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The UGR remains top Spanish university in Erasmus+ funding for international mobility
Fri, 11/28/2025 - 11:32
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28/11/2025

The UGR remains top Spanish university in Erasmus+ funding for international mobility

The University of Granada (UGR) has retained its leading position as the Spanish university with the most Erasmus+ funding for international mobility. The news was confirmed in a resolution published by the Spanish Service for the Internationalization of Education (SEPIE), part of the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities.

design sustainable and more resistant asphalt using cigarette butts
Wed, 07/23/2025 - 10:24
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23/07/2025

Spanish and Italian scientists design sustainable and more resistant asphalt using cigarette butts

Researchers from the Building Engineering Laboratory (LabIC.UGR) are collaborating with the University of Bologna (Italy) on the design and evaluation of the resistance of asphalt made from pellets of this waste, in a project co-funded by the Chinese government. Since the advent of filter cigarettes, cigarette butts have become a predominant form of waste, with projections indicating that around 9 trillion will be generated worldwide in 2025. This poses a serious environmental problem, as many of them are improperly disposed of in natural environments, beaches, forests, waterways, etc.