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Agrofood
Tailor-made food: 3D printing for new textures, health and nutrition
3D food printing allows for the creation of dishes that are customized in texture, shape, and nutrition, adapted to people with dysphagia, children, or special needs. It also improves sustainability by reducing waste and optimizing resources.
#WorldFoodDay; How can I help?
World Food Day reminds us that every choice counts. From choosing local products to reducing waste, our daily actions can drive a fairer, more sustainable, and healthier food system for all.

Energy & Environment
When turning on the heating isn’t an option: real solutions to energy poverty
Energy poverty cannot be solved by technology alone. It requires a combination of energy-efficient refurbishment, passive solutions and a social approach tailored to each specific context. Reducing energy demand is key to improving comfort in vulnerable households.
Predicting congestion and voltage issues in electricity grids: key factors for a smart and flexible grid
Predicting congestion and voltage issues in electricity grids makes it possible to anticipate failures and optimise system operation. Through the use of advanced algorithms and energy flexibility, it is possible to prevent incidents and improve the integration of renewable energy sources.

Environment
From Waste to Resource: What the New European Urban Wastewater Directive Brings
The new European Wastewater Directive (EU 2024/3019) is driving a paradigm shift: from traditional wastewater treatment plants to bio-factories capable of recovering resources, energy, and nutrients. This regulation strengthens the circular economy and requires advanced technologies to remove emerging pollutants.
Artificial Intelligence and natural resource management: the risk of lossing human perspective
Artificial intelligence can improve natural resource management, but it cannot replace human judgment. Ecosystems are complex systems where experience, local knowledge, and ethics remain essential for true sustainability.

Industry
The impact of PCB design on reliability and electronic performance
In sectors as diverse as construction, logistics, heritage, and industry, the Internet of Things (IoT) has become a key factor in driving digitalization, improving efficiency, and opening up new opportunities for innovation. When designing an electronic device,...
A journey through production
Imagine if every product that reaches your hands could explain its story: where it comes from, what materials it was made with, what processes it went through, how its quality was guaranteed and under what conditions it was transported to its destination. We live in...

Health & Quality of life
It´s my life and I want to keep deciding about it
Since the beginning of the times they exist few things that we know they are going to happen with totally security. The world is full of happenings and alleatory events very difficult to predict, even for our partner artificial intelligence, which often seems to be a...
Extending the years of life in a natural way
Oddly enough, old age is a relatively new phenomenon in western society. Since the XIX century when, thanks to the progress of the industrial and scientific development, increases the number of old people and their life expectancy, but at the same time increase the...

Construction and Heritage
Artificial Intelligence and Cultural Heritage: A Promising Alliance (With Nuances)
Artificial intelligence can transform the conservation of cultural heritage by analyzing large volumes of data, detecting patterns, and helping experts make more informed decisions, without replacing their judgment or sensitivity.
Preserving what we are: a new technical perspective on the maintenance of built heritage
Beneath the vaults of a Gothic church, within the thick walls of a Cistercian monastery, in the stucco of a Renaissance palace or the rammed earth and timber frames of a traditional house, a single truth emerges: built heritage is an essential part of our history and...

Digitalization
CARTIF, SMEs and Digital Transformation
What is Digital Transformation? The world nowadays is immersed in a deep digital transformation change, whether we like it or not. Moreover, it seems the logical order of human evolution, because human development, is linked to technological development, since the...
Education for digitilazation
The digital transformation seems to have become the lifeline of administrative, educational and business sectors in the face of the serious health and economic situation that we are going through. The urgency of incorporating more traditional activities into the...

Innovating R&D
Build, measure, learn and repeat
The “Build-Measure-Learn” cycle is a Lean methodology that allows for rapid hypothesis validation and reduces waste in innovation projects. Its goal is not to get it right the first time, but to learn faster and better.
How to overcome the fear of innovation: confidence and risk management
Innovation doesn’t fail due to a lack of technology, but rather a lack of trust. Managing risk with strategic partners, budget, and leadership allows us to transform fear into opportunity and make innovation a real driver of change.















