Researchers at the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) have created a new thermoelectric material: a paper capable of converting waste heat into electricity. These devices could be used to generate electricity from residual heat to feed sensors in the field of the Internet of Things, Agriculture 4.0 or Industry 4.0.
From 7 to 11 February Barcelona will be celebrating the first edition of the City and Science Biennial, with over 90 science popularisation activities to bring science closer to society. The biennial includes the collaboration of some 120 entities, including the UAB, and almost 140 science professionals.
Department of Chemistry Professor Pilar González Duarte will be in charge of inaugurating this international year in Catalonia with a conference entitled “150 Years of an Essential Scientific Discovery: the Periodic Table” on Tuesday 5 February at the Institut del Teatre in Barcelona.
Organitzada per Ecoembes i el seu centre d'innovació en economia circular TheCircularLab, la iniciativa Circular University Challenge està dirigida a estudiants de qualsevol titulació que vulguin presentar solucions innovadores per reciclar més i millor, i perquè els envasos siguin més sostenibles.
Members of the UAB Molecular Microbiology group, led by Dr Montserrat Llagostera, participate in the European project PhagoVet, funded with 3.3 million euros, to develop three bacteriophage-based products to fight against Salmonella and Escherichia coli outbreaks which could affect these farms.
The IBB, INc and ICTA-UAB institutes announce a competition for doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers at their centres. The challenge consists in participants explaining the research they are conducting in under two minutes.
With the aim of meeting the needs of society in terms of education and employability, the UAB has created a new strategic research community (CORE) whose main objective is to make the research into these fields more visible and facilitate knowledge transfer from researchers to their surroundings.
The training programme, offered to 25 young unemployed people, aimed to foster a sustainable economy by acquiring digital skills. Six months after completing the course, 19 of the 25 have found a job.
Sequentia's R&D department managed to improve the yield, concentration, quality and thus the therapeutic properties of this medicinal plant, which is being investigated as a potential treatment for autoimmune, gastrointestinal and inflammatory diseases.