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New light shed on the development of quantum technologies
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Using quantum gas as a coolant sheds new light on the development of future quantum technologies. This is demonstrated by a team of international scientists—including researcher Grigori Astrakharchik, from the UPC’s Department of Physics—who have used state-of-the-art numerical techniques to study how two ionic quasiparticles interact with each other. The results are published in the journal Nature Communications.No publisher#recerca-notícies#home-notícies2023-06-02T08:45:27ZNews Item900 students from all over the world will participate in the 2023 HackUPC to solve technological challenges in 36 hours
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From 12 to 14 May, the UPC’s North Campus will host the 2023 HackUPC, a programming contest in which student teams from all over the world will develop technological projects to respond to challenges posed by companies. 900 participants or ‘hackers’ have signed up.No publisher@app-estudiants#empresa-notícies2023-05-12T08:42:00ZNews ItemArtificial intelligence for increased navigational safety
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The Centre for Language and Speech Technologies and Applications—part of the UPC’s Intelligent Data Science and Artificial Intelligence research centre—and the CIMNE’s Center for Innovation in Transport participate in the OCEAN project, which aims to increase navigational safety. Researchers from these centres will develop algorithms based on signal processing and machine learning to detect obstacles at sea.No publisher#recerca-notícies#home-notícies@app-estudiants2023-03-09T08:40:00ZNews ItemUnite! presents the White Paper on Open Science and Innovation
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It provides a university open science and innovation governance model and five policy recommendations for fostering a new university scientific knowledge cocreation and transfer policy.No publisher#home-notícies#recerca-notícies@app-pdi-pas-notícies@app-estudiants2024-03-13T09:30:00ZLinkArtificial intelligence and 6G technologies for achieving as safe interconnected mobility as possible
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A multidisciplinary team from the UPC is working on the development of a network that, combining artificial intelligence with 6G technologies, remote sensing systems and optical communication—both wireless and through optical fibres—allows autonomous and human-driven vehicles to circulate safely and avoiding accidents in areas with heavy traffic or large crowds.No publisher#home-notícies#home-recerca@app-estudiants2024-02-21T10:40:00ZNews ItemCyber avatars for a new era
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The UPC takes part in the Avatar Symbiotic Society, an initiative by the Japanese government to drive the creation of a society in which teleoperated avatars and cyborgs can stand in for individuals in various areas of life. Researcher Alberto Sanfeliu, from the Institute of Robotics and Industrial Informatics (IRI), is the only international member in a team of Japanese researchers led by professor Hiroshi Ishiguro.No publisher#recerca-notícies#empresa-notícies#home-notícies#gran@app-estudiants@app-pdi-pas-notícies2023-12-21T13:06:00ZNews ItemThe UPC participates in a marine regeneration project with industrial waste
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The Technological Development Centre for Remote Acquisition and Data Processing Systems (SARTI)—affiliated with the UPC’s EPSEVG —participates in the SEASLAG project, which will provide solutions to fight marine biodiversity loss by developing a new sustainable material for the construction of marine regeneration structures. This material will incorporate by-products from the steel and agri-food industries, thus contributing to circular economy.No publisher#home-notícies#recerca-notícies@app-estudiants@app-pdi-pas-notícies2023-03-23T09:03:00ZNews ItemInternational scientists warn of the serious impact of noise pollution on marine invertebrates
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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.No publisher#recerca-notícies#home-notícies#empresa-notícies@app-estudiants2023-03-15T09:21:00ZNews ItemThe UPC is Spain’s top university in raising funds for European research and innovation projects
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The UPC is Spain’s top university in raising Horizon Europe funds for research and innovation projects in 2021-2022, having raised 42 million euros for 66 projects already signed. It is also Spain’s third organisation, behind the Spanish National Research Council and Tecnalia.No publisher#recerca-notícies#empresa-notícies@app-estudiants@app-pdi-pas-notícies#home-notícies2023-03-22T15:37:00ZNews ItemThe new mission and vision of the UPC approved
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The UPC’s Governing Council approved the new mission and vision of the UPC after a period of collective reflection and internal work. It is the first stage of the Galàxia Aprenentatge project, which aims to transform the learning experience at the University.No publisher#home-notícies#pdi-pas-notícies@app-pdi-pas-notícies@app-estudiants#estudiants-atenea-notícies2023-06-10T14:05:00ZNews ItemUrgent International Call for Action to Reduce Human Noise in the Ocean
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Today, 8 June, on the occasion of World Oceans Day, international scientists are making an urgent call to reduce noise pollution at sea and safeguard marine ecosystems. In the following communication, they entreat governments around the world to act immediately. The experts call for actions that include fostering international collaboration, enforcing and strengthening regulations on acoustic pollution and investing in research and innovation.No publisher#home-notícies#recerca-notícies#empresa-notícies2023-06-08T11:19:00ZNews ItemThe UPC is on the way to winning a global competition to protect rainforest biodiversity
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A team of researchers from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC), developing a cutting-edge technology to protect biodiversity in rainforests, is a finalist in the XPRIZE Rainforest, a ten-million-dollar international competition to transform our understanding of the complexity of rainforests. The final will take place in July 2024.No publisher#home-notícies#recerca-notícies@app-estudiants@app-pdi-pas-notícies#empresa-notícies2023-07-28T11:02:00ZNews ItemThe UPC opens the Hydrogen Laboratory and the green hydrogen pilot plant
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Recently, the UPC opened the Hydrogen Laboratory and the green hydrogen pilot plant on the Diagonal-Besòs Campus. These cutting-edge facilities serve as a living lab to advance research and innovation in hydrogen technologies, a key energy vector in the transition towards decarbonisation. The Laboratory is also supporting industry and training activities.No publisher#recerca-notícies#empresa-notícies#home-principal@app-estudiants@app-pdi-pas-notícies2023-12-07T10:45:00ZNews ItemWEAVE spectrograph begins study of galaxy formation and evolution
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More than 500 astronomers from all over Europe, including members of Catalan universities and research centres—the UPC and the ICCUB—have designed and planned a total of five years of operations for the WEAVE spectrograph, a powerful instrument recently installed at the Canary Islands observatory. Combined with Gaia’s measurements, it makes it possible to study a wide range of cases in stellar and galactic science. The first observations show unprecedented aspects of the collision between the galaxies at the heart of Stephan’s Quintet, 280 million light-years from Earth.No publisher#home-notícies@app-estudiants#recerca-notícies2023-02-07T10:31:12ZNews ItemExheus successfully completes capital increase and prepares for international market entry
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Exheus, a spin-off of the UPC, the Sant Pau Hospital Research Institute (IIB Sant Pau), Summit SL and Mobile World Capital Barcelona’s innovation programme The Collider, has raised 900,000 euros. The investment will help to reach new European markets, establish a new commercial structure for international promotion and develop a new digital platform.No publisher#home-notícies@app-estudiants#empresa-notícies2023-02-07T09:48:00ZNews Item