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Agrofood
There’s a bug in my pantry!
Everybody has lived something like this. Open the pantry, take a packet of rice, flour or pasta and… insect! We find out that our foods are infected with bugs. Insect contamination of stored food is a very annoying and worrying problem for consumers and for food...
Food for sportspeople: special or common?
The newly closed Rio 2016 Olympic Games are still in our minds, means of communication and webs, and we are wondering some questions such as how the diet is for athletes? what kind of products they consume? Are they suitable for any athlete with less level? ...
Energy & Environment
Industrial technology within reach of citizens: residential cogeneration
Do you know what cogeneration is? Cogeneration refers to the simultaneous production of electricity and heat, our two main basic energetic needs. The benefits of these technologies are multiple: It´ s 40% more efficient than producing electricity and heat...
“NON-EXHAUST PARTICLES”: The huge unknown of the road transport
The road transport is the main source of particles emissions in the urban environment and one of the most importantat at a global level. Consciouss of the gravity of the problem , the European Union established limits, each time more restrictive, for the scape...
Environment
Once upon a time… the Climate Change
"What is the weather like this weekend?". We ask every week when Friday comes. "Sunny, but we can’t trust on weather" answers our colleague. "You’re right! It’s the climate change fault" both conclude. In our previous posts, you have been able to know how CARTIF is...
Did nobody talk WALL-E about recycling plastics?
A few years ago, the magic company Pixar® showed us the story about the robot named WALL-E, who was designed to clean up an abandoned, waste-covered Earth far in the future, exactly in the year 2800. What we don’t know is if WALL-E knew the benefits of recycling, that...
Industry
3D printing will revolution the way to manufacture
Is 3D printing one of the main engines of a new industrial revolution that will completely change the way we manufacture and consume products? From the reproduction of vital organs to the construction of shelters in space, so revolutionary is the future of 3D...
The Internet of Things and the electricity bill
Internet of Things (IoT) are becoming common. These are the objects that connect to Internet by themselves to carry out their duties with no human intervention. One possible application that can help us to save money and to reduce greenhouse gasses emissions is the...
Health & Quality of life
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Construction and Heritage
The importance of the RTD applied to cultural heritage
Have you ever thought on the importance of the monuments close to you?. Do you happen to know they really are a source of employment and local development?. Here you are a few lines to explain it, and also to make you understand how the applied RTD is effectively...
Computational Multiphysics: Fluid-structure interaction
It is usual, during our work as researchers at CARTIF, we have to model and solve (with the help of advanced software) complex mechanical systems. Their behaviour is affected by the interaction effects, with different levels of coupling, among several physical...
Digitalization
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Innovating R&D
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