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Generative AI, breakthroughs in sensor technology and the potential of photovoltaic energy among the industry trends which will shape 2024

2024-02-20T12:08:23+01:00January 24th, 2024|Automotive, Autonomous and professional robotics, Energy, Materials Processing and Capital Equipment, Press Notes, Textile|

The introduction of generative artificial intelligence in virtually every link of the supply chains of many industrial sectors, the replacement of synthetic fibres in the textile industry and its resulting impact on the reduction of microplastics, breakthroughs in automotive sensor technology and the push for the Internet of Things (IoT) and the potential of [...]

A link between histidine and fatty liver disease discovered in a study by IDIBGI and Eurecat

2024-01-22T16:09:30+01:00January 22nd, 2024|Nutrition and Health, Press Notes|

A study by the Girona Biomedical Research Institute Dr. Josep Trueta (IDIBGI) and the Eurecat technology centre reveals a link between low levels of histidine in the blood and fatty liver disease. Published in the scientific journal "Cell Reports Medicine", the research suggests new therapeutic opportunities to improve liver health in patients with obesity. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is the [...]

Generative AI, gene sequencing and editing and biomanufacturing some of the biotech trendsetters for 2024 says Eurecat

2024-02-20T12:02:14+01:00January 15th, 2024|Food, Health, Nutrition and Health, Press Notes|

The burgeoning potential of generative artificial intelligence is set to play a leading role in the healthcare industry in 2024 along with gene editing and its applications in precision medicine and synthetic biology. This will enable the generation of new ingredients for the food sector and bioactive substances for the pharmaceutical industry to unlock [...]

Sharework collaborative robotics project is winner at Advanced Manufacturing Awards

2024-02-20T12:32:41+01:00January 12th, 2024|Autonomous and professional robotics, Fires, Press Notes|

The European Sharework project, coordinated by the Eurecat technology centre, has picked up the award for ‘Best Automated Production and Robotic Integration’ at the Advanced Manufacturing Madrid fair for its development of a new smart system for safe and ergonomic collaboration between robots and workers in industrial manufacturing processes harnessing artificial intelligence and process [...]

Eurecat points to generative artificial intelligence as the technology trendsetter for 2024

2024-01-17T12:46:59+01:00December 21st, 2023|Construction, Finances and Insurance, Health, ICT, Press Notes, Public Sector, Sustainability|

The Eurecat technology centre predicts that 2024 will be the year of exploiting generative artificial intelligence which will yield solutions developed for a wide range of sectors including healthcare, construction, manufacturing, education, finance, retail and government. Daniel Casellas, Eurecat’s scientific director, notes “the enormous potential which is opening up to ensure that new technological [...]

Eurecat investigates manufacturing advanced materials with graphene for the automotive, aerospace, hydrogen energy and water treatment industries

2024-01-17T12:42:12+01:00December 20th, 2023|Aeronautical, Automotive, Energy, Functional Printing, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre is coordinating the European GIANCE project which is to develop and test grapheme-based innovative and recyclable solutions to furnish industry with new sustainable materials and optimise their applications in the automotive, aerospace, hydrogen energy and water treatment industries. Specifically, the project aims to design, develop and scale up the next generation [...]

The University of Barcelona and Eurecat will promote research and technological innovation in the food and health sector

2023-12-20T13:42:26+01:00December 20th, 2023|Food, Nutrition and Health, Press Notes|

The University of Barcelona, through the Torribera Food Campus, and the and the Eurecat technology centre have signed a collaboration agreement to promote research and technological innovation projects in the food and health sector. The agreement also includes the development of joint doctoral theses in this field; the generation of projects of high strategic [...]

Ebro-based Kenshô and Eurecat research fermentation technologies for sustainable production of products such as sake and miso

2024-01-17T12:38:00+01:00December 18th, 2023|Food, Nutrition and Health, Press Notes, Sustainability|

Ebro-based company Kenshô and the Eurecat technology centre have teamed up to examine solid-phase fermentation for more sustainable manufacturing of fermented products such as Mediterranean sake and miso in L’Ampolla. As part of this R&D and innovation project, Eurecat has looked into the recovery of potential fermentative microorganisms from the washing water of a [...]

Centre for Omic Sciences underscores potential of metabolomics and nuclear magnetic resonance for personalised nutrition and medicine

2024-01-17T12:35:16+01:00December 14th, 2023|Food, Health, Nutrition and Health, Omics sciences, Press Notes|

The Centre for Omic Sciences, a joint Eurecat technology centre and Rovira i Virgili University unit, has underscored at the COS 2023 Annual Symposium held in Reus and online the potential of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and for studying people’s biomarkers to unlock personalised nutrition and medicine. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) “is an analytical [...]

Testing new 3D printing processes for high-performance steels

2024-01-17T12:31:54+01:00December 13th, 2023|Metallic and Ceramic Materials, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre is coordinating the European NewAIMS project which is to develop strategies and technologies to obtain cost-effective high-performance steel through metal 3D printing with a process which will integrate additive manufacturing with a custom-designed steel alloy. “NewAIMS seeks to combine a well-tailored steel chemical composition and a non-conventional time-temperature process for 3D printing,” [...]

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