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Awarded an ERC Proof of Concept grant to the PRONTO project for sustainable diagnostic devices
The project led by Neus Sabaté, a researcher at the Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona, has been selected to receive funding from the European Research Council for her PRONTO project: self-PoweRed cONductimeter for digiTalization of rapid mOlecular diagnostics.
The Generalitat Minister of Business and Labour meets with the IMB-CNM team to discuss the PERTE Chip
Roger Torrent, Minister of Business and Labour of the Generalitat of Catalonia, visited today the Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona and its Clean Room, to hold a meeting with the Management team and talk about the Catalan semiconductor ecosystem and the possibilities of PERTE Chip in the territory.
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The miniaturization of robotic tools and probes enables the fundamental study of mechanical properties of cells and tissues.
Science Robotics, 25 Jan 2023, Vol 8, Issue 74, DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.adf9996
The natural environment has always been a source of inspiration for the research community. Nature has evolved over thousands of years to create the most complex living systems, with the ability to leverage inner and outside energetic interactions in the most efficient way. This work presents a flow battery profoundly inspired by nature, which mimics the fluid transport in plants to generate electric power. The battery was ecodesigned to meet a life cycle for precision agriculture (PA) applications; from raw material selection to disposability considerations, the battery is conceived to minimize its environmental impact while meeting PA power requirements.
Energy & Environmental Science, 2022, Issue 7, DOI:10.1039/D2EE00597B