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Anticipating how plants will respond to rising temperatures is critical—not just for plants, but for whole ecosystems. How ...
Parents may be looking for fun ways for their kids to avoid a summer slump and keep vital math skills razor sharp after ...
Wildfires pollute waterways and could affect their ability to sequester carbon, new University of British Columbia research ...
UBC’s departments of statistics and computer science have joined forces to create a new undergraduate, interdisciplinary data ...
Some genes just don’t play fair. Researchers have uncovered a ‘selfish’ X chromosome in the fruit fly Drosophila testacea that manages to distort inheritance in both sperm and eggs. “Researchers have ...
Rapid bedside test predicts sepsis with over 90 per cent accuracy. May 26, 2025 Canadian scientists have developed a blood test and portable device that can determine the onset of sepsis faster and ...
What exactly is a planet? Scientists propose improved definition. July 11, 2024 The proposal refines current definitions that require planets to be round bodies which orbit our sun and have ‘cleared’ ...
ALERT - We have heard from some students that certain education services companies falsely claimed that they can help students find UBC research projects or positions on campus for a fee.We want to ...
Readily available thermoelectric generators operating under modest temperature differences can power CO 2 conversion, according to a proof-of-concept study by chemists at the University of British ...
UBC evolutionary ecologist Dr. Kayla King has been recognized as one of Canada’s top young researchers, earning an Arthur B. McDonald fellowship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research ...