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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

News | Research | Academic | Health
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

News | Research

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

News | Research

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

News | Institutional
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

News | Research

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

News | Research | Solidarity
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

News | Research | Institutional | Divulgation
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

News | Institutional
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

News | Research | Institutional | Technology

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

News | Research
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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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
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

News | Research
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

News | Institutional | Academic
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

News | Research

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

News | Institutional | Divulgation | Solidarity
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

News | Research | Health
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

News | Research | Institutional
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

News | Institutional | Academic

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

News | Institutional | Divulgation | Sustainability
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

News | Research

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

News | Culture | Divulgation | Equality

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

News | Institutional | Rankings
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

News | Institutional | Academic
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

News | Research

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

News | Institutional | Rankings
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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L'acte va tenir lloc a l'aula 111 de l'Edifici Històric.

Comença l’Any Assumpció Català i Poch 27/02/2025

News | Institutional | Divulgation
Itziar González Virós, filla dels advocats, i el rector de la UB, Joan Guàrdia.

La Universitat de Barcelona incorpora el fons dels catedràtics José Antonio González Casanova i Maria Rosa Virós i Galtier 25/02/2025

News | Culture | Institutional
The experts Núria Llorca Isern and Oriol Rius, from the Characterization and Processes in Materials Science Research Group (CPCM).

New strategy to fight emerging pollutants that threaten the environment and human health 25/02/2025

News | Research
Joan López-Moliner.

A UB study designs a new model that accurately predicts the movement of elite athletes to catch the ball in parabolic flight 24/02/2025

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From left to right, Robert Fabregat, Jordi Valls, Joan Guàrdia, Maria Terrades and Lorenzo di Pietro.

BCN Health Booster accelerator companies close the programme with 107.5 million euros in new funding 21/02/2025

News | Institutional | Innovation

UB researchers travel to Easter Island to study the conservation state of the Moai statues after the fire of 2022 20/02/2025

News | Research | International
A new study focuses on the insulin receptor to understand its role in the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus, a metabolic disease with a major impact on global health.

Researchers describe new molecular mechanisms linked to insulin resistance 19/02/2025

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The MicroANT project studies how microplastic pollution impacts all along the Antarctic food chain, from plankton organisms such as krill to predators such as penguins, seals and sea lions. Photo: Manel Gazo (UB-IRBio)

A UB campaign analyses the impact of microplastics on marine fauna in Antarctica 18/02/2025

News | Research
The rector Joan Guàrdia along with experts Harry C. Dietz and Bart L. Loeys.

The UB confers honorary doctorates on Harry C. Dietz and Bart L. Loeys, experts on Marfan and Loeys-Dietz syndromes 17/02/2025

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The rector of the University of Barcelona, Joan Guàrdia, and the CEO of Inditex, Óscar García Maceiras.

The University of Barcelona and Inditex promote a chair for the professional integration of people with intellectual disabilities 14/02/2025

News | Institutional
The discovery made by the UB Institute of Cosmos Sciences team reshapes our understanding of black holes and the fundamental nature of the universe.

UB-led study describes the creation of black holes without singularities through pure gravity 12/02/2025

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From left to rigth, experts Bart L. Loeys and Harry C. Dietz.

The UB will award honorary doctorates to Harry C. Dietz and Bart L. Loeys, experts on Marfan and Loeys-Dietz syndromes 11/02/2025

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From left to right, experts Cristian Cañestro and Gaspar Sánchez-Serna.

Less, but more: a new evolutionary scenario marked by massive gene loss and expansion 10/02/2025

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From left to right, researchers Dora Koller and Marina Mitjans.

New evidence on the association between endometriosis and traumatic and stressful experiences 05/02/2025

News | Research | Health
Members of the Executive Committee at the Clinic Barcelona Comprehensive Cancer Center.

The UB, Hospital Clínic and IDIBAPS create the Clínic Barcelona Comprehensive Cancer Center, a new model of international excellence in oncology 03/02/2025

News | Success story | Research | Health
From left to right, the experts Marc López-Cano and Francisco Ciruela, from the UB’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, the UBNeuro and the IDIBELL.

A light-activated drug to fight psoriasis 03/02/2025

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From left to right, Francesca Peiró, Núria Montserrat, Salvador Illa, Joan Guàrdia, Maria Terrades and Juan Fran Sangüesa.

Illa demana «ambició i lideratge de la recerca catalana» en la inauguració del nou microscopi de la UB 30/01/2025

News | Institutional | Technology

The Observatory of Bioethics and Law of the University of Barcelona celebrates its 13th anniversary 29/01/2025

News | Institutional
From left to right, the researchers Nerea San Martín González, Águeda Castro Quintas, Helena Palma Gudiel and Lourdes Fañanás Saura. 

Maternal stress during pregnancy could leave traces in the placenta that could affect the baby’s development 29/01/2025

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UB researchers Cristina de la Malla and Daniel Linares.

UB researchers detect that people with schizophrenia have an altered ability to visually perceive contrast 27/01/2025

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The expert Raúl Lahoz and a group of students with the new equipment for studying quantum physics. Credit: Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera

A new experimental system to bring quantum technologies closer to students 24/01/2025

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The UB improves in several areas of knowledge in the World University Rankings by Subject 22/01/2025

News | Rankings
The study is led by Professor Joan Montero, from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of the University of Barcelona, and its first author is the researcher Clara Alcon.

UB researchers describe a mechanism for eliminating harmful cells from cancer treatment 22/01/2025

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