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Una àmplia representació dels principals àmbits professionals vinculats a la geologia a Espanya es va reunir amb membres de les comissions de Ciència, Innovació i Universitats i d’Educació, Formació Professional i Esports del Congrés dels Diputats.

The geological community defends the strategic role of geology in Spain 05/12/2025

News | Research | Academic

Universities, associations, professional bodies and research centres appeared before the Congress of Deputies to warn of the discipline’s lack of social recognition and the growing shortage of qualified professionals.

The initiative is part of Faculty 18.

The UB supports UNRWA in helping the people of Gaza 05/12/2025

News | Solidarity

Artist’s illustration of a quasar. Credits: Canva

Cosmological tension confirmed 05/12/2025

News | Research

It will be free of charge and suitable for all audiences, including families with children.

The Historic Building celebrates the UB’s 575<sup>th</sup> anniversary with an escape room 03/12/2025

News | Culture | Institutional

The seafloor serves as the ultimate dumping ground where the vast majority of marine litter ends up.

A roadmap for combating marine litter across the globe 28/11/2025

News | Research

Albert Lu (left) and Carles Enrich (right).

Researchers identify key molecular mechanism in cell communication 28/11/2025

News | Research

Professor Lluís Gibert, from the University of Barcelona, is the only expert from a European institution participating in an international study based on the analysis of the bones of a fossilized foot and teeth that has revealed how <i>Australopithecus deyiremeda</i>, a human ancestor that coexisted more than three million years ago with <i>Australopithecus afarensis</i> — the famous Lucy — on the plains of East Africa, moved and fed.

<i>Australopithecus deyiremeda</i>, an ancestor of the human species discovered in Ethiopia, was bipedal and climbed trees 27/11/2025

News | Research

The Statute has received great support.

An overwhelming majority approves the Statute that opens up a new way of understanding the university 26/11/2025

News | Institutional