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The Eurecat technology centre has picked up the “Best Product Design and Development Innovation” prize at the Advanced Manufacturing Madrid trade fair for the Púlsar project in which it has developed a smart plastic surface just 3 millimetres thick that is expected to be embedded in the central electronic control system of the new [...]
On November 19, 2024, representatives from Eurecat, COOPHS project coordinator, participated at the CUPRA Material Innovation Hub held at SEAT S.A.’s facilities in Martorell, Spain. The event featured a compelling display of sustainable steel solutions, including a B-pillar demonstrator made from hot-stamped Boron Steel using post-consumer steel scrap. This exhibit highlighted COOPHS project’s focus [...]
On November 16, 2024, the ALBA Synchrotron opened again its doors to the public for its annual Open Day, an event that has been opening up science to the society since 2012. The 2024 edition included ten interactive demonstrations and experiments, providing visitors with insights into research projects carried out in ALBA Synchrotron and [...]
This week at the Automotive Interiors trade fair in Stuttgart (Germany), the Eurecat technology centre is showcasing new technological solutions and innovations which include shape-memory fabrics, visual comfort and electroluminescent filaments along with smart plastics to add functionalities to car interior materials. The automotive industry “is fully engaged in digital transformation and also embedding [...]
Ninety families are improving their eating habits based on the Mediterranean diet by taking part in a nutritional intervention study and educational programme designed by dieticians and nutritionists in the European SwitchToHealthy project. The initiative aims to increase adherence to the Mediterranean diet “of all family members, including children, teens and adults, by encouraging [...]
The Eurecat technology centre is leading three European projects with a total budget of €8.2 million to drive new solutions for advanced high-strength steel components for designing lightweight vehicles in the automotive industry and larger, more resistant and cost-effective wind turbines for offshore wind energy. Specifically, the H2FORM3G European project, coordinated by Eurecat and [...]
The Centre for Omic Sciences (COS), a joint Eurecat technology centre and Rovira i Virgili University unit, has stressed at the COS 2024 Annual Symposium held in Reus the role of microbiota in innovation projects and studies conducted to understand and improve human health, nutrition and the environment. “It has been shown that balanced [...]
The Climate Resilience Centre (CRC), coordinated by the Eurecat technology centre, has signed a partnership agreement with the United Nations-backed Global Ocean Negative Carbon Emissions (Global ONCE) research programme which cements it as an international player in innovative solutions for climate change adaptation and mitigation in coastal and marine areas. This research programme is [...]
The European SunCoChem sustainable chemistry project has developed a reactor prototype to manufacture chemicals using renewable energies drawing on carbon dioxide (CO2) recovered from the chemical industry and solar energy. “The goal of the project is to offer the chemical industry a sustainable alternative for producing chemicals without relying on fossil fuels,” says María [...]
The Eurecat technology centre has helped to develop a roving prototype for controlling invasive alien species insects as part of a project led by Bionet (Gepork Group) and coordinated by the INNOVACC cluster which is designed to detect their entry via goods or people 24 hours a day to deliver continuous analysis. The project, [...]
