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Presentation of 12 master theses of the Erasmus Mundus in Quaternary Archaeology and Human Evolution

25/09/2020

Since 2006, fifteen promotions of master students have been graduated and more than 200 research works have been completed

People with COVID-19 or who have been in close contact with a suspected case or waiting for test results will have to study and work from home

24/09/2020

This has been established in the URV’s Contingency Plan for the 2020-21 academic year, which stipulates how all members of the URV community must act in order to prevent the spread of the disease on its campuses

The URV reduces attendance at its campuses to help prevent the spread of the pandemic

18/09/2020

All courses will be taught following a blended format and priority will be given to the face-to-face activities of first-year bachelor’s degrees

The URV has opened a call for 76 predoctoral contracts for the Martí i Franquès programme

15/09/2020

This Tuesday, 15 September, the application period was opened for both of the programme’s sections: the standard section, for which there are 45 places on offer, and COFUND, for which there are 31. The deadline for applications is 15 November 2020

A Horizon2020 SWAFs grant awarded to three Aurora universities

07/09/2020

University Rovira i Virgili, University of Innsbruck, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and together with the Iberoamerican Knowledge Foundation (GECON) have won a Horizon 2020 “Science with and for society” or SWAFs grant in the amount of 300.000 Euros for a total duration of 24 months

The URV consolidates its position as the leading Spanish institution in terms of European funding received to train research staff

04/09/2020

Since 2014, URV has received 7.9 million euros for two projects of the COFUND-doctoral programme Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Researchers study why neural networks are efficient in their predictions

04/09/2020

A study by the URV has tested the method by which neural networks infer the laws of physics by accurately listing all possible combinations

The URV is in the 601-800 band of the “Times Higher Education” world rankings and in the top 501-600 of the Shanghai ranking

02/09/2020

It is the 4th Catalan university in the Shanghai ranking

Special Issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports on “Functional Studies of Prehistoric Artefacts and their Socio-economic Meaning” is now online

28/07/2020

An international team of archaeologists compiles recent research on the reconstruction of prehistoric technologies

Overweight and obesity are associated with a low sperm quality

24/07/2020

Is a systematic review and meta-analysis of all the studies published to date. These results suggest that overweight/obesity prevention should be considered at an early age to avoid deleterious effects on reproductive health

Two Stone tools on quartzite from Gran Dolina might proof that human occupation was steady in Atapuerca along 1.4 million years

23/07/2020

Both tools have been found during this field-season at Unit TD08, and they are around 600,000 years old, a time characterized in Europe by a striking scarcity of human presence

Unprecedented 3D reconstruction of pre-Columbian crania from the Caribbean and South America

22/07/2020

The work is published in a scientific article led by Gizéh Rangel-de Lázaro of the Natural History Museum in London and an associated researcher of the IPHES-URV

URV is ranked number one in Spain in the discipline of Chemistry according to the Shanghai Ranking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects

14/07/2020

This is the second year in a row that Chemistry at the URV is among the best 100 universities in the world, being the only in Spain located in the top 100

The Faculty of Chemistry obtains the institutional accreditation

14/07/2020

It is the first center of a Catalan public university to achieve this recognition in the field of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The URV will be part of a nine-country, multi-campus university

09/07/2020

Almost 800 students, research and staff members who belong to the Aurora Alliance will be able to study and do research in other institutions thanks to the project that has just been awarded by the European Commission

An extinct species of large rodent newly discovered in Morocco

08/07/2020

It lived around 2.6 million years ago and was significantly larger than the extant members of the genus Golunda

A new mothed can quickly and effectively detect adulterations of foods made with insects

08/07/2020

The combination of two techniques allows the in-depth analysis of the composition of insect dust which is increasingly sold as a dietary ingredient

New evidence found of the neurotoxic effects of some of the most commonly used pesticides in the world

03/07/2020

URV researchers are taking part in a pioneering study that analyses the behavioural and molecular effects in the short, medium and long term resulting from exposure to chlorpyrifos, which may be related to hyperactivity, autism and addictions

Solar assisted heating networks reduce environmental impact and energy consumption

03/07/2020

These installations centralize large scale heating and the production of hot water. One study led by researchers from the URV has created a diagnostic tool that uses artificial intelligence to demonstrate the feasibility of these systems

Scientists support the use of ultraviolet light to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission indoors

23/06/2020

An international team of researchers advocates the use of UV-C light in indoor spaces as a way to reduce the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 viruses. This solution meets the requirements of fast, scalable, and affordable implementation to fulfill the needs of disinfecting working spaces

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Presentation of 12 master theses of the Erasmus Mundus in Quaternary Archaeology and Human Evolution

People with COVID-19 or who have been in close contact with a suspected case or waiting for test results will have to study and work from home

The URV reduces attendance at its campuses to help prevent the spread of the pandemic

The URV has opened a call for 76 predoctoral contracts for the Martí i Franquès programme

A Horizon2020 SWAFs grant awarded to three Aurora universities

The URV consolidates its position as the leading Spanish institution in terms of European funding received to train research staff

Researchers study why neural networks are efficient in their predictions

The URV is in the 601-800 band of the “Times Higher Education” world rankings and in the top 501-600 of the Shanghai ranking

Special Issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports on “Functional Studies of Prehistoric Artefacts and their Socio-economic Meaning” is now online

Overweight and obesity are associated with a low sperm quality

Two Stone tools on quartzite from Gran Dolina might proof that human occupation was steady in Atapuerca along 1.4 million years

Unprecedented 3D reconstruction of pre-Columbian crania from the Caribbean and South America

URV is ranked number one in Spain in the discipline of Chemistry according to the Shanghai Ranking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects

The Faculty of Chemistry obtains the institutional accreditation

The URV will be part of a nine-country, multi-campus university

An extinct species of large rodent newly discovered in Morocco

A new mothed can quickly and effectively detect adulterations of foods made with insects

New evidence found of the neurotoxic effects of some of the most commonly used pesticides in the world

Solar assisted heating networks reduce environmental impact and energy consumption

Scientists support the use of ultraviolet light to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission indoors

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