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The presence of reeds on riverbanks could be beneficial for fish 07/11/2025

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The Hubble constant describes the rate at which the universe is expanding. However, current measurements do not agree on its value, which has led to an intense scientific debate known as the

An international team led by the UB will study the validity of the current cosmological model 05/11/2025

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From left to right, Tania Quesada-López, Francesc Villarroya, Albert Blasco-Roset, Marta Giralt, Alberto Mestres-Arenas, Joan Villarroya, Aleix Gavaldà-Navarro and Rubén Cereijo.

Researchers decipher mechanism that prevents the loss of brown adipose tissue activity during ageing 05/11/2025

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On the left, an artist’s impression of a globular cluster near its birth, hosting extremely massive stars with powerful stellar winds that enrich the cluster with elements processed at extremely high temperatures. On the right, an ancient globular cluster as we observe it today: surviving low-mass stars retain traces of the winds from those extremely massive stars, which have since collapsed into intermediate-mass black holes. Credits: Fabian Bodensteiner; background: image of the Milky Way globular cluster Omega Centauri, captured with the WFI camera at ESO’s La Silla Observatory.

Extremely massive stars forged the oldest star clusters in the universe 04/11/2025

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Roger Ayala and Adam El Messaoudi.

WardUs, an app designed by UB students to improve public safety 03/11/2025

News | Institutional
The Rector and the Catalan Minister, at the ceremony.

The Rector takes part in the commemoration of the centenary of the city of L’Hospitalet 31/10/2025

News | Institutional
From left to right: Mireia Borrajo, Aïda Palou, Alejandro Barrallo-Gimeno and Jordi Llorens.

Researchers identify genetic mechanisms involved in a disorder that affects balance cells in the ear 30/10/2025

News | Research

The international conference Democracy4All brings together academia and business to explore the impact of artificial intelligence on democracy 28/10/2025

News | Academic | Innovation | Technology
Above, from left to right, Pilar Montanyà-Vallugera, José Luis Torbado-Gardeazábal, Inés Montoya-Novoa and Montse Abella-Monleón. Below, from left to right, Alba Jiménez-Panizo, Pablo Fuentes-Prior, Eva Estébanez-Perpiñá and Andrea Alegre-Martí.

Researchers decipher a mechanism that determines the complexity of the glucocorticoid receptor 27/10/2025

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Image from <i>La Centuria Gastone Sozzi</i>. Álvaro López (ed.). Rome: AICVAS, 1984. 32 p.

A conference analyses the personal journeys of International Brigade members in the Spanish Civil War 24/10/2025

News | Academic

Ecologist Yadvinder Malhi participates in the new edition of the Ramon Margalef Forum at the Faculty of Biology 24/10/2025

News | Research
Front of the residence.

Inauguration of the new Maria Oliveras Hall of Residence, a key facility for the UB Bellvitge Campus 24/10/2025

News | Institutional
The UB Conservation Biology Group offers a new opportunity for the those interested in the world of nature to discover the biodiversity of these birds adapted to nocturnal life in forests.

Join citizen science and collaborate in the nocturnal raptor census 23/10/2025

News | Research
Above, from left to right, Pablo Añón, Pedro Sobral, Ana Ortiz, Malena Manzi, Marta Cascante, Josep J. Centelles, Pedro de Atauri, Francesc Mas, Hengxin Huang, Sergio Madurga and Silvia Marin. Below, from left to right, Miriam Tarrado-Castellarnau, Carlota Shi Mitjana, David López-Blanco, Alejandro Tapia, Sergi Pujol and Núria Aleixandre.

Two-drug combination could improve colorectal cancer therapy 22/10/2025

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The Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences is hosting a conference on outstanding advances and future challenges in research into psychedelic-assisted therapies, compounds stigmatized as dangerous recreational drugs.

Psychedelic drugs: from the laboratory to therapeutic applications 21/10/2025

News | Research

UB Governing Council: Tuesday 21 October 20/10/2025

News | Institutional

UB research group OpenSystems receives the CHARM-EU Open Science Recognition Award 17/10/2025

News | Success story | International

The University of Barcelona is ranked 82nd in the world in the BGU ranking 15/10/2025

News | Rankings
The study is led by Professor Daniel Tornero and researcher Alba Ortega , from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona (UBneuro).

New advances to boost regeneration and plasticity of brain neurons 14/10/2025

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Claudia García-Minguillán.

Unpublished manuscript of an epic poem about Columbus’ voyages, discovered in Montserrat 14/10/2025

News | Culture | Research | Academic

The University of Barcelona counts 157 researchers among the most influential in the world 13/10/2025

News | Rankings
The sequencing of the genomes of a spider from the mainland (<i>Dysdera catalonica</i>, left) and one from the Canary Islands (<i>Dysdera tilosensis</i>, right) opens a new perspective for understanding how genome size evolves in similar species, an enigma that has baffled the scientific community for years. Credit: . Fotografies: Marc Domènech and Pedro Oromí

Deciphering the mechanisms of genome size evolution 13/10/2025

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Sensetitolexpo

“Sense Títol 2025”: the exhibition of the best works of the latest graduating class of the Faculty of Fine Arts 10/10/2025

News | Culture | Academic | Innovation
Signing of the agreement launching Fraunhofer CAT.

The Barcelona Science Park - UB to host the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft’s headquarters in Barcelona 10/10/2025

News | Research | Institutional | Technology

UB Editions launches a collection on Palestinian literature 10/10/2025

News | Culture | International | Solidarity

The University of Barcelona climbs the rankings and maintains its national leadership in the World University Rankings 09/10/2025

News | Rankings
Poster of the conference.

A conference at the UB examines the role of memory in the protection of civil rights and democratic values 08/10/2025

News | Culture | Solidarity
UB study shows that varieties selected under optimal conditions maintain high yields even in adverse situations, such as drought or high temperatures.

Study identifies the best breeding strategy for more productive wheat varieties 08/10/2025

News | Research

The rector of the UB calls for a new Catalan law on universities during the inauguration of the academic year 07/10/2025

News | Institutional
Elisenda Calvet is a professor of Public International Law at the University of Barcelona’s Faculty of Law.

The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal judges this week the situation of women in Afghanistan with the participation of UB Professor Elisenda Calvet 07/10/2025

News | Divulgation | Solidarity

Palestinian art exhibited at the UB’s Arts Courtyard 06/10/2025

News | Culture | Divulgation | Solidarity
The team has improved the capabilities of physics-informed neural networks (PINNs), a type of artificial intelligence that incorporates physical laws into the learning process.

ICCUB researchers develop new AI techniques to solve complex equations in physics 02/10/2025

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A study reviews the classification and functions of all known groups of plant hormones in the plant world, which are key molecules in plant life and have diverse applications in agriculture and plant biotechnology.

How do plant hormones facilitate plant survival in extreme environments? 01/10/2025

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The University of Barcelona opens the academic year of the university system as part of its 575th anniversary 30/09/2025

News | Institutional
Above, from left to right, Juan Carlos Laguna, Patricia Ramírez and Roger Bentanachs. Below, from left to right, Marta Alegret and Núria Roglans.

Combination of two drugs that fight cardiovascular risk could also help treat the most common liver disease 30/09/2025

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Sergi Basco, professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business at the UB.

Skilled and low-wage employees most vulnerable to globalization 29/09/2025

News | Research

Researchers find the oldest hippopotamus ivory object in the Iberian Peninsula 25/09/2025

News | Research | Archeology
The discovery, which took place in the province of Napo (Ecuador), opens a unique window into the past: it provides insight into the rich biodiversity of a dense, humid tropical forest in the southern hemisphere some 112 million years ago, when the modern continents broke away from the supercontinent Gondwana and large reptiles dominated the terrestrial ecosystems.

First Mesozoic amber deposit with preserved insects discovered in South America 18/09/2025

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In mental health care, coercion is not always physical. It often appears as a lack of information, imposed decisions or the absence of intimate spaces to express oneself without fear. This study confirms what many professionals and people have long sensed: the way in which care is provided matters a lot.

Better quality care reduces fear and coercion in mental health units 15/09/2025

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Palestine, the Faculty 18 of the University of Barcelona

Palestine, the Faculty 18 of the University of Barcelona 15/09/2025

News | Institutional | Solidarity
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