Press releases

Researcher Tim Hubbard, from Genomics England, will give a lecture at the event inaugurating the anniversary celebrations, which will also feature the only two scientists from Spain who participated in the international project 25 years ago.

Research based on animal models demonstrates the protective effects of cognitive stimulation, identifies mechanisms for preserving brain function and reveals differences between sexes that point to the need to adapt therapeutic strategies with a gender perspective to address this neurodegenerative pathology.

The Institute of Cosmos Sciences (ICCUB) and the Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB) present a new app, available on Google Play, which combines entertainment and scientific dissemination.

New studies reveal that this hypersensitivity is a characteristic condition of the disease and is closely linked to symptom severity and brain responses in young people suffering from chronic pain.

Warm spring temperatures are arriving earlier and earlier due to climate change, bringing forward the breeding season of a marine species that is crucial to the structure and biodiversity of coral reefs.

• NeurekaNUM is the first method developed in Spanish and Catalan with scientific evidence for the detection and early intervention of this disorder

A study using data from Catalonia shows that collaboration between local councils and regional councils significantly increases the coverage of rental assistance, while having no significant effect on guaranteed citizen income.

The Alma Mater UB team is the first from a public university to secure a spot in the Spanish first division of League of Legends.

As part of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, 36 women researchers registered for the second edition of the Petites Mirades project.

A web portal WITH resources in LSC is also created to facilitate learning and promote equal opportunities.

The study on these stars, which move through space at unusually high speeds and drift away from the places where they were born, combines measurements of their rotation speeds and binarity.

The University of Barcelona, the Alt Penedès and Garraf Healthcare Consortium, Castellers de Vilafranca, and the Pinnae Foundation will promote a set of educational and research initiatives to generate scientific knowledge about castellers. 

La recerca, basada en l’anàlisi geoquímica d’utensilis de pedra tallada, demostra que caçadors recol·lectors del centre de la península Ibèrica van mantenir contactes a molt llarga distància i van connectar amplis territoris d’Europa occidental.

Large amounts of litter, mainly consisting of plastics, become trapped in these unique and biodiverse — but also highly vulnerable — ecosystems, which are structured around plant species adapted to growing in saline soils that are permanently or temporarily flooded. This is a major environmental problem.

Cutting-edge artificial intelligence techniques help detect complex patterns to better understand why this hereditary neurodegenerative disease can begin at very different ages in patients.

The opening lecture will be given by Catherine Walsh, a pedagogue, thinker, and activist intellectual, internationally recognized for her commitment to decolonial struggles and praxis. 

Les visites, que tindran una durada d’una hora i es faran de la mà d’una guia experta, proposen un recorregut per l’Edifici Històric a partir d’una breu selecció de textos que l’han pres com a escenari.

The agreement reached between the Government of Catalonia and the University of Barcelona provides for the acquisition of the properties by the Government and allows the University to continue carrying out the sporting activities that take place there until 2030.

A study describes how the regulation and 3D organization of the genome have contributed to the evolution of animal body plans.

La mesura s’implantarà progressivament als diferents campus al llarg del 2026.