Valencia Versus the Red Palm Weevil
The red palm weevil (or Rhynchophorus Ferrugineus as its mother calls it) is an insect that has been killing palm trees all over the Mediterranean, and which arrived in Spain…
Valencian Architectural Giants
Two Valencian architects, Carla Herranz and Carla Garzó won the 2016 Rethinking Competition, an international competition encouraging architects to reinvent themselves and think outside the box. The challenge was to…
The Eye (of Horus) in the Sky
The Egyptian God Horus had the body of a man and the head of a falcon, and his fantastic eyesight, which allowed him to control what mere mortals were up…
Sisbrick: Earthquake? What Earthquake?
Researchers at the Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología del Hormigón (Icitech) at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) have taken a step towards creating buildings better able to resist the…
Elche Lab Leads Anti-Zika Mission
The Elche- based laboratory Genetic PCR has developed a new, “highly inclusive” RT-qPCR kit for rapid genetic detection of the Zika virus. The RT-qPCR kit allows Zika virus genetic detection…
Ampere Energy Savings
Ampere Energy is a Valencian SME with big ideas. The company has developed software and a battery that permits users to connect to the grid and buy their energy at…
Light at the End of the Garage?
Lug Energy now offers advice and energy saving products at street level, having opened a retail outlet at Avenida Hermanos Machado 137, Valencia, where shoppers can find ways to reduce energy…
Quaternium: Flying High
The Valencian company Quaternium has raised the bar in the development of drones, producing a model that can fly for as long as 4 hours without refueling, six times greater…
Elche, the Final Frontier
PLD Space, based in the Science Park of Alicante University in Elche, is the first Spanish company to obtain a contract to test liquid rocket engines developed at the German…
The Stars Seen from Valencia
Scientists from Valencia, in collaboration with colleagues from Granada, Cádiz and the Canary Islands, have been able to accurately measure the structure of an object next to a black hole…
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