For the first time in Spain’s history, wind power was the country’s leading source of electricity in the month of March. Wind power provided 21% of Spain’s total electricity, equaling a savings of 1.7 million tons of CO2 emissions. Spain stands out for its global commitment to this alternative energy source along with solar power

STAFF | ABRIL 4TH, 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

A new underwater robot has recovered a black box from the bottom of a pool and successfully performed other tasks. The experiment conducted at the University of Girona is part of a project involving engineers from across Spain. If successful, it would save human and financial resources in underwater work

STAFF | MARCH 21ST, 2011

The boundaries between research in one scientific field and another are often blurry, as highlighted in the symposium “Frontiers in Biology.” One example is the use of the electron microscope, which has now entered the field of epigenetics and furthered the study of DNA packaging

STAFF | MARCH 9TH, 2011