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A recent study shows that monitoring indicators such as heart rate by processing data from smartwatches can help detect diseases early. This paves the way for these devices to have a scientific and public health impact, beyond merely promoting a healthy lifestyle.

The coronavirus crisis has led to a radical change in work patterns. Teleworking has become established worldwide, and along with it new ways of managing tasks, offices and even communications between employees. But significant challenges still lie ahead if this formula is to become fully integrated.

The coronavirus pandemic has forced us all to reflect on the way of life we lead and how we influence our environment, an exercise that also extends to the construction sector. Engineers, architects and interior designers are working to design new spaces that minimise infections, and they are experimenting with new materials, structures and fixtures.

Modular structures, a huge workforce and great planning, among other factors, are behind the last feat of the Asian country: the construction of a hospital in Wuhan for the management of patients with the coronavirus. But this is not the first building that China raises against the clock.