Technology/Science news & information for Spain

SCIENTISTS have warned that putting Spain back onto GMT as it was before World War II would be 'disastrous' and do little or nothing to improve the work-life balance.

FACEBOOK users in Spain became concerned when, at around 18.00 mainland time yesterday (Friday), their sites went down – but it turned out the server had crashed worldwide.

WOMEN who do not exercise have a 71% greater chance of developing breast cancer than those who do, according to ground-breaking research carried out at Madrid's Carlos III Health Institute and the National...

A THIRD of all visits to paediatricians are for health problems related to mobile phone and internet use, according to medical data.

CANARY Island-based telescopes will be used to find out more about the seven 'mini-Earths' discovered this week – a cluster of planets 40 light years away with water, oxygen and other conditions conducive to...

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...

SPAIN is the second-most expensive country in the European Union for broadband internet, beaten only by Croatia, according to a study by the EU Commission.

BRITAIN is home to around 5,000 Spanish scientists, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INE) – but as many as a third of them are seriously considering leaving the UK as a result of the Brexit vote.

A GROUND-BREAKING cancer vaccine for prevention and immune therapy for patients have been discovered by researchers at Valencia's La Fe hospital – but is unlikely to see the light of day due to lack of financing,...

THOUSANDS of researchers marched through the streets of the country's main cities last night (Saturday) to remind politicians that 'without science, Spain has no future'.

RESIDENTS in Spain's so-called 'blank zones' with little or no internet coverage will get up to €450 each to help them connect, says Secretary of State for Information Technology in Society, José María...

SPANISH Intelligence services say a 'high number' of national organisations are affected by today's global ransomware attack which has effectively shut down the NHS in the UK with doctors unable access...