Technology/Science news & information for Spain

A DRUG used in MRI scans will be withdrawn from use in Spain from March 12 after the European Union warned it carries a risk of leaving chemical deposits on the brain.

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.

THE LATE and celebrated astrophysicist Stephen Hawking's string of global awards included the most prestigious offered by Spain, and was presented to him in 1989 by the then Crown Prince Felipe, who is now King.

SPAIN'S most international clothing chain Zara has introduced Augmented Reality (AR) technology in 120 of its stores worldwide, which will allow buyers to see how garments look once worn to help them decide.

EVERY single town and village in Spain will have access to broadband by the year 2021 and a budget of half a billion euros has been set aside for the purpose, national president Mariano Rajoy has announced.

SPAIN will coordinate the landing of Chinese space station Tiangong 1 on behalf of the European Union on Easter Sunday, according to the Centre for the Development of Technological Industry (CDTI).

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

SPAIN'S international military centre in Torrejón de Ardoz (Greater Madrid region) has successfully coordinated the 'repatriation' of disused Chinese space station Tiangong 1, and all catastrophe theories...

SPAIN'S first support centre for teenagers addicted to SmartPhones has opened in Madrid and is expected to be able to treat up to 1,200 young patients per year.

DYING will be 'optional' within just 27 years and the ageing process will be 'reversible', according to two genetic engineers during the presentation of their new book in Barcelona.

A YOUNG woman based in Madrid saved the life of her suicidal mother hundreds of kilometres away in the Region of Murcia – thanks to Facebook.

SPANISH 'super-surgeon' Dr Pedro Cavadas has reattached a North American Naval officer's severed hand after the 21-year-old suffered a submarine accident off the coast of Cartagena (Murcia).