The election polls conducted by RAC1, SER and El País were the closest to the final results of the Catalan elections held on Nov. 28, while the CIS poll was the least accurate, according to a study by two professors at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) and Pompeu Fabra University (UPF)

ÀNNIA MONREAL | DECEMBER 15th, 2010

Europe’s mobile wireless networks could collapse within three years’ time due to the increase of users who have smartphones and are connected to the Internet. Two projects funded by the European Commission, one of which is developed by researchers at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, are already working on technology that will prevent this breakdown.

PATRICIA MORÉN | AUGUST 30TH, 2010

What will the solar homes of the future be like? Self-sufficient in their energy needs, environment friendly and economically more affordable. This characterizes the prototype solar home designed by the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), one of the institutions participating in an international competition of solar houses that begins June 18 in Madrid and will prove to be a true showcase of homes for the future.

Patricia Morén | 9 june 2010

The presence of this Nobel-winning physicist in Barcelona on 22 April was on the occasion of a highly-deserved tribute. Equipped with a samovar and a never-empty cup of tea, Pitaevskii paid tribute to his former master in a lecture at the Technical University of Catalonia. His teacher was one of the most influential researchers in modern physics: Lev Landau. For half a century, Landau’s school in Moscow was a cradle of equations, principles and theories that would end up garnering more than one Nobel prize. Here's why.

Jordi Montaner | 5 may 2010