TH, 2011