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Economic research on the effects of innovation on the competitiveness of companies
The Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) promoted pioneering econometric research to analyze and measure the real effect in terms of competitiveness that investment in innovation has on Spanish companies. Much is said about the relationship between effort in innovation and business competitiveness, but in Spain there was not yet a scientific study that…
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Tesla is not alone
The American multinational is beginning to have competitors around the world, as the energy newspaper, in this case for Asia, the fact is that the Indian company Acme Cleantech Solutions Ltd. has released a new battery that promises to compete with the famous Tesla batteries, also called Powerball. According to Acme’s CEO, “The Tesla Powerwall…
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The Basque Network of Science, Technology and Innovation is renewed
After a long process of analysis, reflection and consultation and after the approval of the Basque Plan for Science, Technology and Innovation 2020, the Basque Government has approved the Decree 109/2015, of July 23, regulating and updating the composition of the Basque Science, Technology and Innovation Network. The decree, which incorporates very significant changes, will…
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Face to face with malaria
It will take 30 years of research for the world to see what may be the first vaccine against malaria, as we are informed through the time. In principle it will be aimed exclusively at African countries (this disease is also suffered in some Asian countries) and at children between 6 weeks and 17 months….
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pedaling cities
Evolution is an inherent part of the human process, thousands of years ago we painted animals in the Atapuerca caves, today we are capable of creating them with 3D machines. As far as transport is concerned, we went from horse to cart, from cart to car and from car to bike, wait a second, to…
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à la carte holidays
8 hours a day, 5 days a week, the “stock” system that most companies have been using for years is changing. Many companies are checking how the carrot is generally more efficient than the stick; creates a better environment and carried with responsibility and commitment, generates better results. In this sense, the fact that employees…
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intelligence search
100 million dollars is what the Russian billionaire will contribute for ten years to the project led by NASA and founded as “Milner’s Breakthrough Listen Initiative” to investigate the search for intelligent life in space, as we can see through the latest article from < a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/espanol/news/the-search-for-extraterrestrial-intelligence-gets-a-big-financial-boost/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">scientifiamerican< /a>. The agreement presented in London…
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Guadalmedina is transformed
The Málaga city council together with the Ciedes foundation have launched a project to remodel the Guadalmedina river , a river that centuries ago was once navigable and that was an important means of communication between different towns, one of them being Malaga, which saw its historic center being created on its banks. The current…
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Not all that glitters is gold
With the financial and political crisis suffered in Europe in recent years, many countries were immersed in an instability that directly affected their currencies, increasing the interest rates of their loans as well as the distrust of their security. For this reason, there were not a few who saw gold (once again) as a safe…
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London chooses to walk
All roads lead to…London! The British city council has launched a plan to move its inhabitants away from the use of private cars and bring them closer to the sidewalks, as we can discover in the latest article from urban platform. To do this, the council has a generous budget to fit out as many…