Technology/Science news & information for Catalonia

SCIENTISTS at Catalunya's Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS have found out why the most aggressive form of malignant brain tumours resist radiotherapy.

A 'SMART fridge' for transporting human organs and blood samples which controls its own temperature remotely via wi-fi connection has been launched by the Catalunya-based technology firm Perspectiva.

TWO Spanish scientists have managed to cure pulmonary fibrosis in rats – a preliminary stage in extrapolating the methods used to humans.

A BARCELONA couple has left over €1.55 million to the city's Biomedical Research Institute (IRB) to help them in their ongoing investigations into cancer.

BARCELONA city centre has once again been doctored on Google Maps – and this time, the Catalunya Parliament building is showing as 'closed' and has been renamed 'The Comedy Club'.

THE WORLD'S first baby has been born from an automatically flash-frozen egg after his mother was treated in a Barcelona clinic.

A HACKER has changed the name of Barcelona's Plaza de España on Google Maps to 'Plaza del 1 de Octubre' to mark the date of the 'banned' referendum.

SCIENTISTS in Catalunya have found out how to predict a heart attack up to three years in advance from a simple blood test – a method which, if it becomes widespread, could save hundreds of thousands of lives every...

THIS year's Mobile World Congress opened today (Monday) in Barcelona with over 2,000 stands from top telecommunications technology companies, and expects to beat last year's record of 101,000 visitors by the...

AN Apple shop opened for the first time in Barcelona on Saturday – and another is due to open this coming Saturday in Madrid.

A team of scientists at the Universidad Pompeu Fabra (UPF) in Barcelona have identified the specific part of the brain affected by cannabis and the mechanism by which it causes memory loss, one of the least desirable...