Technology/Science news & information for Spain

PROBABLY the most famous and futuristic techno fair on earth, the Mobile World Congress is now open again in Barcelona – just nine months after the last one.

HYDROPLANES are being trialled as a future 'public transport' system to get residents between islands in the Canaries, and could be fully operating by the autumn.

A SECOND nano-satellite is set to be launched into space from Catalunya this autumn, with a budget of €1.7 million, as part of the ongoing fight against climate change.

SCIENTISTS in Spain may have found the key to early detection of a type of cancer which is rarely diagnosed until it is too late.

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 'HOMEMADE' vaccine against Covid-19 is getting closer to being launched, and is effective against all known current strains of the Coronavirus, according to an update on the eagerly-awaited formula this week.

DESPITE the vast majority of the public owning a mobile phone, Spain still has nearly 15,000 telephone boxes in the streets – but their days are numbered.

WET-WIPES wrongly flushed down the toilet are an expensive environmental headache, causing fatbergs and backflowing from drains, ending up in rivers, the sea, and coating beaches – but a team of researchers at Málaga...

A SMALLER and more local version of Barcelona's Mobile World Congress will bring the latest moves in high technology to the Costa del Sol capital next weekend.

A 'FLYING taxi' unveiled at the World ATM Congress in October could be transporting passengers as early as five years' time, inventors Umiles have revealed.

SMALL and medium-sized businesses will soon be able to seek government grants for 'digitalisation' – ranging from creating a website through to online security and a long list of other solutions.

ONE of Spain's top virologists has urged health authorities to keep mask-wearing in indoor areas compulsory until at least the end of January, and recommends using them outdoors as a precaution.