Summary : Researchers from Carlos III University in Madrid (UC3M) are part of a team that, for the first time ever, has been able to monitor the brain activity of a chicken embryo and to confirm that superior brain activity (carrying out complex tasks) begins long before the chick hatches.(OIC/UC3M)Show
UC3M Infrared Technology for space and the environment
07-MAY-2012 12:20 PM
Summary : The Spectral Sensors Laboratory (Laboratorio de Sensores Espectrales) at Carlos III University in Madrid (UC3M) carries out research in the areas of aeronautics, security and the environment in collaboration with numerous companies, to develop and innovate spatial components and environmental sensors using infrared technology.(OIC/UC3M)Show
Innovate and compete with science
30-APR-2012 08:13 PM
Summary : One of the keys to responding to many global problems and needs, with sustainable solutions, lies in building a society that uses knowledge to innovate, according to experts at foromadrid ciencia&empresa.(OIC/UC3M)Show
Launch an observatory for monitoring R + D +i at Spanish universities
23-APR-2012 10:20 AM
Summary : Today the Observatory of Spanish University Research (Observatorio de la actividad Investigadora de la Universidad Española - IUNE) is presented; this observatory is an instrument which will allow the R + D+i activities at both public and private Spanish universities to be seen and analyzed using 6 dimensions and 42 indicators. This initiative, coordinated by the Laboratory for Metric Information Studies (Laboratorio de Estudios Métricos de la Información - LEMI) at Carlos III University of Madrid, has been developed as part of the 4 Universities Alliance (Alianza 4 Universidades - A4U), which also includes the Pompeu Fabra, Autónoma of Barcelona and Autónoma of Madrid universities.(OIC/UC3M)Show
A new course for air traffic controllers at Universidad Carlos III in Madrid
16-APR-2012 11:28 AM
Summary : Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M) is opening the pre-registration period to apply for admittance to the first Initial Course for Tower Controllers, with several authorizations, which is expected to begin in October of 2012 on the Leganés campus.(OIC/UC3M)Show
Social commitment and technology for development
16-APR-2012 09:49 AM
Summary : Solar dryers, hydraulic micro turbines, solar stoves, low cost manual hand pumps... all of these are part of the research that is being carried out in the Laboratorio de Tecnologías Apropiadas (LTA – Appropriate Technologies Laboratory) at Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M).(OIC/UC3M)Show
Spanish technology to make theater accessible
11-APR-2012 10:17 AM
Summary : Aptent, a company that is a spin-off of Universidad Carlos III of Madrid (UC3M), is applying new technologies and accessibility services to the theater and other areas of communication. The objective is to try to eliminate the barriers that individuals with sensory impairment encounter when approaching cultural and leisure activities.(OIC/UC3M)Show
Contact networks have no influence on cooperation among individuals
09-APR-2012 09:21 AM
Summary : Researchers at Carlos III University of Madrid and the University of Zaragoza theoretically predict, in a scientific study, that contact networks have no influence on cooperation among individuals.(OIC/UC3M)Show
UC3M to offer Permanent Chairs of Excellence
30-MAR-2012 02:24 PM
Summary : Universidad Carlos III de Madrid proposed to Grupo Banco de Santander to expand their cooperation, in the promotion of research excellence, creating and maintaining the Permanent Chairs of Excellence. This common interest was evidenced by signing the new cooperation agreement “Cátedras de Excelencia Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Grupo Banco Santander” for the period 2011-2014.Show
A study examines how Spanish companies innovate
26-MAR-2012 10:17 AM
Summary : More than 1300 Spanish companies publish their research in international scientific journals, although the most prolific among them are subsidiaries of foreign multinationals. This is what is indicated by a study carried out at Universidad Carlos III of Madrid (UC3M) that analyzes collaboration, in the area of innovation, between the business world and university and research centers.(OIC/UC3M)Show
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid joins the iTunes U community
23-MAR-2012 02:36 PM
Summary : UC3M now forms part of iTunes U community, Apple’s powerful platform which allows educational contents from top centres of higher learning along with other distinguished institutions to be downloaded and shared with students from all over the world. This University also has a cooperative video portal and several Youtube channels and it stands out for its participation in projects such as OCW, e-Madrid and Open ICOPER Content Space, with a large quantity of educational contents in audiovisual supports.Show
In workplaces with a higher percentage of women in management positions decisions are taken more democratically
20-MAR-2012 05:37 PM
Summary : In workplaces with a high percentage of women in a management position more individualized employee feedback is carried out, more democratic decisions are adopted and more interpersonal channels of communications are established, according to a study by the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M).(OIC/UC3M)Show
A georeferenced digital "comic" to improve emergency management
12-MAR-2012 09:45 AM
Summary : Researchers at the Universidad Carlos III of Madrid (UC3M) have developed a computer application that allows georeferenced images that have been uploaded to social networks on the Internet to be recovered, located on maps and organized like a comic to create a visual perspective of a specific story, such as a crisis situation or an emergency.(OIC/UC3M)Show
Research on how to apply agumented reality to innovate digital content platforms
08-MAR-2012 10:48 AM
Summary : Developing an online multiplayer video game that takes advantage of the potential offered by agumented reality: that is one of the objectives of Pyxel Arts, a company that was born in the heart of the Universidad Carlos III of Madrid(UC3M) Scientific Park, and which hopes to apply this technology to other fields of knowledge, such as medicine or education. (OIC/UC3M)Show
A study analyzes the causes of the trafficking of women in China
27-FEB-2012 10:01 AM
Summary : Research in which Universidad Carlos III of Madrid (UC3M) is participating analyzes the trafficking of women in China, a crime that is related to that country’s great imbalance in the proportion of men to women, which has become worse since the nineteen eighties.(OIC/UC3M)Show
Research on applying enhanced virtuality to language learning
20-FEB-2012 10:28 AM
Summary : Merging the real world with its mirror in a virtual world so that students can be immersed in a hybrid learning environment that permits improved language teaching: that is the objective of scientists at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) who have developed the first prototype that demonstrates how a platform of this type works.(OIC/UC3M)Show
A study analyzes emotions in software engineering
13-FEB-2012 10:08 AM
Summary : Emotions are an important factor that must be taken into account when designing any type of software. This is the conclusion reached through a research project coordinated by the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M – Carlos III University of Madrid) that analyzes the role played by feelings in the users and developers of computer systems.(OIC/UC3M)Show
Independent record companies are committed to innovation
06-FEB-2012 10:00 AM
Summary : A study carried out by researchers at Universidad Carlos III of Madrid (UC3M – Carlos III University) analyzes, for the first time, the independent label sector in Spain. It describes both the wide range of activities and strategies that these firms use, and their presence in new networks and digital services.(OIC/UC3M)Show
Technology that translates content to the Internet protocol of the future
30-JAN-2012 09:55 AM
Summary : A new protocol, IPv6, is being introduced across the Web. Researchers at Universidad Carlos III of Madrid (Carlos III University - UC3M) who are participating in the Trilogy project have defined technology that allows users of this protocol to access Internet contents that are currently only available to users entering the Web using IPv4 protocol.(OIC/UC3M)Show
Moral imagination as a key to overcoming work related stigmas
23-JAN-2012 12:41 PM
Summary : Moral imagination is an essential faculty for workers who must overcome the stigmas of ethical conflicts and social rejection associated with certain types of jobs, according to a study carried out at the Universidad Carlos III of Madrid (UC3M). (OIC/UC3M)Show
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