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Aerial view of the new CAREN center.

Turning Chile into a world food power

The new building of the Carén Center joins the Technological Center for Food Innovation network. The facility will allow UC Chile and the other university…

Patricio de la Cuadra in a brown jacket standing in front of an orange wall

Patricio de la Cuadra and the sound of digital magic flutes

The musician, engineer, researcher, and professor at the Faculties of Arts and Engineering developed a physical model that is unique in the world: a digital…

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Chile - Sweden platform launches joint doctoral courses program

Chilean and Swedish universities grouped on the ACCESS platform will participate in the joint call to promote doctoral courses for both countries. They want to…

Power buoy installed in the ocean

Open Sea Lab: The first step to promoting the use of renewable marine energy in Chile

A buoy, anchored two kilometers from the UC Coastal Marine Research Station in Las Cruces, will drive the country's marine renewable energy industry's…

Galaxy - Credit: NASA and the Hubble Heritage Team STSci/AURA

Golden Webinars in Astrophysics series continues presenting ground-breaking ideas!

The 'Golden Webinars in Astrophysics' series brings you forefront research from scientists, who have significantly contributed to astronomy, astrophysics, and…

Wooden path over a landscape.

The new stage of the UC Patagonia Station

The decree signed by the Ministry of National Assets ensures the continuation of the work carried out by the UC for over a decade. The work -in one of the last…

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World Economic Forum Highlights 2 UC Researchers

Francisca Garay seeks to understand the behavior of tiny particles. Diego García-Huidobro aims to reduce childhood obesity and addictions with family-centered…

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Millennium Institute of Astrophysics (MAS): Astronomy in the Big Data Era

The Millennium Institute of Astrophysics (MAS) was selected in the project contest for institutes and millennium nuclei 2012, and is jointly developed by the…

Fog-catchers in the Atacama Desert.

Atacama Desert Research Station: A Desert Full of Discoveries

In the world’s driest desert, Universidad Católica has established the country’s first research center focused on the components of this unique ecosystem: the…