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Eurecat and Hospital Sant Joan de Déu design social robot to help children and teenagers with palliative needs at home

2024-09-24T10:56:21+02:00September 16th, 2024|Autonomous and professional robotics, Health, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre and Hospital Sant Joan de Déu have designed a desktop social robot to help paediatric palliative patients at home. It enables remote monitoring of the patient’s symptoms and streamlines communication between professionals and the family. The Jana robot consists of a structure built with 3D printing and a tablet connected [...]

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Centre for Omic Sciences to address the role of microbiota in nutritional, clinical and environmental studies

2024-09-24T10:54:51+02:00September 12th, 2024|Food, Health, Omics sciences, Press Notes|

This October, the second Symposium of the Centre for Omic Sciences, a joint unit of the Eurecat technology centre and Rovira i Virgili University (URV), will address the latest advances in understanding microbiota and their role in clinical studies in various fields of health, nutritional interventions and the environment with academic and industry experts. [...]

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Eurecat rolls out robotics solution for advanced recycling of electric vehicle batteries

2024-09-24T10:53:23+02:00September 9th, 2024|Autonomous and professional robotics, Press Notes|

As part of the European Free4Lib project, the Eurecat technology centre has developed a demonstrator of a collaborative robotics solution for advanced dismantling and recycling of electric vehicle batteries. It is designed to improve the efficiency and safety of the process, cut operating costs, ensure the extraction of valuable materials from the batteries and [...]

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Study shows the potential of precision nutrition to improve eating habits and health by targeting each type of metabolism

2024-09-24T10:48:11+02:00August 22nd, 2024|Nutrition and Health, Press Notes|

A study on personalised nutrition run by the Eurecat technology centre points to the potential of nutritional recommendations aimed at uniform groups of people based on their metabolic affinities to improve their eating habits and optimise their health. The study, which is part of the Preventomics project, harnesses omics analysis combined with genetics and [...]

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Clinical trial of artificial intelligence software to detect lung cancer in unreported X-rays begins

2024-09-24T10:44:52+02:00August 7th, 2024|E-Health, Health, Press Notes|

Parc Taulí kicked off this July a multisite clinical trial to validate artificial intelligence software that detects lung cancer in unreported chest X-rays. This tool, dubbed Optimal XR, is designed to prevent potentially malignant lung nodules, which are not currently diagnosed in time because the X-rays have not been examined by a radiologist, from [...]

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Catalan firm Marina Textil partners with Eurecat to create a new fabric harnessing 88 percent of waste previously thrown away

2024-09-24T10:43:11+02:00August 5th, 2024|Consulting, Press Notes, Sustainability, Textile|

Catalan firm Marina Textil has partnered up with the Eurecat technology centre to roll out a circular economy project to generate a new fabric harnessing up to 88 percent of the waste that until now was thrown away during the company’s industrial process. Using this innovative technology, they estimate that up to 5,500 kg [...]

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Eurecat coordinates European project promoting the use of alternative water resources to ensure water availability

2024-09-24T10:39:52+02:00July 30th, 2024|Aigua aire sols, Press Notes, Sustainability|

The Eurecat technology centre is coordinating the European RECREATE project, which on a €3.4 million budget is to evaluate new strategies for integrating alternative water resources into the water cycle such as reuse, desalination and rainwater harvesting with the aim of improving resilience in management and ensuring its availability in response to the impact [...]

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Eurecat harnesses neuroscientific methods, virtual reality and artificial intelligence to help create new food products

2024-09-24T10:36:29+02:00July 24th, 2024|Big Data, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre has taken part in the CONOCE project which has applied disruptive technologies to the process of creating new food products with a view to unlocking innovation in this field by putting the consumer experience in the spotlight. Specifically, Eurecat has applied neuroscientific methods and virtual reality techniques to the study [...]

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Study reveals benefits of red-fleshed apples for cardiovascular health

2024-09-24T09:34:42+02:00July 18th, 2024|Food, Health, Nutrition and Health, Omics sciences, Press Notes|

Red-fleshed apples are the ones with red skin and flesh. They belong to the Red Sun variety derived from commercial cultivation of red-fleshed “Redlove” apples originating in Switzerland, and in Catalonia they are mainly grown in Mollerussa. This red fruit stands out for its high anthocyanin content, a pigment from the flavonoid family that [...]

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Eurecat patents a technology for the production and conversion of green hydrogen with printed electronics

2024-07-24T13:37:14+02:00July 3rd, 2024|Functional Printing, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre has patented a new technology for obtaining printed, flexible and lightweight devices to produce and convert green hydrogen, with the aim of reducing the environmental impact and cost of electrolytic cells commonly used in this process. The innovation, which has been awarded the EmErgEnt prize from the Efficient Energy Cluster [...]

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