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New light shed on the development of quantum technologies
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... -
Summer courses are back
Different summer activities for UPC students. Check out the full schedule. -
The BSC and the UPC develop an AI tool to improve deaf people’s accessibility to technology
It is an AI tool to convert sign language sentences recorded on video into spoken language in text format. To this end, the researchers have combined computer vision, natural language processing and machine learning techniques. -
A study demonstrates that heat can freeze fluids in the quantum world
An international research team has discovered that increasing the temperature of an ultracold fluid can trigger its phase transition to a solid state. The study was recently published in Nature Communication, with UPC researcher Juan Sánchez Baena... -
The ACTRIS ERIC platform, of which the UPC is a member, becomes a European infrastructure for atmospheric research
The European Commission has decided to establish ACTRIS, a research infrastructure that studies the short-lived atmospheric components, as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium. Published on 3 April, the decision places the participating... -
900 students from all over the world will participate in the 2023 HackUPC to solve technological challenges in 36 hours
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’... -
A low-cost robotic arm created by students as an alternative to conventional prostheses
The ARM2u biomedical engineering team, from the UPC’s Barcelona School of Industrial Engineering (ETSEIB), is working on new functions for their low-cost 3D-printed transradial prosthesis. In addition to developing technology to control the... -
The number of summer days in Spain has increased from 90 to 145 in the last 50 years, according to a study by the UPC
The average temperature in the main Spanish cities has risen by 3.54 °C between 1971 and 2022. The country is among those with the most pronounced climatic anomalies in the world. Over the last 50 years, summer days have increased from 90 to 145,... -
The UPC among the world’s top 25 in Architecture and the world’s top 35 in Civil and Structural Engineering according to the QS WUR by Subject
In the new edition of the QS Word University Rankings by Subject, the UPC is ranked the world’s 22nd in Architecture and Built Environment, and 35th in Civil and Structural Engineering. It is also Spain’s leader in both subjects. The ranking, which... -
A pioneering open-source platform for the next generation of cloud applications
The UPC’s Department of Computer Architecture coordinates the European project Vitamin-V, which develops a complete set of hardware-software for cloud services, based on pioneering open-source technologies for RISC-V processors. -
UPC researchers design a device to harvest hydroelectric energy from water flowing in pipes
The UPC’s Barcelona Fluids & Energy Lab and the Centre for Technological Innovation in Static Converters and Drives participate in the European project H-HOPE, focused on developing solutions to harvest green energy from as yet untapped water... -
Neutron star that behaves like a black hole discovered
An international scientific team including researcher Yuri Cavecchi, from the UPC’s Department of Physics, and led by the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands has found a neutron star that captures matter from a companion star in a... -
Researcher Justin Zoppe wins an ERC Consolidator Grant to develop new chiral metamaterials
The European Research Council has awarded a Consolidator Grant to UPC researcher Justin Zoppe from the Materials Science and Engineering Department to develop new metamaterials for detecting molecular chirality. The researcher will receive funding... -
The UPC participates in a marine regeneration project with industrial waste
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... -
The UPC is Spain’s top university in raising funds for European research and innovation projects
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... -
ESA BIC Barcelona issues a call to incubate aerospace start-ups
The ESA BIC Barcelona incubation centre has started operating on the UPC’s Baix Llobregat Campus with a call for space technology and infrastructure start-ups. Promoted by the UPC, the Mediterranean Technology Park and the Government of Catalonia as... -
The UPC joins the EIT Manufacturing knowledge and innovation community
The UPC has joined EIT Manufacturing, Europe’s largest manufacturing innovation network. Promoted by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), it pursues the digitalisation of industry in the context of circular economy. -
International scientists warn of the serious impact of noise pollution on 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... -
Nimble Diagnostics closes a financing round of one million euros
NIMBLE Diagnostics, a spin-off of the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), the UPC and the University of Barcelona (UB), has successfully closed a funding round led by Grow Ventures, together with Namarel Ventures and the Inveniam Group,... -
The UPC participates in a €25-million European project to improve the response to climate change-related emergencies
The UPC’s Centre of Applied Research in Hydrometeorology participates in the European project RESIST, which aims to improve preparedness for weather emergencies and thus increase resilience to climate change. RESIST receives EU funding under the... -
Artificial intelligence for increased navigational safety
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... -
Innovative solutions for muscle injuries, autonomous driving and beach safety at MWC 2023
The UPC, through the Innovation and Technology Centre (CIT UPC), presents its technological capabilities and cutting-edge projects at MWC Barcelona 2023, which takes place from 27 February to 2 March. Its technology will be shown at the University’s... -
The UPC shows its muscle and entrepreneurial talent at 4YFN
From 27 February to 2 March, the UPC will show its entrepreneurial spirit at the Four Years From Now (4YFN) event. Over thirty technology-based spin-offs and start-ups, led by UPC students, alumni or research staff, will be attending this... -
Barcelona will implement a UPC-designed sustainable construction system
The UPC’s Architectural Rehabilitation and Restoration (REARQ) research group and the Interdisciplinary Group on Building Science and Technology (GICITED) have developed a construction prototype to extend buildings sustainably that will be tested... -
WEAVE spectrograph begins study of galaxy formation and evolution
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... -
Exheus successfully completes capital increase and prepares for international market entry
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... -
The UPC participates in 65 of the Horizon Europe projects funded so far, leading 12 of them
The UPC has successfully participated in several calls issued during the first ten months of the Horizon Europe programme. The University takes part in 65 projects—leading 12 of them—which account for almost 47 million euros in funding. Its presence... -
ICFO awarded the National Innovation Award
The award from the Department of Research and Universities of the Government of Catalonia and the Foundation for Research and Innovation of Catalonia (FCRi) recognizes the creation of ICFO’s technology spin-off, LuxQuanta. -
Adriano Camps and Marta Guardiola win the Duran Farell Technological Research Award
Professor Adriano Camps, director of the UPC’s NanoSat Lab, and MiWEndo founder Marta Guardiola have won the 13th Duran Farell Technological Research Award. The jury also presented an honourable mention to IBEC researcher Zaida Álvarez. -
Unite! will work with Ukrainian universities on the green transformation of campus
The Unite! alliance, of which the UPC is a member, will work with Ukrainian universities on developing a green campus model. The aim of the collaboration is to contribute to Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction process and its integration into the...