Technology/Science news & information for Madrid

SPAIN is reaching for the stars – literally – with its own space station and even a Space Council being set up within its government in the next few months.

TWO years on from the Covid-19 pandemic entering Spain and with its first peacetime lockdown in centuries on the horizon, survival rate among those who catch the virus is now 'above 90%', according to medics.

A DOUBLE transplant of a heart and liver in the same operation has been carried out successfully in Spain, saving the life of a woman who was terminally ill, according to the team at Madrid's Gregorio Marañón...

A FRENCH astronaut who orbits Earth 16 times a day takes a photo of his favourite city from space every 24 hours and greets its residents on Twitter.

A TWO-MONTH-OLD baby girl has made international headlines after undergoing a pioneering life-saving operation.

A MEDICAL research foundation based in Galicia has set itself the ambitious goal of creating a cure for Parkinson's Disease at 10% of the cost of similar therapies under development in the USA and about a third of...

A 'HOME-MADE' Covid vaccine which works along the same lines as the Pfizer and Moderna inoculations is a step closer to completion and should be ready for use by next year.

A GROWING trend towards working from home triggered almost by default in early 2020 means the pull of big, global cities is slackening off – but those which the world's employees remain attracted to are largely in...

SCIENTISTS from Madrid Autonomous University (UAM) have found micro-plastics in a protected area of the Antarctic for the first time ever.

HEALTHY, uninfected volunteers who have come forward to test a Covid-19 vaccine under construction in Spain will receive their first jabs between September 14 and 22, meaning full results are expected to be available...

IN THE LARGEST-EVER genetic study into autism, researchers at Madrid's Gregorio Marañón Hospital have successfully identified 102 genes after analysing more than 700 patients.

A MOSTLY-SPANISH satellite was due to go up into orbit yesterday (Wednesday) – the first in history destined for monitoring planets outside our Solar System.