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Hermit crab (dardanus calidus)

Noise pollution harms marine invertebrates

An international scientific study, led by the UPC’s Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics (LAB), shows that noise from human operations at sea damages marine invertebrates and ocean ecosystems. Published in Frontiers in Marine Science, the work points out that noise pollution at sea can even cause death in some marine species.
Representation of a neutron star

Neutron star that behaves like a black hole discovered

A study with UPC participation published in ‘Nature’
Justin Zoppe

Researcher Justin Zoppe wins an ERC Consolidator Grant

To develop new chiral metamaterials
Examples of organisms that have colonised submerged structures, demonstrating SEASLAG’s expected regeneration activity and biodiversity impact.

Research on marine regeneration using industrial waste

A project with SARTI participation

ESA BIC is located in the RDIT building on the UPC Baix Llobregat Campus

ESA BIC Barcelona issues a call to incubate aerospace start-ups

Open until 28 March
Imatge de recurs

The UPC, a new member of EIT Manufacturing

A knowledge and innovation community of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)
Group picture of the representatives of Nimble Diagnostics.

Nimble Diagnostics closes a financing round of one million euros

To monitor patients with implanted stents
Image of the A4Cat platform, developed under the ANYWHERE project by Hyds and implemented by the Civil Protection Service of the Government of Catalonia.

Improving the response to climate change-related emergencies

In a European project in which the UPC’s CRAHI participates
The project aims to prevent accidents and environmental disasters, to save lives and to protect marine wildlife

AI for navigational safety

In a European project in which the UPC is participating
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With Maria-Pau Ginebra, Full Professor

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  • 29,812 students
  • 3,523 teaching and research staff
  • 2,074 administrative and service staff
  • 65 bachelor's degrees
  • 84 master's degrees
  • 45 doctoral programmes
  • 18 schools
  • 275  lifelong learning programmes 
  • 19 patents last year
  •  348  million euros 2023 budget
  • 72,7  million euros R&D income
  • 70,151 alumni

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