Press releases

The UB's Science Festival offers more proposals than ever for you to enjoy research 05/05/2023

News | Divulgation

The expert Lluís Fuentemilla, from the Faculty of Psychology and the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona (UBneuro).

Researchers decode neural mechanism for alternating memory formation and retrieval in humans 03/05/2023

News | Research

Álvaro López Caicoya, first author of the study. Photo: Bibiana Álvarez.

Are the least social animals the most innovative? 28/04/2023

Research | News | Research

The study reveals that 9-month-old children are already sensitive to grammatical regularities that are separated in speech signal.

Speech rhythm and pitch are fundamental in babies’ language acquisition 26/04/2023

News | Research

From today until 11 May, the hall of the Historical Building will host the portraits of seven women who inspired the European Union.

The women who built the European Union 25/04/2023

News | Culture | Solidarity

Today, the UB School of Nursing has the status of a faculty and, as of the next academic year, will make a decisive contribution to the visibility and social recognition of the nursing profession in Catalonia, Spain and the world.

The University of Barcelona creates the Faculty of Nursing  24/04/2023

News | Institutional

Collaboration between Hospital de Barcelona and the UB 17/04/2023

News | Research | Institutional | Academic

A specimen of the species <i>Meioneurites spectabilis</i> from the extinguished family<i>Kalligrammatidae</i> (<i>Neuroptera</i>). Image: Xavier Delclòs, UB-IRBio

How can a pollinating insect be recognised in the fossil record? 17/04/2023

News | Research

From left to right, the general director of Forestadent, Stefan Foerster; the rector of the UB, Joan Guàrdia, and the director of the chair, Josep Maria Ustrell

The UB and Forestadent to promote research in digital orthodontics 14/04/2023

News | Research | Institutional

Photograph of the 39,600-year-old leather punch board found at Canyars (top) and replication of the piercing technique to make a linear seam (bottom). Photo: Francesco d’Errico & Luc Doyon.

Study reveals how 'Homo sapiens' made clothes 39,000 years ago 13/04/2023

News | Research

Daily musical exposure during the last weeks of the pregnancy is associated with an improved encoding of low-frequency sound compounds.

Listening to music during pregnancy benefits the baby’s brain’s ability to encode speech sounds 12/04/2023

News | Research

Media professionals can send their queries to the UB Press Office.

New corporate WhatsApp account to manage journalistic requests more efficiently and quickly 11/04/2023

News | Institutional

From left to right, the experts Ofelia Martínez Estrada and Marina Ramiro Pareta, from the Department of Cell Biology, Immunology and Physiology of the Faculty of Biology and the IBUB.

Wt1 gene to be a key factor in the endothelial cell during the formation of new coronary vessels 03/04/2023

News | Research

Núria Rodríguez-Planas is a researcher at the Department of Economics of the City University of New York (Queens College).

Researcher Núria Rodríguez-Planas receives an Advanced Grant 30/03/2023

News | Research | Institutional

The experts Albert Manzano and Joan Montero at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of the University of Barcelona.

Researchers design a microfluidics physics-based device to predict cancer therapy response 29/03/2023

News | Research

Peanuts are considered nuts in terms of nutritional composition.

A study describes the beneficial effects of peanut consumption on vascular health in young and healthy people 27/03/2023

News | Research

The UB, the world's top 100 in Best Universities 27/03/2023

News | Institutional

Members of the research group led by Maribel Hernández-Álvarez.

Researchers find a molecular mechanism involved in type 2 diabetes 23/03/2023

News | Research | Divulgation

The UB, distinguished in 40 disciplines 22/03/2023

News | Institutional

Class in the University of Barcelona.

Fifteen hundred lecturers get the Catalan accreditation in less than a year 22/03/2023

News | Institutional

The Research Group on Biomarkers and Nutritional and Food Metabolomics of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Health Sciences of the University of Barcelona.

Fibre intake reduces cognitive decline risk in older people with apolipoprotein ε4 allele 22/03/2023

News | Research

The Catalan minister Joaquim Nadal; the rector Joan Guàrdia; the Catalan minister Juli Fernàndez, and the second deputy mayor Janet Sanz.

The UB science and research infrastructures gain momentum 20/03/2023

News | Institutional

The UB and Gremi de Pastisseria de Barcelona create Mia, an Easter cake to arise scientific vocations 16/03/2023

News | Institutional | Divulgation

From left to right, the experts Eva Estébanez-Perpiñá, Andrea Alegre-Martí, Montse Abella and Alba Jiménez-Panizo at the Faculty of Biology of the UB.

Study describes the structural and functional effects of several mutations on the androgen receptor 16/03/2023

News | Research

The UB climbs 8 positions and gets the 90th position worldwide

Improving positions in the SCImago Institutions Rankings 14/03/2023

News | Research | Institutional | International

The UB offers a new bachelor's degree in Geography and Global Change, with sustainability as its central theme 09/03/2023

News | Institutional | Academic | Innovation | Sustainability

The University of Barcelona has a newly designed stand, with a strong presence of interactive technologies to facilitate personalized support and counselling.

The UB at the Education Fair 09/03/2023

News | Institutional | Academic

From left to right, the director of the CCiTUB, Juan Fran Sangüesa, the minister of Science and Innovation, Diana Morant, the rector of the UB, Joan Guàrdia, the minister for Research and Universities, Joaquim Nadal, and the director of the PCB, Maria Terrades.

A unique infrastructure 09/03/2023

Report | Success story | Research | Institutional | Divulgation

Serrat i Bonet, investits honoris causa 06/03/2023

Report | Institutional | Academic

‘Alimenta’t amb ciència’ is an innovative projecte lead by the experts Carolina Ripollés-Ávila (UAB) and Oriol Comas-Basté (INSA-UB).

Alimenta’t amb ciència, a project to fight against fake news in the field of nutrition 01/03/2023

Report | Research | Divulgation

Joan Simon at the Faculty of Pharmacy in the UB.

Joan Simon: "There is evidence of the use of psychoactive plants in the history of many peoples and cultures" 29/08/2011

News | Interviews

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