Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC)

The Polytechnic University of Catalonia currently referred to as BarcelonaTech and commonly named just the UPC, is the largest engineering university in Catalonia, Spain

Refrigerators and air conditioners could run on an eco-friendly solid material instead of gases

Researchers from the UK and Spain have identified an eco-friendly solid that could replace the inefficient and polluting gases used in most refrigerators and air conditioners. Refrigeration and air conditioning currently devour a fifth of the energy produced worldwide, and demand for cooling is only going up. Xavier Moya When put under pressure, plastic crystals

Refrigerators and air conditioners could run on an eco-friendly solid material instead of gases

Design and patenting of a low-cost offshore wind turbine

Researchers at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) have designed and patented a floating platform for offshore wind turbines that can reduce energy costs to 12 euro cents per kilowatt hour (kWh) through a more efficient design and cheaper building materials. Researchers Climent Molins and Alexis Campos,

Design and patenting of a low-cost offshore wind turbine

Solar cells that work on cloudy days just hit a record-breaking 22.1% efficiency

Black silicon solar cells are now real contenders There’s been plenty of good news about solar power lately – not only are governments around the world using it more and more, we’re now able to harvest the Sun’s energy more cheaply and efficiently than ever before. But there’s still one big problem: traditional solar cells simply

Solar cells that work on cloudy days just hit a record-breaking 22.1% efficiency

The effectiveness of a new drug against malaria has been proved using synchrotron light

The research may contribute to the development of more effective drugs against malaria Researchers from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC), the Instituto de Química Mèdica (IQM-CSIC) and the University of Glasgow have proved that the CD27 drug is a true alternative against malaria. They have analysed the crystalline structure of the DNA

The effectiveness of a new drug against malaria has been proved using synchrotron light

A biotechnology product to make waterproof paper using natural enzymes

Oriol Cusola, a 29-year-old researcher from Lleida, has patented a new aqueous compound to functionalise or modify the properties of paper and any other cellulosic material. The compound uses natural enzymes instead of the traditional chemical reagents, is biodegradable, and involves no environmental impact. Most important, it is easily applicable in the production process and

A biotechnology product to make waterproof paper using natural enzymes

Soft Mini-Robots: Micro-Robots Will Become Soft and Move Like Biological Organisms

Increasingly small robots can carry out their functions even inside the human body. No, this isn’t a sci-fi dream. The technology is almost ready. However there is still one condition they must meet to be effective: these devices need to have the same “softness” and flexibility as biological tissues. This is the opinion of scientists

Soft Mini-Robots: Micro-Robots Will Become Soft and Move Like Biological Organisms

UPC researchers have discovered a technique to produce cheaper and more flexible multiple thin crystalline silicon wafers

Reduced costs for industry A team of researchers from the Nanoengineering Research Centre (CRNE) and the Department of Electronic Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · Barcelona Tech (UPCn has found a way to make the manufacture of crystalline silicon materials faster and more affordable. The results of their research have recently been published

UPC researchers have discovered a technique to produce cheaper and more flexible multiple thin crystalline silicon wafers

Heart monitoring using weighing scales

Telemedicine is heading in this direction, with control centres that receive large amounts of information and computer systems that detect and analyse irregularities The Instrumentation, Sensors and Interfaces (ISI) Group has developed an intuitive and cost-effective scale, which, as well as measuring weight, also records the electrical activity of the heart from foot and hand

Heart monitoring using weighing scales

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An Early Career Perspective on Early Warnings for Multihazard and Systemic Risk
New and innovative approaches are needed to achieve people-centred EWS for systemic risk and cascading hazards. In this joint webinar with the Risk KAN group and Early Warning Systems Young ...
Rigid Body Kinematics
Alba Pérez Gracia, Polytechnic University of Catalonia 'Rigid Body Kinematics provides a clear ... Batlle is Emeritus Professor of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). He is a Member of the ...
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Organised around its schools, some of which are more than one hundred years old, the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) is a public university. Its humanist and social foundations inform the ...
Rigid Body Kinematics
Alba Pérez Gracia, Polytechnic University of Catalonia 'Rigid Body Kinematics provides a clear ... Batlle is Emeritus Professor of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). He is a Member of the ...
A Is the Universe a Hologram?: Scientists Answer the Most Provocative Questions
A Spanish physicist, he is renowned for his research in quantum computing and quantum ... of Management and a degree in industrial engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. Before ...