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Agrofood
Waiter! One of dung beetles!
This story beggins a sunday afternoon whichever, 2 documentary in the background. With the eye half-open I distinguish a scene in which a beetle locate fresh droppings and gives them the form of a perfect ball (aaaah! hence the name "dung beetle"!! With drums and...
World Food Day 2022; no one should be left behind
Economic crises, conflict, inequality and subsequent food price rises make difficult to access adequate food and the lack of availability creates even more inequality. All these situations are affecting food security and preventing a path towards ending hunger and...
Energy & Environment
Being active citizens in the energy transition: a collective responsibility
In recent decades, the evolution towards a genuine energy and environmental transition has taken a fascinating course. Our social and productive system is undergoing an unprecedented transformation, and the major issues that characterise the 21st century, such as...
Sustainable Mobility Plans, a key element for the decarbonisation of our cities
When we think of decarbonisation, the type of activity that comes to mind first and foremost is the implementation of large wind farms or solar farms that generate large amounts of clean energy. Or the much-needed refurbishment of buildings, which would drastically...
Environment
Recovering our link with nature
In the end, I coukd not resist...I went to see AVATAR 2. Even in 3D! The idea of recalling the sensations I experienced 13 years ago as a spectator of one of the greatest technological advances in animation of the 21st century, won over the laziness of being inside a...
Biomass. Now yes?
Many people will have an accurate idea of what biomass is and what it represents in our society. In an energy context in which energy prices are continually breaking historical records, there are already many consumers who, in view of the imminent winter, have found...
Industry
Elicitation of knowledge: learning of expert operators
Elicitation (from the latin elicitus "induced" and elicere "to catch") is a term associated with psychology that refers to the fluid transfer of information from one human being to another by means of language. The knowledge elicitation applied to industry is a...
Artificial Intelligence, an intelligence that needs non-artificial data
The common denominator of artificial intelligence is the need of available, good qualilty and real data to advance in the different procedures needed to create and train the models. Practical research in AI often lacks available and reliable datasets so the...
Health & Quality of life
October 16th, World Food Day: #ZeroHunger
#ZeroHunger is the motto for the World Food Day that is celebrated on October 16 leaded by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) worldwide. #ZeroHunger is also part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the World Health Organization...
Trump, Google and Huawei, commercial war or technological war?
The end of Game of Thrones has left many of us an existential vacuum and an unprecedented duel. Precisely when we entered the acceptance phase, a new series of creators of "The Wall", "Tension with North Korea" and "The crisis of Venezuela" comes to our screens: 'Game...
Construction and Heritage
Why do we like some landscapes more than others?
Each landscape makes specific, different, unique feelings. When contemplating a meadow dotted with trees, we do feel something totally different from what we feel looking at a desert area. This also happens when facing cultural landscapes1. A Romanesque church does...
Innovating in construction: collaborative environments
It is a well-know fact how our environment has changed dramatically in the last years. This enviroment is in constant transformation, with uncertainities and aspects that are difficult to predict. Construction sector in particular, hasn´t been oblivious to such...
Digitalization
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