Peri-urban agriculture in the Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB) is in a critical situation after decades of decline. A new study conducted by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of ...

Over the last few decades, wild boar populations have increased in the urban areas of Barcelona and in other parts of Catalonia. This wild animal is an important reservoir of the hepatitis E virus.

On a day like today, December 30th, a century ago, Infante Fernando of Baviera and Cardinal Vidal i Barraquer inaugurated the Grand Subway between Catalunya square and Lesseps, now part of line 3. One ...

“The social and economic asset that beaches represent is at risk,” warns Ramon Torra, manager of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB). This warning originates from the coastal municipalities and is ...

As the efforts towards the realization of powerful quantum computers and quantum simulators continue, there is a parallel program aimed at attaining the quantum analog to the classical internet. This ...

The Catalan city of Barcelona, home to Sagrada Família, is now partially powered by its own Metro underground trains, thanks to a system called regenerative braking. When an electric vehicle is slowed ...

Regenerative brakes allow metro trains to produce energy rather than heat, which is now being used to supply EV charging points at street level. The Barcelona subway grinds to a halt, the doors slide ...

Barcelona Metro Line 9 is set to become the longest automated metro line in Europe when construction work concludes in 2014. TMB is the operator of the Barcelona Metro line 9. Siemens press picture.