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Agrofood
Cereals: whole, refined or… improved?
There is no doubt that cereal grain are the main source of the diet of consumers around the world. In fact, global cereal production in 2016 was 2,6 million tonnes (FAO data) and account for 30 to 70% of daily energy consumption (FAO data). Cereal intake should be 2-3...
Sugar free, please: the ideal sweetener
We start the new year fulfilling the promise of writing a second part of the post "Without sugar, please” of possible alternatives to elaborate food without sucrose or "table sugar", the most commonly used sweetener in the industrialized world. So this year, my letter...
Energy & Environment
Why Central Asia has become a hotspot for Europe?
In 2020, the European Commission launched a Research proposal (or "topic") with a budget of 10 million Euros that aimed at the development of innovative and sustainable mini-hydropower solutions in Central Asia. What makes this remote part of the world special for the...
From Apollo 13 to the Digital Building Twins
"Houston, we`ve had a problem" This phrase, which is now part of history and sounds familiar to most of us, even if we belong to a different generation, was used by the astronauts on board the Apollo 13 spacecraft after an oxygen tank on board explosion. This happened...
Environment
About recycling, celebrations and children
Last June 15 was a double celebration day in CARTIF. On the one hand, we celebrated the 25th Anniversary of the LIFE Programme, the EU’s funding instrument for the environment and climate action. It has passed 12 years for us since the first time we applied our first...
Think green
We are opening this post providing a written record of we are not sponsored by a well-known beer brand. We dare to make you a direct request because we would like to urge you to do exactly what the title says: think green. At the end of last year, Pantone® company (an...
Industry
Efficiency Wars (Episode IV) – A new (efficiency) hope
Disaggregation of consumptions? Why? To avoid the dark side Within the world of management, the aphorism "If you can't measure it, you can't improve it" is often attributed to the twentieth century Austrian philosopher, Peter Drucker, whose writings contributed...
What could mechanical simulation do for companies?
The use of computer environments in the mechanical engineering field has grown significantly in recent decades. Most companies in the industry are aware of the benefits of computer-aided design (CAD) and engineering (CAE) systems. The traditional tasks associated with...
Health & Quality of life
Wearables: watchers or assistants?
The wearables provide us functions such as view the time and do calculations or improve our capabilities. They are nothing new Already in 1654, the Qing dynasty miniaturized an abacus on a ring. Today it is considered as the first wearable of the history. At the same...
Construction and Heritage
Strategies to reduce emissions in urban bus
Without doubt, the search for solutions that reduce emissions of passenger transport is one of the points where more efforts are being made. The electrification of urban bus is one of the points where most are working, there are several strategies that we will be...
Under road heating
We all know the great efforts made by the authorities in reducing road accidents, however, there are uncontrollable factors. This is the case of adverse weather conditions, including icing on the road surface. To address this problem, each community uses its own...
Digitalization
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