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Videogames against malaria: learn through playing A Malaria "Candy Crush" to research new diagnostic tools involving citizen participation.
25/04/2016
The new game is released on World Malaria Day, April 25th, with an educational challenge in which participate thousands of students.
Design of new materials through the auto- assembly colloidal anisotropic particles
10/12/2015
International Seminars of Frontiers in Materials Science UPM-CIE Moncloa: Design of new materials through the auto- assembly colloidal anisotropic particles
The Moncloa Campus, an international reference in research, learning and an innovation in Madrid
06/11/2015
The Economía & Empresa supplement of the daily business newspaper Cinco Días has highlighted the three big areas of actions of the Moncloa Campus: learning, research and equipments.
Laser induced periodic surface structures. Basics and applications.
21/10/2015
International Seminars of Frontiers in Materials Science UPM-CIE Moncloa: Laser induced periodic surface structures. Basics and applications.
Materials for solar thermal industry
01/10/2015
International Seminars of Frontiers in Materials Science UPM-CIE Moncloa: Materials for solar thermal industry
Mª. Ángeles Querol receives the European Archaeological Heritage Prize 2015
14/09/2015
Mª. Ángeles Querol is a full Professor of Archaeology at UCM and the head of the Cultural Heritage cluster at Moncloa Campus.
Historical exhibition: Landscapes of a war: Ciudad Universitaria of Madrid
12/05/2015
Historical exhibition: Landscapes of a war: Ciudad Universitaria of Madrid
An online game to help diagnose tuberculosis
24/03/2015
Researchers from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid within the framework of Moncloa Campus for the
Theory and practise of the city. 2th Ideas that cross the Atlantic
29/01/2015
Theory and practise of the city. 2th Ideas that cross the Atlantic
International Congress of University Museums: University Museums and Collections: Tradition and Future
26/11/2014
University Museums and Collections: Tradition and Future
The Moncloa Campus will participate in the Science Week: “Vision films of Europe”
04/11/2014
The Moncloa Campus will participate in the Science Week: “Vision films of Europe”
The jury's decision of the 2014 outreach competition of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid
28/07/2014
The jury's decision of the 2014 outreach competition organized by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid through the Oficina de Transferencia de Resultados de Investigación, communication office and the was held on July 11th 2014.
Special award for PICATA participants in the 5th UCM Popular Science competition
06/05/2014
The Universidad Complutense de Madrid, the Oficina de Transferencia de Resultados de Investigación and the Moncloa Campus have called the 5th UCM Popular Science competition.
Social Entrepreneurship Award: How to fight against malaria through crowdsourcing
17/02/2014
The researcher of the Moncloa Campus Miguel Luenzo-Oroz was appointed as a Social Entrepreneur by the Ashoka foundation thanks to his MalariaSpot project which applies the crowdsourcing for medical diagnosis.
Francisco Tirado Férnadez, the vice-rector for Research UCM & General Coordinator CIE Moncloa UCM, was awarded with the National Computing Awards 2013
12/02/2014
The Jose García Santesmases National Computing Award 2013 was granted to Francisco Tirado Fernández, the General Coordinator CEI UCM, Professor of Architecture and Computer Technology and the vice-rector for Research UCM.
The MaterialsWeek is back. Don’t miss out!
04/02/2014
A new edition of Materials week will take place on April 28, 29 and 30 of 2014. The Moncloa Campus, from the Materials for the Future Cluster, aims to boost its social presence and the synergies amongst, professors, researchers, students and companies within the area of Materials Science and Engineering.
The Community of Madrid awarded a prize to María Regí, the chemist responsible for a research group of the CIE Moncloa
22/01/2014
Recognition of her professional career in scientific research
Workshops on Energy Efficiency and Historic Buildings
25/09/2013
Workshops on Energy Efficiency and Historic Buildings
Workshop on Arduino microcontrollers: affordable and easy electronics and robotics
28/05/2013
Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It's intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments.
Successful outcomes of the PICATA workshop held on 12, 13 and 14 of February
28/02/2013
The day opened with the speech of Joaquín Plumet, the Vice-rector for Research at the UCM, who highlighted the relevance of the project and its main programme, the International Programme for Attracting Talent (PICATA), which confers prestige and possibilities to expand human resources.
Improvement in the behavior of corrosion and wear of MG alloys
27/02/2013
International Seminars of Frontiers in Materials Science UPM-CIE Moncloa
The C-A-H gels made in pastes of Alkali-Activated Slag Cements structured and influence on the properties and durability of the elements
21/02/2013
International Seminars of Frontiers in Materials Science UPM-CIE Moncloa
Book presentation: “Restructuring and transfer of companies”
10/01/2013
The research group “contratación-empresa” at the Universidad de Derecho of the UCM within the Heritage cluster of the Moncloa Campus is to present the book «Restructuring and transfer of companies (Cases of judgments and decisions of the GDRN) »
Magic, nature, music and stars at the Moncloa Campus
18/09/2012
The Universidad Complutense and the Univesidad Politécnica de Madrid are organizing outreach activities at the Moncloa Campus based on magic shows, cooking, music, botanical tours and astronomical observations within the activities programme of the Researchers' Night
3th edition of the Summer Scientific Campus Programme CIE Moncloa
19/07/2012
Over 50 students of high school have participated in the scientific project within the 3th edition of the Summer Scientific Campus Programme, CIE Moncloa.
High-speed vibrating milling, an opportunity for eco-compatible medicinal chemistry
18/07/2012
The introduction of environmentally friendly methodologies is one of the priorities for pharmaceutical industry. Ball milling is an emerging technique in organic synthesis, allowing the reaction between solid compounds and reducing the environmental impact associated to the use of solvents.
Learning from innovative local strategies for European cities in decline
29/06/2012
The research group coordinated by Simón Sánchez-Moral, a Ramón y Cajal Researcher at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid belonging to the Heritage cluster of the Moncloa Campus, which includes Ricardo Méndez and José Prada (CSIC), examines the concept of "Shrinking Cities" in depth to attempt to understand the keys to economic recovery of some European cities in decline. A synthesis of this study has just been published by the OECD along with a selection of best practices worldwide.
Spanish technology and a porject with future: EPISOL vehicle
28/06/2012
Researchers at the University Institute for Automobile Research (INSIA) of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid belonging to the Sustainable mobility Cluster within the framework of Moncloa Campus and in collaboration with the Industrial Automation Institute (IAI-CSIC) and CEMUSE Company are participating in the EPISOL project which aims to design and to make a lightweight urban vehicle with hybrid electric propulsion.
Can a cannabinoid alleviate Parkinson”™s disease?
26/06/2012
The Cannabinoid Research Group from the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid belonging to the Innovate Medicine within the Moncloa Campus has found that compound THCV has had successfully results in animal models of Parkinson's disease.
¡10 times stronger than a lighting!
19/06/2012
The combination of a new kind of emerging materials, the complex oxides, with the recent creation of a new type of electrochemical transistors, have turn into a powerful tool capable of generating electric fields 10 times stronger than those of lightning. This discovery represents a revolution in the fields of nanotechnology and basic energy science, allowing the possibility to drastically change the behavior of a material just by applying an electric field.
The CIE Moncloa Campus showed its initiatives in the Ceinnova Innovation Day
15/06/2012
The rectors of the Universidad Complutense and the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, José Carrillo and Carlos Conde, opened the Innovation Day at the Moncloa Campus along with Juan Ángel Botas, Deputy Director General for Research Directorate General for Universities and Research of the Community of Madrid; Luis Cueto, Deputy Director General for the Promotion of Innovation Management, Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and Federico Morán, Director General for the University Policy of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport.
The Solar Cell of the Future is here
13/06/2012
The Thin Films and Microelectronic research group from the UCM and the Solar Energy Institute at the UPM within the framework of the
A butterfly that was believed to have become extinct in Madrid has been seen again
12/06/2012
During the celebration of the 1st Testing of the Biodiversity at the Moncloa Campus, José Mañani, an undergraduate student of Biology at the University Complutense de Madrid, took a picture of a diurnal butterfly that had not been observed in the area for 70 years and over 48 year across the urban area of the capital Madrid.
Exhibition: "The Computing Centre of Madrid Complutense University (1968-1982): from the numerical analysis to the open creativity"
04/06/2012
The exhibition opened on May 31th at The Complutense Art Centre (Museum of Costume, Ciudad Universitaria) and will be open until July 12th. The exhibition was organized by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid within the framework of the Moncloa Campus along with the collaboration of Universidad de Pública de Navarra, the Universidad de Alicante and the ACE (Acción Cultural Española).
[cei]nnova Innovation Day: CIE Moncloa Campus serves society
31/05/2012
On 13th June it will take place the innovation day entitled [cei]nnova at the Facultad de Medicina in the Universidad Complutense de Madrid that is organized by the Moncloa Campus. The event aims to know the abilities, solutions and services in terms of R&D&i of the research groups belonging to the Universidad Complutense and the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid that work together and are divided according to the different scientific area
New scientific software to discover academic heritage
30/05/2012
The software OdA 2.0 is a new application which has been developed by a group of researchers at Universidad Complutense de Madrid belonging to the Heritage Cluster of the Moncloa Campus along with the collaboration of the Varadero Software Factory; a spin-off of the UCM. This application allows experts to create dynamic museums and collections of digital objects on the Internet as part of their academic activity with minimal computer knowledge and minimum technologic resources
The UCM and UPM reassured that the Moncloa Campus is a close collaboration between the two universities
29/05/2012
Joaquín Plumet and Inés Mínguez, the general coordinators of the Moncloa Campus, highlighted the future possibilities for the research and educational collaboration between both universities.
1st Testing of the Biodiversity at the CIE Campus Moncloa
24/05/2012
On Thursday 7th June, it will take place the first Testing of the Biodiversity of the Moncloa Campus. The activity is organized by the research groups of Biology and Biodiversity of Arthropods and Vertebrate Biology and Conservation of the Universidad Complutense of Madrid belonging to the Campus Moncloa.
Challenges for Machu Picchu”™s conservation: Rock weathering, biodeterioration and geomorphologic risks
23/05/2012
Seminar organized by the Geomaterials Programme, coordinated by the Applied Petrology for Heritage Conservation Research Group, from the Geosciences Institute IGEO (CSIC-UCM) and belonging to the Heritage Cluster of the Moncloa Campus, along with the Museum of America.
Jury`s decision of the Outreach Awards of the CEI Campus Moncloa
22/05/2012
The Outreach Awards were organized by the Campus Moncloa in order to encourage researchers and professors to make known the activities and research carried out within the framework of the Moncloa Campus and their clusters.
Seminar: Urban Flood Resilience in Europe
16/05/2012
A Seminar entitled ”œUrban Flood Resilience in Europe” will be held on Wednesday 6th May from 9 to 6pm, where experts in marine environments will provide their view and knowledge of flood management. The seminar is an activity within the programme Proyecto FP7 ”“ SMARTeST.
Summer courses at CIE Moncloa 2012 within the El Escorial Courses
09/05/2012
The Summer Courses organized by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid every year are a reference for discussing ideas and opportunity for intellectual exploration and cultural enrichment through academic and scientific resources of the University.
Working, disseminating and publishing research results
08/05/2012
People responsible for the CIE Campus Moncloa and the clusters had a meeting with the beneficiaries of the International Programme for Attracting Talent (PICATA), who established a set of guidelines when it comes to work and publish research results.
The group of IGEO (CSIC-UCM) at the CIE Moncloa Campus participates in the International Day of Monuments and Sites
23/04/2012
On the occasion of International Day of Monuments and Sites, The Applied Petrology for Heritage Conservation Research Group, from the Geosciences Institute IGEO (CSIC-UCM) and belonging to the Heritage Cluster awareness society about the need to protect cultural and natural heritage.
5th Congress of the Spanish IIC Group
16/04/2012
The 5th Congress of the Spanish Group of Conservation (GEIIC) will be held in Madrid from 18 to 20 April 2012 with the collaboration of the Moncloa Campus and within the framework of the activities of the
CIE Moncloa Campus performs a Geomonumental Route for students of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the UCM
10/04/2012
The Applied Petrology for Heritage Conservation Research Group, from the Geosciences Institute IGEO (CSIC-UCM) performs a Geomonumental Route for students of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the UCM. The completion of this activity allows connecting several UCM research groups belonging to the Heritage cluster which deal with the study and conservation of cultural assets from different perspectives.
Outreach Awards of the CEI Campus Moncloa
20/03/2012
The Moncloa Campus is linked to two of the most influential institutions in Spain. The Complutense University of Madrid and the Technical University of Madrid which share a common interest: the excellence.
Second meeting of the beneficiaries of the PICATA Programme of the CEI Campus Moncloa
16/03/2012
On the 28th of March will take place the second meeting of the beneficiaries of the Programme for International Talent Recruitment (PICATA) . The event will be held at the Sala Cofares of the Facultad de Farmacia (outbuilding) at 11:00 am.
The rectors of the Universidad Complutense and Politécnica de Madrid are committed to the continuity of ”œCampus of International Excellence”
01/03/2012
The two universities share the Moncloa Campus which the largest project of university transformation of Spain
1st Scientific Meeting of the Institute of Geosciences, IGEO (CSIC-UCM) publication
27/02/2012
The work presented allow to disseminate the scientific research performed by the different sublines that comprises the IGEO , as well as the activity accomplished by its Technical Units, available to the entire scientific community.
European Competition for Best Innovations in University Outreach and Public Engagement
22/02/2012
As part of the EC-funded ULab project, the Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford is organizing an online competition to identify the most innovative outreach and public engagement activities carried out by European Universities. Both individuals and groups may apply for awards.
The Vice-President for Research at the UCM talks about the Campus of International Excellences Moncloa which is coordinated together with the UPM
21/02/2012
Joaquín Plumet, Vice-President for Research at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and responsible for the development of Campus Moncloa has highlighted in a recent publication that the work they are conducting is ”œa project of future and will mean an university provided with scientific and non scientific infrastructures for the next generations in order to keep the excellence and to keep growing”.
Strong participation in the activities of the CIE Moncloa during the 11th Science Week
22/11/2011
The Agri-food and health cluster of the Campus Moncloa participated in the XI Science Week of Madrid in an activity entitled ”œVisita guiada a varios Centros de Investigación situados en el Corredor Agroalimentario de Moncloa (CEI Campus Moncloa)” (Guided tour of several Research Centres located in the CIE Moncloa food corridor).
CIE Campus Moncloa shows the results of its first two years
24/10/2011
Universities presented the candidates CIE 2011 projects in a meeting summoned by Ministry of Education and Science and Innovation. In addition, nine CIE 2009 projects have presented their results; one of them was CIE Campus Moncloa.
