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Denmark: Interest rates defy gravity
The European Central Bank or the central banks of Japan, Sweden, and Switzerland have introduced negative interest rates, but in Denmark, where they have had negative rates since 2012, something is happening that seems hard to imagine. There are citizens who charge interest on their home mortgage, as well as companies – for now not…
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B-Venture: Appointment with the entrepreneurial community in Bilbao
Entrepreneurs have an appointment at B-Venture 2016, a startup investment forum that will take place at the Euskalduna Palace in Bilbao on the 18th and 19th of next October. Until June 30, entrepreneurs who have an innovative project and who are seeking support and financing to materialize it, can register on the official website ….
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Video: Elegy for the Arctic
The pianist Ludovico Einaudi in concert among the icebergs of the Arctic, to raise awareness, hand in hand with Greenpeace, about the need to create a marine protected area in the Arctic Ocean, the first in international waters. The Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR) will decide before…
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The benefits of renewables outweigh their costs
A doctoral thesis prepared at the University of the Basque Country by Telecommunications engineer Cristina Pizarro-Irizar has concluded that renewable energies introduced significant savings in the Spanish wholesale market, after analyzing the role of renewables in the electricity system in the period 2008-2013, a period in which renewable energy production grew by 69% The thesis,…
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Video: Cities over time
A study of Yale University has exhaustively traced the development of cities on the map over the past 6,000 years.
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Solutions 4.0 towards the circular economy
The Institute of Technology of the University of Deusto, DeustoTech, coordinates the European project < a href="http://energia.deusto.es/projects/info/waste4think/">Waste4Think, which seeks to advance towards a circular economy by applying eco-innovative solutions to waste management in cities. The initiative, which started this week in Bilbao as stated in the SPRI, will last three and a half years and…
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A symbol of the resilience of nature in Bucharest
A failed hydrological project from 1989 has become a symbol of nature’s resilience in Bucharest, Romania. Between apartment blocks, the abandoned Văcărești reservoir has become, without any kind of human intervention, a wild wetland with a rich ecosystem, in a story that gathers The Guardian. Last May, after four years of campaigning by environmentalists, the…
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Blockchain, the great discovery of Bitcoin
In recent years there has been a lot of talk about Bitcoin, the digital currency that operates without a bank or central authority. However, it is the Blockchain technology that supports Bitcoin that is being presented as the great discovery that can transform the economy, more than the cryptocurrency itself. Blockchain is a system of…
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Appointment with intelligent innovation in Bilbao
This Tuesday, June 9, the fifth edition of the Global Innovation Day, the great meeting between the protagonists of innovation in the Basque Country, which on this occasion revolves around the concept of Smart Innovation or intelligent innovation. As it could not be otherwise, Naider is present to meet and share experiences in the different…
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Video: Innovation in the business model
Most innovations do not arise from exciting technological breakthroughs. This video coming to us from Professor Oliver Gassman, from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland, clearly and entertainingly explains the concept of innovation in the business model.