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Every Walk You Take is a citizen science initiative that aims to promote an active lifestyle to improve the health of people over the age of fifty-five through a new app that invites you to discover healthy walking routes in the urban environment.

A UB project presents a mobile app to discover green routes and promote healthy ageing 26/06/2024

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The organizers hope that these initiatives will help to demystify the phenomenon of witchcraft.

A conference at the UB places the European epicentre of witch-hunting in Catalonia 26/06/2024

News | Culture
The artists performing this summer at Els Vespres are Reïna, Minibús Intergalàctic, Ariox and Alba Morena.

Els Vespres d’Estiu return to the Historic Building 25/06/2024

News | Culture | Music

International conference showcases cases of recovery of historical memory from around the world 19/06/2024

News | Institutional | Solidarity
The Minister of Justice, Rights and Memory of the Government of Catalonia, Gemma Ubasart and the Rector of the University of Barcelona, Joan Guàrdia.

The UB and the Department of Justice, Rights and Memory create a chair to assess the social and economic impact of the proper functioning of the Administration of Justice 18/06/2024

News | Institutional
Alma Mater is an initiative of the University of Barcelona and the start-up company Omashu.

The University of Barcelona organizes UB Alma Mater, the first intra-university e-sports competition 17/06/2024

News | Institutional
The conference will take place on 18 June at the UB’s Aula Ramón y Cajal.

A conference at the UB reflects on the historical discrimination of disabled people 13/06/2024

News | Solidarity

Marine heatwaves devastate red gorgonians in the Medes Islands 13/06/2024

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The European Union’s Prize for Citizen Science, in the category of digital communities, distinguishes the initiative of the UB and the Mental Health Federation of Catalonia for creating the first collaborative chatbot in the service of community mental health. Photo: Foto: Ars Electronica / vog.photo

The European Union awards the “CoActuem per la salut mental” project, promoted by the University of Barcelona 12/06/2024

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Designing combination therapies based on the different factors involved in the control of glucose synthesis by the liver could be a more effective strategy to address the treatment of the disease.

New therapeutic targets to fight type 2 diabetes 07/06/2024

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Professor Xavier Trepat receives the Rei Jaume I Prize on biomedical research.

Professor Xavier Trepat receives the Rei Jaume I Prize on biomedical research 05/06/2024

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The University of Barcelona, Spanish leading institution in sustainability, international research networks and academic reputation in the QS World University Rankings 04/06/2024

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The Social Innovation Laboratory (Living Lab), directed by UB professor María del Carmen Llasat, is organizing various activities with popular participation on 5 June to learn about the impact of climate change and air pollution in the urban environment.

A UB initiative promotes citizen science activities to find out about the impact of climate change in Barcelona 31/05/2024

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Rector Guàrdia, during his speech at the presentation of the Chair.

The University of Barcelona creates a new chair to promote the inclusion of people with disabilities 30/05/2024

News | Institutional
From left to right, Daniele Vico, Julián Porras y Federico Demaría.

UB research study shows the working conditions of scrap metal dealers and their role in the recycling process in Barcelona 30/05/2024

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University of Barcelona professor Adriana Isabel Figueroa receives the L’Oréal-UNESCO for women in science award 29/05/2024

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The University of Barcelona will host five students from Palestine as part of its refugee support programme 24/05/2024

News | Solidarity
Lola Valiente receives the University of Barcelona’s Peace Research Award.

A study on Andalusian immigration receives the University of Barcelona’s Peace Research Award 23/05/2024

News | Solidarity

The entire University of Barcelona calls for peace 22/05/2024

News | Institutional
A study by the UB Conservation Biology Team and IRBio warns that the current methodology for calculating population changes in wildlife at risk needs to be improved in order to increase their survival in the future.

Improving statistical methods to protect wildlife populations 21/05/2024

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The project led by the UB’s OpenSystems research group is promoting citizen participation to identify the public spaces that are most affected by episodes of extreme heat and to recommend strategies to improve the well-being of the neighbourhood.

Citizen science to map extreme heat in neighbourhoods 16/05/2024

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Teams from the University of Barcelona present two compatible and complementary methodologies that could be used together to improve the identification of the geographical origin and variety of hazelnuts and thus prevent commercial fraud in this product.

UB research presents new methodologies to prevent fraud in the determination of the geographical origin of hazelnuts 14/05/2024

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The UB consolidates its position and is once again the state leader in the CWUR ranking 13/05/2024

News | Institutional | Rankings
Escut de la UB.

Comunicat de l'equip de govern de la Universitat de Barcelona 12/05/2024

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The findings open a debate on the existence of cryptic species that could include organisms very similar in morphology and genome that have hitherto been classified in the same species. Credit: OIST

A study of a model animal in genetics calls into question the knowledge of genome evolution and the formation of species 08/05/2024

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Lecture by Peter Balakian, winner of Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 08/05/2024

News | Culture | Academic
A team from the UB, the IBUB, the IRSD and the CIBERER has discovered how mutations in the <i>MAGEL2</i> gene — the cause of the syndrome — give rise to truncated and non-functional proteins that accumulate in the cell nucleus and, thus, could aggravate the symptoms of those affected by the pathology.

Advancing research into Schaaf-Yang syndrome, a rare disease that causes intellectual disability and congenital malformations 07/05/2024

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The UB Science Festival celebrates its tenth anniversary with record-breaking participation 03/05/2024

News | Research | Institutional | Divulgation
Meritxell Matas.

Catalan women poets of the 21st century have a doctoral thesis 02/05/2024

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A study led by the University of Barcelona reveals that the use of photobiomodulation — a technique based on the use of low-intensity laser light or LED light — in the brain and the gut could contribute to improving treatments to fight neurological diseases in patients. From left to right, the experts from the UB Albert Giralt and Anna Sancho-Balcells with Xavier Xifró (UdG).

Low intensity light to fight the effects of chronic stress 30/04/2024

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The University of Barcelona is leading the VIGEOCULT project, funded with NextGeneration funds from the European Union, which will create a natural and open museum with virtual and augmented reality technologies to reconstruct the geological, palaeontological and cultural heritage of the Barcelona Pyrenees.

A journey back in time to discover the exceptional geological heritage of the Pyrenees 22/04/2024

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From left to right, Juan Cruz, Meritxell Rovira and Lola Manterola.

Researcher Meritxell Rovira, winner of the CRIS Excellence Award for her study of pancreatic cancer 18/04/2024

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The SEAGHOSTS project will improve the study and protection of northern storm petrels —the world's smallest and most elusive seabirds— as part of the European BiodivMon call funded by Biodiversa+. Credit: Victor Paris

The University of Barcelona is leading one of 33 European projects to improve the monitoring of biodiversity and ecosystem change 17/04/2024

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The European Space Agency’s Gaia collaboration, which includes teams from the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona and the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia, discovers a massive black hole in our galaxy with a mass equivalent to 33 solar masses at a distance of 1926 light-years from Earth. Crédito: ESA/Gaia/DPAC- CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

Gaia mission detects the most massive black hole of stellar origin in the Milky Way 15/04/2024

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David Mateos, ICREA researcher at the Department of Quantum Physics and Astrophysics.

A UB project will combine holography and gravitational waves to provide answers to unresolved challenges in cosmology and astrophysics 11/04/2024

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A technological innovation designed by the University of Barcelona and the company Sensofar Tech facilitates the characterization of the three-dimensional structure of objects much more quickly, accurately and economically than other current systems.

New technological breakthrough for fast and efficient 3D imaging of objects 11/04/2024

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QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024

UB excels in 42 disciplines 10/04/2024

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La Universitat de Barcelona, amb la col·laboració de la Fundació Banc de Sabadell, organitza una trobada de diàleg entre estudiants de diferents universitats en el marc de la Setmana dels Oceans, organitzada per l’ONU, a Barcelona.

Scientific challenges for a healthy ocean from the university students’ perspective 10/04/2024

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The action

The European Observatory on Memories of the UB Solidarity Foundation identify colonial and racial reparation actions in Spain 05/04/2024

News | Solidarity
DESI has made the largest 3D map of our universe to date. Earth is at the center of this thin slice of the full map. In the magnified section, it is easy to see the underlying structure of matter in our universe. Credit: Claire Lamman/DESI collaboration; custom colormap package by cmastro

First results from DESI make the most precise measurement of our expanding Universe 04/04/2024

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