Engineering is, and should be, a tool that helps to improve people’s lives by easing most of their tasks. Therefore,…
A global pandemic in the era of wearable devices
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on the 11th of March 2020….
Agriculture 4.0: the technological revolution reaches our table
Technology 4.0 is an essential part of our lives that makes our day-to-day tasks much easier without us even realizing…
Integrated photonics and the future of telecommunications
The Nobel Prize in Physics in the year 2000 went to engineers Jack Kilby and Robert Norton Noyce for their…
Maths can be hidden everywhere
When we look at the world that surrounds us, we do not probably think about mathematics, do we? Well, this…
Heart and Computer: the strange couple?
Cardiovascular diseases are one of the main causes of death in industrialized societies. In addition, a large number of these…
A team of researchers takes the first steps to solve the tyranny of quantum numbers
The world of quantum physics is fascinating. It presents a description of nature that challenges our most rooted concepts about…
Giving voice to depression
During the past few decades, the development of speech technologies has been exponentially increasing, which has been mainly triggered because…
Tuberculosis: what was of the “White Plague”?
The world report of the World Health Organization about tuberculosis, which is known since the 17th century as The White…
My relationship with synthetic biology
There is no such thing as a perfect relationship. Regardless how much you like the other person, it is always…