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HIGHLIGHTED PROJECT
MARIA: A portable, flexible and radiation-free device to improve the early detection of breast cancer
A team from the Matrix Analysis and Discrete Potential Theory (MAPTHE) research group at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC), and the Department of Mathematics at CUNEF Universidad in Madrid, have participated in the development of MARIA, a prototype of a portable, flexible and radiation-free device designed to improve the early detection of breast cancer.
HIGHLIGHTED PROJECT
ZeroCarbonPave: Bituminous pavements with biochar to reduce the carbon footprint of roads
The Research Group in Smart and Sustainable Resources and Industries (RIIS) at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) is developing the ZeroCarbonPave project, which aims to assess the feasibility of incorporating biochar as filler and/or as the fine fraction of granular material in bituminous mixtures, with the objective of reducing the carbon footprint associated with the manufacture and laying of road pavements.
HIGHLIGHTED NEWS
New ACCIÓ grants for business innovation 2026
The 2026 call for Business Innovation Grants (R&D&I) includes three funding lines adapted to each stage of innovation: the initial validation of a technology (technological exploration grants), its application in projects close to market (grants for technological innovation), and the development of new products, processes or services involving high technological risk (grants for R&D projects).
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Microsoft has joined Connèxia UPC with a project to optimise AI applications and big data management
Microsoft has joined Connèxia UPC, a programme designed to strengthen long-term university–business relation and tailored to the companies' needs. Under this new collaboration framework with the UPC, Microsoft has launched a project with inLab FIB to research advanced techniques aimed at improving the performance and speed of graph databases, which are key to managing large information networks. This technology is fundamental to fields as diverse as social platforms, financial fraud detection and the systems powering many artificial intelligence applications.
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