Technology/Science news & information for Spain

A GROUND-BREAKING study that could change treatment for breast cancer for the first time in 30 years has included a major contribution by Spanish researchers.

AN ARTIFICIAL placenta connected to the umbilical cord could help very premature babies not only to survive, but to develop healthily, according to researchers in Barcelona.

HOME testing kits for Covid-19 are about to hit high-street pharmacies in Spain for the much-more-affordable price of €25.50 – a massive reduction on the cost of a PCR test, which ranges from €95 to €150 and is...

A BULK purchase of 52 million doses of three different types of Covid vaccine has been authorised by Spain's national government.

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

EARLY details of a vaccination plan have been revealed and more information will be released tomorrow (Tuesday, November 24) – but Spain's president Pedro Sánchez says the strategy will be the same for the whole...

YOU DON'T have to be rich to make it onto the Forbes list – or, at least, a doctor's salary is enough, as 165 medics in Spain already know.

SPAIN'S health minister has relented in his refusal to consider testing for Covid-19 in high-street pharmacies, and is now open to considering doing to – especially after the European Union recommended mass...

A VACCINE against Covid-19 developed in Spain will be ready for production to start 'in less than a month', according to laboratory Rovi.

A TOTALLY Spanish-made satellite is due to go up into space from South America in the early hours of Tuesday morning, and will be able to capture ultra-detailed, high-resolution footage of land use, urban development,...

A MEDICAL researcher from Valencia says vitamin D could be key to helping protect against Covid-19 and treating those affected – not as a panacea, but as a complement to other, necessary anti-viral drugs.

THE FIRST Spanish-born astronaut is about to go up into space again – at the age of 62.