Half of the most popular news on Twitter is not covered by traditional news...
The study, carried out by researchers from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) in collaboration with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, the IMDEA Networks Institute and NEC...
View ArticleStudy analyzes the 'virality' of Twitter in electoral processes
Since the Catalan elections of 2010, when Twitter reached a critical mass of Spanish users, this social network has played an important role in emitting messages during all of the electoral campaigns...
View ArticleNew infrared camera detects gas leaks in industry
This company's invention, supported by the Business Incubator at the UC3M Science Park, is based on technology patented by researchers from the UC3M Infrared Laboratory (initialled LIR in Spanish), and...
View ArticleVirtual reality for motor rehabilitation of the shoulder
Researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have developed a virtual reality system for motor rehabilitation of the shoulder. The prototype, which includes a built-in movement sensor, allows...
View ArticleThe development of a smart desk for teamwork projects
New technologies are changing the way people work; in recent years, many companies have tended towards using large open plan spaces, without individual offices, which help to facilitate teamwork. With...
View ArticleTechnology to analyze customer behavior in stores
Proximus, a start-up in the Vivero de Empresas del Parque Científico de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M Science Park Business Incubator), has developed technology for creating a map of...
View ArticleSocial networks used in the assessment of damage caused by natural disasters
An international scientific study, involving Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), has carried research into the use of social networks such as Twitter, as tools for monitoring, assessing and even...
View ArticleCloudLab, a new system for making online video presentations
LabHipermedia, a spin-off with participation by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), has designed a technology that improves the learning experience of instructors and users who employ video as a...
View ArticleDiscovering how cyanobacteria form patterns for nitrogen fixation
Scientists at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have analyzed the process of nitrogen fixation by cyanobacteria, creating a mathematical model that reveals the patterns they form. In these...
View ArticleResearching how to improve certification of intelligent devices
AMASS (Architecture-driven, Multi-concern and Seamless Assurance and Certification of Cyber-Physical Systems) is a research project of the European Union Framework Programme for I+D+I Horizon 2020 -...
View ArticleNew guidance system with 3-D sounds for the visually impaired
The visually impaired will be able to use a new system of sensorial guidance that uses 3-D sounds. The system was developed by Geko NAVSAT, a company that receives assistance from the Business...
View ArticleResearchers improve the ITV brake inspection systems
A group of researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) has developed an innovation for the Technical Inspection of Vehicles that improves the test for braking capacity on trucks and other...
View ArticleA research project helps reduce the cost of parallel computing
Heterogeneous parallel computing combines various processing elements with different characteristics that share a single memory system. Normally multiple cores (like the 'multicores' in some smart...
View ArticleBlappy, a new Bluetooth chat app for people with sensory disabilities
Blappy is a smartphone application that enables fluid communication between people with visual and/or auditory disabilities. Voice messages can be changed into text and vice versa; in addition,...
View ArticleStudy applies math to describe tumor growth
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) has carried out a study that mathematically explains how tumors induce the growth of blood vessels. The study maintains that the tips of the blood vessels expand...
View ArticleNew tool to show advertising revenue generated by each Facebook user
Researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, as part of a European research project, have developed a new software tool which allows Facebook users to visualize the advertising revenue they...
View ArticleSpanish scientists create a 3-D bioprinter to print human skin
Scientists from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), CIEMAT (Center for Energy, Environmental and Technological Research), Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, in collaboration with...
View ArticleHow to improve data management in the supercomputers of the future
Researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) are establishing new foundations for data management in the supercomputing systems of the future. In recent decades, many scientific discoveries...
View ArticleSpanish software optimizes design of new mobile device chargers
An electronic power converter is a system that adapts electric energy from a source to a specific load need. "For example, it's the system that obtains energy from the electricity grid through a socket...
View ArticleNew multi-device system for handling emergencies with information from social...
Researchers from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid have presented a prototype of a multi-device system that can involve citizens in managing emergencies. The system, which can be used through a smart...
View ArticleLighter, more efficient, safer lithium-ion batteries
Researchers from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and the Council for Scientific Research (initialed CSIC in Spanish) have patented a method for making new ceramic electrodes for lithium-ion batteries...
View ArticleKeys to attracting scientific talent in the health sciences
Social capabilities (working conditions and other benefits) can be decisive in the return of scientific talent. This is one of the main conclusions of a study carried out by a team of researchers from...
View ArticleResearchers analyze link between employment status and domestic violence
Researchers from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have carried out a study that analyzes sociodemographic characteristics related to gender-based violence. The study reveals that there is a...
View ArticleThe deaf-blind can now 'watch' television without intermediaries
Today Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), Telefónica and the Federation of Deaf-Blind Persons Associations has developed PervasiveSUB, groundbreaking software that allows deaf-blind persons to...
View ArticleGreater efficiency found in hospitals that carry out more research
To assess the cause and effect relationship between clinical and basic research and efficiency in public health centers, researchers used a database from the Ministry of Health that consists of results...
View ArticleIntelligent underground robot for urban environments
Researchers from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) are leading the implementation of a new kind of autonomous underground robot with intelligent navigation for urban environments. The system,...
View ArticleResearchers develop new ultra-fast 3D microscope
A new microscope can capture 3-D images of live organisms in real time. It's called the QIs-scope, an innovation from a spinoff of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), 4D Nature. The microscope can...
View ArticleElectromagnetic emissions from smartphones analyzed for security vulnerability
A platform to improve smartphone security and that of other electronic devices was recently presented in Canada in an international conference on security and privacy, the Workshop on Security and...
View ArticleNew power generation and propulsion system for satellites
Researchers at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid have designed and patented a new propellantless system for satellites that allows generation of...
View ArticleA video database for cellular tracking created, useful in the fight against...
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), the University Hospital Gregorio Marañón (HGUGM) and Universidad de Navarra, together with other international institutions, have developed a video database for...
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