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Researchers design a catalyst to produce industrial chemicals from greenhouse gases
A UPC team has developed a ceramic, biocompatible catalyst that captures greenhouse gases and converts them into useful chemicals in a more sustainable and cost-effective way than current technologies. So far, it has successfully passed the pilot... -
DigiPatICS consolidates the use of AI to improve cancer diagnosis and share results
The eight hospitals of the Catalan Institute of Health have optimised breast cancer diagnosis thanks to artificial intelligence algorithms developed by the UPC as part of the DigiPatICS project. These algorithms automate the analysis of tissue... -
13 UPC researchers distinguished in the 2025 Academia Excellence programme
UPC research took centre stage in the latest call for the Government of Catalonia’s Academia Excellence programme (formerly ICREA Academia), securing 13 of the 50 grants awarded. The UPC thus becomes the institution with the most selected faculty... -
First tests of a subsea robot set to be integrated into the OBSEA observatory to monitor the seabed and create a digital twin
On 19 November, researchers from the UPC’s Technological Development Centre for Remote Acquisition and Data Processing Systems began the initial testing of a robot designed to monitor the seabed at the port of Vilanova i la Geltrú. They aim to... -
Oriol Vinyals, honorary doctoral degree holder by the UPC: “AI allows us to focus on asking the right questions to advance science”
On 26 November, the UPC conferred an honorary doctoral degree on researcher Oriol Vinyals, vice-president of Research at Google DeepMind. Professor Eduard Alarcón delivered the oration in praise of Vinyals’s achievements at an event held in the... -
Algorithms for cancer diagnosis, a greenhouse gas catalyst and the spin-off Virmedex receive awards
The jury of the 15th UPC Research Valorisation Award has recognised DigiPatICS as the best technology transfer project, Permanently Polarized Hydroxyapatite as the best market-ready invention and Virmedex as the best technology-based company. A... -
Using AI to decodeing the mechanisms that enable plants to adapt to climate change
An international research team led by the UPC has used advanced machine learning techniques to identify, for the first time, the key genes that enable plants to respond simultaneously to multiple forms of environmental stress. The study, published... -
Last days to register for the 1st UPC Artificial Intelligence Competition for bachelor’s and master’s students
The UPC Artificial Intelligence Challenge (IA Challenge) will recognise the best projects applying this technology in any of the University’s fields of knowledge. The competition is open to more than 30,000 UPC bachelor’s and master’s students, who...
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