European Innovator of the Year: Andreu Climent
Andreu Climent, researcher at the ITACA Institute of the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), has won the first prize in the EIT Awards, organised by the European Institute of Innovation…
Freezing in Valencia
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV) researchers claim to have developed a new autonomous ultra-cold system (Contenedor Autónomo Ultrafrío-CAU) that permits Covid-19 vaccines to be transported at very low temperatures. The…
Valencian Help for Prosthesis Users
IBV is researching portable technologies to follow up patients with knee prosthesis. A clinical study is underway at the Hospital General Universitario de Valencia that will monitor 30 patients for…
Valencian Photographer ‘Captures’ NASA
Valencian photographer Toni Sendra impressed the people at NASA so much that they awarded him with the title Astronomy Picture of the Day in September 2020. The text accompanying the…
Doctor Miracle: Pedro Cavadas
Enol Jordán is the latest beneficiary of the extraordinary skills of Doctor Pedro Cavadas. Twelve years ago they told him that he would never walk again, and since he was…
Interview With UPV Rector Francisco Mora.
Valencia is an international city, but some institutions are more international than others; and right up there at the top of the Valencian world wide web is the UPV, the…
IBV and L’Alqueria LAB work to prevent knee injuries in basketball
This is a technique that the Institute of Biomechanics has successfully used in football, gymnastics or handball The new EYESPORT project will prevent cross-ligament injuries in the knee in new…
Valencia, Iowa: the Corona Connection
Valencia and Iowa came a little closer recently, thanks to the Corona Virus, with the launch of a new video game created by three Valencians, Carmen Fortea, Carmen Navarro and…
SemanticBots creates first inclusive chatbot about coronavirus for people with visual disabilities
The Covid-19 accessible chatbot initiative of SemanticBots facilitates access to information about the pandemic to all social groups. This inclusive system can be installed for free in any web to…
IBV Designs Ergonomic Face Protection Screen for Health Centres and Residences
The Institute of Biomechanics joins the initiative coordinated from the Generalitat Valenciana for the manufacture of authorized protection screens The technology centre is going to produce 10,000 units at its…
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