Sustainability, safety and responsibility are key factors for the future of the tourism industry in the new normal where promotional strategies and measures rooted in these principles and indicators will have to be put in place. That was the message from the experts who took part in ‘The Impact of Implementing Sustainability Measures in Tourism; a new scenario’ [...]
3D music, also known as 8D, is booming in the music industry. That’s because it makes it possible to create new sound and immersive effects by playing with the positions of sound in space and its movements in a situation where the measures put in place to curb COVID-19 mean it is hard to access live [...]
The Eurecat technology centre and the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) have inked a partnership agreement to enable the UIB’s Nutrigenomics research group and Eurecat’s Biotechnology division to launch joint research initiatives on ferrets (Mustela putorius furo) and related areas mainly focused on respiratory and viral diseases. The purpose of the partnership is to enable researchers from the UIB, [...]
The Girona Medical Association, Tecnoateneu Vilablareix, Soler & Palau, Prometal3D, Eurecat, Aira Robotics, BTwice, Stimulo, Artein Gaskets, Venfilter, Mini Pleat Filter, Tallers Jaume, Alzamora Packaging and Impremta Pagès have developed a reusable and reconfigurable mask which can be fitted with FFP3 and FFP2 filters delivering utmost protection against coronavirus to ensure the safety of professionals in case of fresh COVID-19 upsurges. The [...]
The Eurecat technology centre is taking part in the European WATER-MINING project aimed at demonstrating smart and efficient water management systems to drive the transition to a circular economy through innovative solutions for recovering resources from industrial and urban wastewater and seawater. Xavier Martínez-Lladó, Director of Eurecat’s Water, Air and Soil Unit, says drawing on the circular economy in water [...]
The Eurecat technology centre leads a European-level clinical study whose main purpose is to demonstrate that an energy-restricted Mediterranean diet enriched with products typical of the Mediterranean, such as pomegranate, chickpeas, nuts and sourdough bread, is more effective in reducing weight and cardiovascular risk factors associated with youth obesity than a conventional energy-restricted low-fat diet. [...]
Researchers from the Eurecat technology centre and the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) have looked at the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on the performance of university students. Their research concludes that the hard work done by students and lecturers during this period has led to a significant rise in academic performance, which translates into [...]
CFIP technology, developed and patented by the Eurecat technology centre, has won the JEC World Innovation Award in the additive manufacturing category. The prize is recognition of the innovation it delivers since it enables parts manufactured by 3D printing to be reinforced with continuous carbon fibres, thereby increasing their strength and reducing their weight. CFIP [...]
The Eurecat technology centre has won one of the challenge categories in the European #EUvsVirus hackathon with a solution for forecasting epidemic outbreaks in real time by analysing sewerage using microbiology and Artificial Intelligence tools. It has been developed in conjunction with researchers from the KWR Water Research Institute, Exeter University, Thessaly University and the [...]
The Eurecat technology centre has successfully tested in its Manresa laboratories the system developed by E. Vila Projects, a firm based in Sant Fruitós de Bages, which uses infrared and ultraviolet radiation technology to disinfect FFP2 and FFP3 masks so they can be reused. These face masks provide the greatest protection against Covid-19. The trial [...]
