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  • Low-cost does not increase tourist spending.

    Contrary to what many of us might think, the increase in tourists caused by the irruption of the low-cost airlines has not translated into an increase in overall tourism spending. To reach this conclusion, a team from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) has led a study on the contribution to global tourist spending of…

  • more graphene

    A group of researchers from the Singular Center for Research in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Materials, CIQUS, has developed a very simple procedure to obtain nanometric graphenes, but what is this new development for? Nanometric graphene will help in the generation of a new generation of electronic devices, what’s more, CIQUS has worked on this…

  • The Basque economy, a benchmark

    On a recent visit to the Basque Country, Luisa Fernanda Rudi, president of the Autonomous Community of Aragon, qualified to the Basque economy a reference model, in relation to competitiveness, capacity for innovation, internationalization and solidity of the productive fabric. Mrs. Rudi is touring the entire state to present Aragón, a community to invest in,…

  • E-commerce is here to stay

    < /p> It is clear that Basque companies are aware of the enormous potential that the Internet represents today, and this translates into the evolution and rise of e-commerce in recent years. During 2013, electronic commerce mobilized 19,000 million euros, 11,072.3 million in terms of sales on the Internet and 8,090.8 million in purchases made,…

  • What is Social Innovation?

    In recent times we have gone from talking about innovation in relation to technology or the company to also starting to talk about social innovation. In fact, many things are being done under the label of “social innovation” in our environment. But in reality, what really is social innovation? We liked this video generated by…

  • Is this drinkable water?

    To find out, you only have to use Euskalsense, an App developed by the University of Deusto, and more specifically by a research group from DeustoTech and Open data Euskadi whose use will allow users to check the quality of drinking water in the Basque Country. Euskalsense analyzes both chemical and biological parameters and has…

  • Navarra undertakes

    CEIN (European Center for Business and Innovation of Navarra) and ANEL (Social Economy Companies of Navarra) have signed a collaboration agreement with the aim of establishing a space for continuous collaboration in the field of entrepreneurship and value the importance of the Social Economy for the creation of quality employment. Both institutions want to promote…

  • awesome technology

    MIT Media Lab is a research center within the School of Architecture and Planning at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (the famous MIT). The Media Lab eis dedicated to research projects on the convergence of design, multimedia and technology. He found thanks to UppWhats, a video with what the MIT Media Lab calls tangible technology that…

  • The effect of gravity seen by a gnome

    Indeed, gravity affects us wherever we go, but how do you carry out an experiment to measure the different variations of gravity? In the case of the company KERN, they have launched the Gnome Experiment, yes, Gnome. The kit to do it is a garden gnome figure and a weight that allows you to calibrate…

  • Global Innovation Index

    The seventh report of the Global Innovation Index has recently been presented. This index, co-published by Cornell University, INSEAD and the World Intellectual Property Organization, WIPO,< /a> (one of the United Nations agencies), is published annually and ranks the capacities and results of innovation economies around the world. This index has become a benchmark and…