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

290,000,000,000,000,000,000. This is the estimated number of bytes stored by humanity in 2007. A study published in Science Express, which involved a researcher from the Open University of Catalonia, has measured the ability of existing technology in the world, both digital and analog, to store, communicate, and calculate information

STAFF | FEBRUARY 22ND, 2011

The advertisements and products of the major global suppliers take center stage at the world’s biggest mobile phone trade show, the Mobile World Congress, held this week in Barcelona. However, one cannot ignore the presence of a new generation of technological entrepreneurs from Catalonia trying to stake their claim on the wireless market

17 FEBRUARY 2011

Breast cancer is increasingly diagnosed through early screening programs, many of which already use digital mammograms. This diagnostic tool helps reduce false positives in the early detection of breast tumors, according to a study by Barcelona’s Hospital del Mar

STAFF | FEBRUARY 16TH , 2011

The latest smart phones, tablet computers and a universal charger are among some of the technological innovations on show at the Mobile World Congress, taking place from February 14-17 in Barcelona. Having bounced back strong from the recession, the industry faces the new challenge of how to avert the collapse of mobile phone networks

STAFF | FEBRUARY 15TH, 2011

Barcelona’s Pompeu Fabra University and Hospital Clinic will work together to develop a scientific and technical infrastructure in the field of biomedical imaging systems applied to minimally invasive procedures and the management of biomedical information in Catalonia, with the goal of becoming a leader in Europe

STAFF | JANUARY 17TH, 2011

A team from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia is leading a European study on how to partially replace electromagnetic compatibility tests on real aircraft with simulations. The goal is to reduce the interference of onboard electronic equipment and thereby improve aircraft safety and reduce construction costs

STAFF | JANUARY 11TH, 2011

A team at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia has developed and patented a scanning system for locating and extracting information from the Wikileaks website. The technology, called DEX, can also be put to use for tasks in areas as diversified as fraud detection, biomedicine, education, social media and the Internet

STAFF | DECEMBER 29TH, 2010

A research group at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia has developed a system to increase the safety and reliability of the power grid. The main purpose is to protect against overloads at transformer stations, regulate the power supply during peak demand periods and avoid outages in emergency situations

STAFF | DECEMBER 1ST, 2010

The recent explosion of a Rolls-Royce engine on a Qantas aircraft should not be a serious blow to the Airbus consortium taking into account that the company does not manufacture aircraft engines and that the decision of which type of engines is mounted on an aircraft corresponds exclusively to the airline. But the lack of public awareness of these issues could complicate Airbus’s business.

NOVEMBER 19TH, 2010

The design of new applications based on technological innovation depends on many factors. Among the most important, and with a growing presence in marketing techniques, is the power of persuasion, which delves into the psychology of the consumer looking for the elements that convince them to choose certain products and even ways to change their attitude if not their behavior. This set of techniques has been baptized “captology.”

XAVIER PUJOL GEBELLÍ | OCTOBER 19TH, 2010

The BOINC initiative uses the computing power of home PCs to fuel research projects in various fields of science on everything from the search for extraterrestrial life to studies on climate change. Worldwide, there are about 350,000 volunteers who share their computing power to this end.

ÀNNIA MONREAL | OCTOBER 4TH, 2010