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Tech & science developments and news
Child with congenital heart disease transferred to Barcelona with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
9-month-old is first infant to be successfully transported to Catalonia using this technique
Barcelona researchers come up with method to improve colon cancer screening
IDIBAPS research institute develops project to provide better diagnosis of tumors, detect polyps and avoid unnecessary colonoscopies
Tool successfully predicts river flooding two hours prior
Developments have been made as climate crisis expected to cause ''excessive flash floods''
Anticoagulant drug can halt Alzheimer's, study finds
Research center run by top Catalan cardiologist and US scientists make breakthrough that holds out hope for future treatment
Barcelona’s Vall d’Hebron hospital opens Spain’s first migraine research center
The Migraine Adaptive Brain Center will investigate and treat people with the second most debilitating neurological disease
Catalonia’s particle accelerator granted another €25m
Government strives for ALBA synchrotron to continue being “a reference in Europe”
Bellvitge Hospital unveils 24 high-tech operating rooms for complex procedures
Center near Barcelona becomes first in Spain with hybrid rooms equipped with latest scanners and surgical robots
Catalonia’s high-tech second-term exports up 20% on last year
There has however been a decrease in mid-high-tech electrical equipment, machinery and vehicles
Barcelona Clinic seeks donations to train eye doctors in developing countries
The hospital has become the first public university center in Europe after creating a teaching center in the surgical area
Catalan government presents IdentiCAT decentralized digital identity project
Bidding for the project to be completed by 2020 will begin this week at €550,000
New technique prevents memory loss among lung cancer patients
Study headed by Barcelona hospital set to change treatment preventing metastasis to brain for those with small cell carcinoma
Digging at Toll de Moià caves resumes after year halted due to direct rule
Archaeologists return to cave system in Central Catalonia hoping to find more remains of cave bears and Neanderthals
The Catalan scientists who want us to eat bugs
Researchers at the URV university are studying ways of introducing insect protein into our daily diets
Catalonia will have the first open 5G laboratory that will serve the entire country
The initiative is the result of the agreement between 5G Barcelona and Orange, which will give the project access to the nucleus of its 5G network
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