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An innovative solid state relay, as a result of cooperation between scientists and industry

A collaborative project of the Barcelona Microelectronics Institute (IMB-CNM) of the CSIC and BSH, a company, has produced an innovative solid state relay for induction cookers. It is made of gallium nitride, a new and promising material for power electronics. This is an example of collaboration between a research centre and a company.

A reliable, low cost pressure circuit

Researchers from CSIC at the Barcelona Microelectronics Institute (IMB-CNM) have developed a very low cost pressure sensor. Very small, it can be monolithically integrated on a circuit, which reduces drastically the production cost. It can be applied in fields that demand pressure monitoring such as food packaging, aeronautics, automobile, remote sensing, health...

The CSIC introduces new nanotechnologies at Imaginenano 2018

The CSIC has been present in Imaginenano 2018, the fourth edition of the biggest European event in nanoscience and nanotechnology, which took place in Bilbao (Spain).

The CSIC in Nanotech 2018

The CSIC has been in the last edition of Nanotech, which took place in Japan on 14th to 16 February, where it has introduced around 15 new technologies. With more than 44 thousand visitors, Nanotech is one of the biggest international focused on nanotechnologies.

Two projects led by the IMB-CNM and the ICN2, awarded in the ‘Generació d’Idees’ competition

The RES-KIT project, “Genetic pen-site kit to detect antimicrobial resistance genes”, led by CSIC scientists at the Barcelona Microelectronics Institute (IMB-CNM), has been awarded with the second prize in the 2017 edition of ‘Generació d’Idees’. The first prize went to Nanoplastics, a project led by the Nanoscience research institute ICN2.

Artificial Intelligence algorithms for solidarity

Scientists at the CSIC’s Instituto de Investigación en Inteligencia Artificial have developed an app, uHelp, to facilitate the creation and strengthening of solidarity communities.

Optomechanical crystals to enable chaos-based secure data communications

Researchers from ICN2's Phononic and Photonic Nanostructures (P2N) Group published a study where the complex dynamics, including chaos, of optical nonlinearities are controlled by using optomechanical crystals and changing the parameters of the excitation laser. This discovery might allow the information to be coded by introducing chaos into the light carrying it.

A unique calibration pattern for spatial and conductive modes in Atomic Force Microscopes

The CSIC has developed an easy procedure for manufacturing calibration patterns suitable for Atomic Force Microscopes (AFM). A unique pattern supports a simultaneous geometrical and current calibration for the sample.

New project will develop an automatic system for controlling radon indoors

An automatic and affordable system for monitoring radon indoors will be developed in the frame of the CARE project. The system, which can be controlled through an 'app' in the smart-phone, will have an easy-to-use version for homes and another for big installations.