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New factor linked to heart failure 22/05/2025

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The study analyses the function of bells or military communication between castles through sound.

A thesis on the use of sound in mediaeval Catalonia wins the Doctors’ Senate Award 20/05/2025

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Experts Gustavo Egea, Victoria Campuzano and Isaac Rodríguez-Rovira at the UB’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Photo: Carlota Vallès/IDIBAPS

Allopurinol, designated as the first orphan drug for Marfan syndrome treatment 19/05/2025

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A study analyses the causes of university procrastination and proposes strategies to reduce its academic and emotional impact 15/05/2025

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Alba López, Mercè Pallàs, Christian Griñán-Ferré and Carmen Escolano, all members of the UB’s Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutic Chemistry.

Researchers develop a potential new drug for Alzheimer’s and pain treatment 14/05/2025

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The peculiarity of mobility on foot in Barcelona does not allow for the application of global measures 13/05/2025

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«La ciència és una manera de pensar que transcendeix les diferències». Robert J. Zatorre, investit doctor honoris causa 12/05/2025

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A new wireless, battery-free photopharmacology protocol, based on the local and controlled release of light-activable drugs, proves its efficacy in pain treatment in animal models.

Design of the first remote photoactivation device 08/05/2025

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New study finds detention of undocumented migrants and forced return to country of origin ineffective and contrary to fundamental rights 07/05/2025

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Meritxell Aulinas Juncà is a professor at the UB’s Department of Mineralogy, Petrology and Applied Geology.

Geologist Meritxell Aulinas receives the 12th Award for the best dissemination activity at the University of Barcelona 06/05/2025

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Robert J. Zatorre, professor at McGill University in Montreal.

Robert J. Zatorre will receive an honorary doctorate for his pioneering research in the neuroscience of music 06/05/2025

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The UB's Scientific and Technological Centres' very high-field nuclear magnetic resonance device.

The University of Barcelona incorporates nine leading research infrastructures 05/05/2025

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Deciphering the migratory behaviour and connectivity of Mediterranean and Atlantic Cory’s shearwaters 28/04/2025

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The combination of theoretical models and empirical data provides a new perspective for understanding the complex interactions between young stars and their environments. Credit: Paolo Padoan, Liubin Pan, Veli-Matti Pelkonen, Troels Haugbølle and Ake Nordlund

New discovery changes views on star and planet formation 24/04/2025

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Archaeological site.

The remains of the Iberian city of Kissa, an important site in the Punic Wars, have been found in Valls 24/04/2025

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The awarded work raises an urgent debate on the paradox of plastics, compounds with multiple applications that cause a high environmental impact across the planet.

Jordi Díaz receives the City of Benicarló Literary Award on scientific dissemination 22/04/2025

News | Divulgation | Language
Susana Narotzky, professor of Social Anthropology at the UB.

Work beyond wage: UB takes part in a study that reveals the hidden side of contemporary capitalism 15/04/2025

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From left to right, UB researchers Carme Rovira and José Pablo Rivas-Fernández.

Key mechanism to obtain brown algae-derived compounds with biotech applications 10/04/2025

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From left to right, Jelani Cobb, Joan Guàrdia and Frederic Vincent.

The University of Barcelona commemorates the 25 years of the master’s degree in Journalism BCN-NY 09/04/2025

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From left to right, Fernando Martín and Joan Montero at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.

New advances in the fight against the most common form of lung cancer 09/04/2025

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The University of Barcelona leads a European project to help improve the public management of plastic pollution in the north-western Mediterranean and citizens’ environmental awareness in preserving the marine environment

Citizen science to fight marine plastic pollution and improve environmental management 03/04/2025

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The University of Barcelona reaffirms its commitment to peace with an academic event on the situation in Palestine 01/04/2025

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From left to right, Mercè Pallàs and Santiago Vázquez.

UB researchers develop a new compound with therapeutic potential against Alzheimer’s disease 01/04/2025

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In 1986, this specimen was the first Bonelli’s eagle chick in the world with a long-distance reading ring. Photo: Joan Real.

New methodologies reveal recovery of Bonelli’s eagle population, a threatened species 26/03/2025

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From left to right, Xavier Lacasta, Antoni Trilla, Araceli Boraita, Joan Guàrdia, Josep Maria Campistol, Eduard Riera and Salvador Pedraza.

The University of Barcelona, Cetir Ascires and the QUAES Foundation create a chair to promote metabolic therapy against cancer 24/03/2025

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From left to right, Alba Tres, Berta Torres and Stefania Vichi.

Advances to prevent food fraud in the consumption of virgin olive oil and pine nuts 24/03/2025

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“The poem is an unshakeable experience”: Pere Gimferrer, awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Barcelona 20/03/2025

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History’s forgotten women regain their place in an exhibition at the University of Barcelona 20/03/2025

News | Culture | Divulgation | Equality
This slice of the DESI data maps celestial objects from Earth (center) to billions of light years away. Among the objects are nearby bright galaxies (yellow), luminous red galaxies (orange), emission-line galaxies (blue), and quasars (green). The large-scale structure of the universe is visible in the inset image, which shows the densest survey region and represents less than 0.1% of the DESI survey’s total volume. Credit: Claire Lamman/DESI collaboration.

New DESI results strengthen indications that dark energy changes over time 20/03/2025

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A study confirms the success of some actions to restore corals seized from poaching — actions promoted by the UB and the ICM (CSIC) — which have allowed both the survival of the transplanted corals and the rapid recovery of the associated coral community.

Red coral colonies survive a decade after being transplanted in the Medes Islands 18/03/2025

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Kopenawa ha rebut la distinció de mans de la vicerectora Sauras i la degana Rosina Girones.

The University of Barcelona honours Davi Kopenawa for his defence of the rights of indigenous peoples and the Amazon 14/03/2025

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The CLIVAR-Spain 2024 report highlights the climate challenges of the coming decades and highlights the rapid retreat of the cryosphere, accelerated warming of ocean waters and the effects of climate change on geography and climate across the country.

Glaciers, ice and snow are shrinking at an accelerated rate on the Iberian Peninsula 14/03/2025

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History’s forgotten women regain their place in an exhibition at the University of Barcelona 12/03/2025

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The UB stands out in 44 disciplines and it is the leading institution in Spain in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 12/03/2025

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The bottom of the Calypso Deep, a 5,112-metre deep depression in the Ionian Sea, contains one of the highest concentrations of marine debris in the deep ocean: it is yet another testimony to the increasingly worrying human footprint that has turned seas and oceans into a vast waste dump.

Marine litter has already reached the deepest point in the Mediterranean Sea 11/03/2025

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Photo: Ricardo Martín

The UB awards an honorary doctorate to writer Pere Gimferrer 11/03/2025

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Kach Kouch is located ten kilometres from the present-day coast, near the Strait of Gibraltar, and thirty kilometres southeast of Tétouan. 

UB researcher leads discovery of first Bronze Age settlement in the Maghreb 04/03/2025

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The University of Barcelona is ranked 103rd in the world and is the Spanish leader in the Best Universities ranking 04/03/2025

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Professor Isabel Almudi, one of the lead authors of the study, is a member of the Faculty of Biology and the Biodiversity Research Institute (IRBio) at the UB..

Study reveals how tiny changes in gene expression can lead to big differences in eye size 03/03/2025

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The study, now featured on the cover of <i>Science</i>, provides a ground-breaking perspective on the evolutionary history of molluscs.

Finding the evolutionary code of molluscs 28/02/2025

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