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Students from ESADE, IED and the UPC present prototypes and solutions to improve urban mobility at CERNS
Eight teams of students from the UPC —of the Barcelona School of Telecommunications Engineering (ETSETB)—, from Esade and IED Barcelona have presented, at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), at Geneva, their projects and... -
The VIMAC virtually reproduces the architectural evolution of the medieval complex of Barcelona’s Palau Reial Major
The UPC’s Virtual Innovation Laboratory for Modelling Architecture and the City (VIMAC) has performed laser scanning and drawn up the plans of Barcelona’s Palau Reial Major, a work that has allowed researchers to explore and accurately virtually... -
Mobile-recycling bacteria star in the new #looopers episode featuring researcher Toni Dorado
Microorganisms found in wastewater are capable of separating metals from electronic waste through a process known as bioleaching, which is cheaper and cleaner than traditional processes and helps recover precious metals such as gold, silver and... -
Artificial intelligence for the diagnosis of rare diseases related to collagen VI
Researchers at the Institute of Robotics and Industrial Informatics—a joint centre of the CSIC and the UPC—and the Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona Children’s Hospital have developed a system for helping diagnose rare diseases related to deficiencies in... -
Launch of EIT Urban Mobility in Barcelona to transform European cities into liveable spaces
The city of Barcelona launched the European initiative EIT Urban Mobility at the Smart City Expo World Congress. The event marked the official start of the EIT Innovation Community, which aims to finance projects that contribute to mobility... -
Researchers from the UPC and ICFO unveil the finite-temperature thermodynamics of a Bose gas
A team of researchers from the UPC’s Department of Physics and the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) develop a new theory to explain the finite temperature properties of bosons in one dimension. The research has been published in the journal... -
A study on transforming waste paper into secondary raw materials has received the Best Innovation prize
A scientific study on transforming waste paper into secondary raw materials, presented by a UPC team in collaboration with ACCIONA Construcción’s Technology Centre and TECNALIA, has been awarded the Best Innovation prize by the World Road... -
The UPC has conferred an honorary doctoral degree on the Italian mathematician Alessio Figalli
The Italian mathematician Alessio Figalli, who received a 2018 Fields Medal, has been awarded an honorary doctoral degree by the UPC. He is a professor at ETH Zurich and one of the most outstanding mathematicians worldwide today. The Governing...
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