La Marató de TV3 and Catalunya Ràdio in 2020, dedicated to COVID-19, will give 12.5 million euros to fund 36 excellence biomedical research projects to improve the quality and life expectancy of people affected by SARS-CoV-2.

The concentration of potentially toxic metals is increasing in the population of the franciscana dolphin -a small cetacean, endemic from the Rio de la Plata and an endangered species- according to a study led by a team of the Faculty of Biology and the Biodiversity Research Institute (IRBio), published in the journal Science of The Total Environment .

7.58% of children suffer from Specific Language Impairment (SLI). In other words, one or maybe two children in every classroom have this disorder, as roughly one ot of every 14 children are affected by it.

Acadèmic The enrolment for the University of Experience (UdE) for the 2021/2022 academic year is open. From today, June 14, on, the students of previous courses can enrole the second and extension courses.

Acadèmic On the occasion of the World Refugee Day (June 20), the UB Solidarity Foundation is launching the cycle of six webinars "Shelter, University and Local World", as part of an agreement with the Barcelona City Council.

Archaeologists of the University of Barcelona have conducted new excavations in the Iberian sites of Kum-Castellet de Banyoles and Coll del Moro in Serra d'Almos, both in the town of Tivissa (Ribera d'Ebre).