Technology/Science news & information for Spain

SCIENTISTS at a Madrid neurobiology laboratory have made a ground-breaking discovery as to the origins of Parkinson's disease, throwing into conjecture previous assumptions about where the condition starts.

WE'RE LIVING longer and are healthier with it than ever before in history: medical science is moving so fast that even a few years can change the face of treatment to an unrecognisable degree, and what was once the...

SPAIN'S new data protection law will prevent children under 14 years old from using social media without their parents' express consent, a year older than at present.

SCIENTISTS in Barcelona have found a tumour marker which predicts how cancer cells will respond to immunotherapy treatment – hailed as the future of oncology medication.

A WOMAN who went through an early menopause has just given birth to a baby girl – using her own eggs.

FACEBOOK users in Spain can now access the Article Context button, which helps filter out 'fake news'.

A HOSPITAL in Barcelona has set up a system allowing it to monitor patients with sleep apnoea from home, cutting down on in-patient stays by an average of 40% to 50%.

COULD there really be life on other planets, and would it resemble any known species on Earth...even the human race? Popular culture has been full of inventions of extraterrestrial creatures, from little green men with...

SPANISH scientists have invented a 'smart mattress' for babies which prevents and corrects skull deformities and can even reduce the risk of cot death.

SCIENTISTS in Spain have created a vaccine against the Zika virus, a tropical disease caused by the Aedes Aegypti mosquito (pictured).

ASTRONAUT-TURNED-SCIENCE minister Pedro Duque has donned his space suit in public again for the first time since 2003, when he went on his last mission into orbit.

SHINY till-roll paper used for card payment machines and as proof of purchase are made with a chemical that can cause cancer and infertility, according to a joint study involving Granada University.