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Eurecat seeks volunteers to research and identify new nutritional and preventive strategies for post-menopausal women

2022-04-20T15:12:13+02:00October 18th, 2021|Food, Nutrition and Health, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre’s Reus-based Biotechnology Division is calling for volunteers to take part in a new study with post-menopausal women to better shape future nutritional strategies and prevent associated symptoms and illnesses. The study is to examine a number of metabolic, hormonal and gut microbiota parameters in 200 post-menopausal women in order to identify by [...]

Eurecat leads €11.7-million European project to build more sustainable and efficient batteries

2022-04-20T15:33:03+02:00October 15th, 2021|Automotive, Press Notes, Sustainability|

The Eurecat technology centre is coordinating the European Marbel project equipped with an €11,703,385 budget. It is developing an innovative and competitive lightweight battery with a longer useful life, improved efficiency, higher energy density and shorter charging times to fast-track mass market uptake of electric vehicles. Marbel is to design, develop and demonstrate a new compact, modular, [...]

Eurecat takes part in the 1st World Food Design Day, an international online marathon held to mark World Food Day

2022-07-14T10:57:19+02:00October 15th, 2021|Food, Nutrition and Health, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre is backing food innovation and design by taking part in World Food Design Day 2021, a 20-hour international online marathon run by the FORK organisation this Saturday, 16 October, to tie in with World Food Day. Design and creative solutions will take centre stage at this event which will share best practices, actions [...]

Study on teenagers from several countries to see whether the Mediterranean diet can help them attain a healthy weight and habits

2022-07-14T10:59:20+02:00October 15th, 2021|Food, Nutrition and Health, Press Notes|

The Eurecat technology centre is leading the European MED4Youth project, the first nutritional intervention study to evaluate the effects of a Mediterranean diet-based dietary intervention against obesity in teenagers across several countries with a view to encouraging and helping this population segment to adopt healthy habits. As of 2016, the World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that youth obesity has [...]

Meat protein-based pre-cooked convenience food developed for healthy older people

2022-07-14T11:13:00+02:00September 30th, 2021|Food, Press Notes|

Gastrogust Cuinats and Mafrica (Matadero Frigorífico del Cardoner) together with the Eurecat technology centre have carried out the 5-PROTEG project which has developed three meat protein-based pre-cooked convenience food dishes which bring added nutritional value especially suitable for the elderly segment of the population in good health. The project has been [...]

CoE in Tourism Innovation businesses and organisations team up to drive innovation projects for more resilient and sustainable tourism

2022-07-14T11:25:51+02:00September 23rd, 2021|Autonomous and professional robotics, Innovació turística, Press Notes, Tourism|

CoE in Tourism Innovation businesses and organisations are jointly spearheading innovative projects for more resilient and sustainable tourism. They include a pilot study scrutinising data from booking engines to learn about the profile of visitors to Catalan tourist attractions and a project which will identify and put forward the best tools for optimal talent management in [...]

‘Costa Daurada and Terres de l’Ebre Trip&Kids’, a groundbreaking tech platform for managing family tourism, is up and running

2022-07-25T12:38:38+02:00July 6th, 2021|Innovació turística, Press Notes, Tourism|

The Platform Operation in the PECT TurisTIC in Family project, which is now in its final few months, today unveiled its main deliverable: the ‘Trip&Kids’ web app, a technology platform for managing tourism services. This new tool positions Costa Daurada and Terres de l’Ebre destinations as domestic and international pacesetters by deploying management, recommendation and gamification tools to meet the [...]

Tourism gamification app for SMEs is best tech solution in the Miro In Cube hackathon Barcelona final

2022-07-25T12:42:36+02:00July 1st, 2021|Events, Press Notes, Tourism|

The Altour project led by Gerard Garcia Anglès, Eric Moreno Edo, Gina Stolwijk and Miquel Orozco Gavaldà has scooped first prize in the Barcelona final of the Miro In Cube tourism innovation competition. Their winning entry is a tourism gamification app in which businesses can showcase their events for active and sustainable tourism and thus raise the [...]

MWC showcases a new system using artificial intelligence to spot nodules indicative of potential lung cancer

2022-07-25T12:44:17+02:00June 30th, 2021|E-Health, Fires, Health, Mobile World Congress, Press Notes|

At this year’s Mobile World Congress, the Eurecat technology centre is showcasing a new system for identifying nodules which are indicators of potential lung cancer using a tool powered by artificial intelligence techniques and deep learning in particular. The project has been conducted with the Vall d’Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus and has been supported by CIDAI (Centre of Innovation for [...]

CETT and Eurecat to run higher education initiatives in tourism digital and technological development

2022-07-25T13:20:34+02:00June 25th, 2021|Corporatiu, Press Notes, Tourism|

CETT, the leading higher education school in Tourism, Hospitality and Gastronomy and affiliated to the University of Barcelona, and the Eurecat technology centre are teaming up to drive innovation in higher education in the shape of programmes involving digital and technological development of tourism, hospitality and gastronomy by transferring both institutions’ skills and knowhow. The partnership will make [...]

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