08 January 2026

SENSOR NETWORK IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL ENABLE REAL TIME AIR QUALITY MONITORING IN SANTIAGO


The pioneering REDES+ initiative, led by researchers from the Hémera Center and the School of Forest Engineering at Universidad Mayor, aims to collect local data and provide easy access to environmental information for educational communit

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01 December 2025

ATACAMA REGIONAL GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES NEW GEOPORTAL AND STRENGTHENS TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES IN MUNICIPALITIES


The Regional Government of Atacama has unveiled an updated territorial information platform that becomes a key resource for public management, evidence-based planning, and open access to updated regional data.

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12 September 2025

MASTER’S STUDENT IN REMOTE SENSING DEVELOPS PREDICTIVE MODEL FOR LANDSLIDES


Dalia Marín, a student of the Master’s in Remote Sensing at Universidad Mayor, was awarded the 2025 University Research Valorization Fund (VIU) with her project Sibila, an innovative proposal that seeks to predict landslides through artificial intelligence, machine learning, and geophysical models.

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22 August 2025

RESEARCH AT HÉMERA CENTER PROMOTES THE USE OF NATIVE FUNGI FOR THE BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF AGRICULTURAL PESTS


Researcher Paul Amouroux, faculty member at the Hémera Center of Universidad Mayor, has been awarded the Innovation + Entrepreneurship grant from ANID’s Ciencia 2030 program to lead the project “HEPiaspis: Entomopathogenic fungi for the biological control of pest scale insects”

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22 August 2025

LOW-COST SENSORS TO MEASURE INDOOR AIR QUALITY IN CHILEAN HOMES


Blanca Ríos, researcher at the Hémera Center, will lead an four-month innovative project aimed at designing and validating a low-cost system to measure indoor air quality in real time in households with different types of heating, such as wood stoves, kerosene heaters, and electric systems. The research seeks to evaluate the air quality of Chilean homes

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