In his design of the 20 chimneys that crown the rooftop of the Palau Güell, Gaudí combined ornamentation with smoke extraction. However, the results of combining these two functions were by no means optimal in all of them. URV researchers have examined not the decorative function of these chimneys but their draft
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Researchers from the NFOC-Salut group at the URV have analysed the results of the latest studies carried out in the frame of the AppleCOR project, which examines the effect of consuming anthocyanin-rich apple flesh on reducing cholesterol
Teaching will continue at a distance, as far as possible
All other attended academic activities to continue as normal
The researcher has also joined the International Evaluation Committee of WordCall, the international association of teachers and researchers in the field of computer-assisted language learning
Researchers at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili and the Universidad de Zaragoza have developed the tool, which provides its results on a website that is updated daily
It is an environmental distribution method that aims to prevent the more influential countries from conditioning the climate change negotiations
The URV former student and translator for the European Commission, Helena Romero, shares her experience in sessions with students at the University
Doctoral students are challenged to explain their research to the general public. The winner will go through to the final round to compete against representatives of other Catalan universities
Alba Buendía is a student on the URV’s Bachelor’s Degree in English and has spinal muscular atrophy, a disease that leads to the loss of muscle mass. For this reason she has started a crowd funding campaign so that she can get the assistance she needs in order to complete her studies at York Saint John University (United Kingdom)
Alba Buendía, student on the Bachelor’s Degree in English