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Two UPC nanosatellites in orbit to study polar regions and provide Earth observation images by using artificial intelligence

Two small satellites created at the UPC’s Nanosat Lab have travelled to space from Kourou, French Guiana, on 2 September (at 3.51 a.m. on 3 September Spanish time) to carry out the FSSCat mission, which received the ESA Sentinel Small Satellite (S^3) Challenge award in 2017. The main objective of the mission is to monitor polar ice and soil moisture while testing intersatellite communication systems in order to create a future network of federated satellites. The ɸ-sat-1 technology demonstrator is also on board, it is ESA’s first artificial intelligence in space and it will filter out images of the Earth that are not suitable for use because of cloud cover.

The BSC and the Clínic will use artificial intelligence to predict the evolution of COVID-19 patients

A project promoted by the Spanish government and open to the collaboration of more hospitals

Two UPC cutting-edge research projects selected under the MIT-Spain ”la Caixa” programme

An initiative to foster knowledge between Spanish research centres and the MIT

New forms of cell division that are caused by protein waves discovered

An international research project between the UPC and the University of Potsdam

Apps may detect a maximum of 10% COVID-19 infections

According to a study by the UPC’s BIOCOM-SC group

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