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A UPC researcher in Terrassa creates the first tomography map for diagnosing glaucoma
Pablo Amil, a researcher from the research group in Nonlinear Dynamics, Nonlinear Optics and Lasers (DONLL) at the ESEIAAT, has created an objective model that classifies the degrees of the iridocorneal angle, a key element for assessing the... -
STAT-ON, a new device that helps monitor the symptoms of patients with Parkinson’s
Developed of the UPC, the Sense4Care spin-off and the Centro Médico Teknon – Quirónsalud -
Maria Pau Ginebra, Eduard Alarcón, Marcel Guardia and Maria Teresa Martínez-Seara receive the 2018 ICREA Acadèmia distinctions
UPC researchers Maria Pau Ginebra, Eduard Alarcón, Marcel Guardia and Maria Teresa Martínez-Seara are four of the forty-five researchers who received the 2018 ICREA Acadèmia distinctions on 30 April at the Palau de la Generalitat. The event was... -
Light and nanotechnology combined to prevent bacterial contamination on medical implants
An ICFO and B. Braun Surgical, S.A. study published in Nano Letters and highlighted in Nature Photonics reports on a new technique that could prevent bacterial contamination and infection in medical implants by using light combined with gold... -
The UPC launches #looopers, a science outreach series on YouTube
“Nanoquè? Nanosatèl·lits!” (Nano-what? Nanosatellites!) is the first video in the series that the UPC has launched on its YouTube channel. Teaching and research staff and students have collaborated to reach out to young people and encourage them to... -
The UPC approves a motion to declare a state of climate emergency
The University Senate at the UPC has approved a motion to declare a state of climate emergency following the global movement Fridays for Future. The motion was approved during the University Senate meeting that took place on 7 May. -
The brain as an inspiration for future processors
Researching the design of new intelligent computing systems inspired by the human brain is the goal of the “CoCoUnit: An Energy-Efficient Processing Unit for Cognitive Computing” project, led by Antonio González, a researcher from the Department of... -
The UPC ranks higher in the 2019 Europe’s Most Innovative Universities ranking
The UPC climbs six positions, so that it now ranks 81st in Europe and 1st among technical universities in Spain in the 2019 Europe’s Most Innovative Universities ranking drawn up by Reuters. The ranking lists the top 100 European universities that... -
The analysis of a meteorite reveals secrets about the birth of the solar system
The study has been carried out by an international team of cosmochemists and astrophysicists, including researcher Jordi José, from the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC) and the Department of Physics of the Universitat Politècnica de... -
Researchers have identified a plastic crystal that could be used as an eco-friendly coolant in refrigerators and air conditioners
In a joint research project, researchers from the UPC’s Department of Physics, the University of Cambridge and the University of Barcelona have identified an eco-friendly solid that could replace hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and hydrocarbons (HCs),... -
The CIMNE, technological partner in the REALQUIRUR project
The International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) is participating in a project promoted by the J. Torrent Institute at the El Pilar Hospital to apply augmented reality in open liver surgery. -
A new study shows that chimpanzee gestural communication and human language follow the same linguistic patterns
The researcher Ramon Ferrer, from the Relational Algorithmics, Complexity and Learnability Laboratory (LARCA) at the UPC, participated with foreign researchers in a study on linguistic laws in chimpanzees’ gestural communication. The study revealed... -
A thesis on Paulista Avenue in the Brazilian city of São Paulo was awarded the Manuel de Solà-Morales European Prize in the field of urbanism
The architect Renata Priore Lima, a professor at the Architecture and Urbanism College of São Paulo (Brazil), received the Manuel de Solà-Morales European Prize in urbanism in its second edition for her doctoral thesis “Plugin: interfaces urbanas en... -
The UPC’s scientific knowledge in emerging areas in ICT, just one click away
The recerTIC UPC tool compiles scientific output on 5G, computer security, embedded systems, machine learning, smart sensors, bioinformatics, data science and engineering, IoT, robotics and vehicle-to-everything. -
A study led by the UPC and the IEEC has determined the mass and radius of one of the oldest stars in our galaxy for the first time
A study led by the researcher Alberto Rebassa-Mansergas, from the UPC and the IEEC, has determined the mass and radius of one of the oldest stars in our galaxy for the first time and validated the theoretical mass-radius relations for such stars.... -
Some piezoelectric materials may be ‘fakes’
A team of researchers has discovered that the most widespread technique for characterising piezoelectric properties—the ability of some materials to generate electricity when subjected to mechanical stress—can yield ‘false positives’ due to... -
Researchers from BASF, the ALBA Synchrotron and the UPC propose a methodology to increase the strength of concrete
Researchers from the UPC, the ALBA Synchrotron and the chemical company BASF have established how clays and superplasticisers interact in cement pastes using synchrotron light. These results pave the way for improving the design of new... -
The BSC-CNS will apply to host one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe
The Barcelona Supercomputing Center-Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) will present its candidacy to host one of the pre-exascale supercomputers—with a peak velocity of 200 petaflops/s—that will be operational in the European Union at the... -
Researchers from the Department of Physics analyse rainfall records in Catalonia since 1855
María del Carmen Casas, Raúl Rodríguez and Alba Llabrés are collaborating with the Meteorological Service of Catalonia and the University of Barcelona (UB) to assess the quality of rainfall data in Catalonia since 1855. Rainfall data are essential... -
The UPC-EETAC hosts the IATA Drones Innovation Weekend
On 30-31 March, the Castelldefels School of Telecommunications and Aeroespace Engineering (EETAC) hosts the IATA Drones Innovation Weekend, where its participants will develop a proof-of-concept for the safe operation and business impact of drones... -
The UPC in Terrassa is leading the creation of new technologies for industrial wastewater treatment and reuse
INTEXTER and the MCIA research group, both of which belong to the UPC and are located on the Terrassa Campus, launched the ELDE project with the aim of creating new technologies for wastewater treatment and reuse in the paper, chemical and leather... -
UNITE!, the UPC’s bid for a benchmark European technological university
The UPC and six European partners (the Instituto Superior Técnico, the Grenoble Institute of Technology, the Politecnico di Torino, TU Darmstadt, the Royal Institute of Technology and Aalto University) have submitted a proposal called UNITE! in the... -
The UPC, among the world’s top 30 universities in Civil and Structural Engineering and Architecture and Built Environment
The UPC ranks among the world’s top 100 universities in the subjects Civil and Structural Engineering (23rd), Architecture and Built Environment (29th), Art and Design, Telecommunications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Mechanical,... -
The mechanical engineer Evert Hoek was awarded an honorary doctorate by the UPC
On 6 March the UPC conferred an honorary doctoral degree on the engineer and rock mechanics expert Evert Hoek, an outstanding figure in the field of mining engineering worldwide. The award, approved by the UPC Governing Council on 21 June 2018, was... -
Artificial intelligence will improve quality of life for Alzheimer's patients
The UPC is coordinating the European eHealth research project CaregiversPRO-MMD, in which a virtual health platform has been created to support people with Alzheimer's disease, their caregivers and health professionals. -
The UPC once again at the Mobile World Congress
Several biotechnology and 5G projects backed by the UPC, as well as a number of spin-offs from the University, were presented at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) and the 4 Years From Now (4YFN) event, which took place in Barcelona between 25 and 28... -
The motility of a unicellular aquatic organism could inspire new robotic crawlers
A team of researchers led by professor and researcher Marino Arroyo, from the UPC and the IBEC, discovered Euglena cells’ ability to crawl remarkably fast in narrow spaces. These unicellular organisms live in water and perform harmoniously... -
The UPC continues promoting technology-based companies by backing six new spin-offs
In the last few months, the UPC has launched and partnered with six new spin-offs, namely: Elem Biotech, Mitiga Solutions, NearbyComputing (these three with the Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación as a shareholder),... -
A student at the UPC’s Barcelona School of Telecommunications has discovered the first resolved triple white dwarf system ever reported
While doing his bachelor’s thesis, the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC) student Martí Perpinyà found the first resolved triple white dwarf system, based on data from the Gaia spacecraft. This is the first triple system of... -
An international project to share and reuse cancer data at a global level
Barcelona Supercomputing Center-Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC) is coordinating the EUCANCan project, which will foster the reuse of genomic oncology data to improve biomedical research. The project, which was launched in Barcelona on 11...