“We proved the existence of a new class of quantum materials that are both metallic and one-dimensional magnets, with strong ...

Imagine UBC is the university’s biggest back-to-school event, welcoming many new students into the Faculty. It's full of exciting opportunities to meet others and learn about UBC Science. New students ...

You're responsible for keeping on top of your exam schedule and writing exams during the regularly scheduled period. It's important that you're planning ahead, organizing your time, and being ...

The loss of large predator animals across the globe is having unanticipated impacts on processes as diverse as human disease dynamics, wildfires and biogeochemical cycles, according to new research by ...

Dr Christian Naus--a leading expert on the role that intercellular channels play in the developing brain and in disease processes--has been named director of UBC's Life Sciences Institute (LSI). Naus, ...

Increasing levels of ocean acidity could spell doom for British Columbia's already beleaguered northern abalone, according to the first study to provide direct experimental evidence that changing sea ...

UBC botanists have placed seaweed in the underwater equivalent of a wind tunnel to get a better idea of how different types of algae withstand the onslaught of strong waves and currents. The findings, ...

Two young UBC Science alumni have received 2011 BC Community Achievement Awards--the second year in a row the Faculty's graduates have been recognized for their contributions to community service ...

Tony Yang has always had a passion for science education. But even he couldn’t have guessed that his love of teaching would one day involve jello. After graduating from UBC with a General Science ...

As part of a global effort to map the human epigenome, UBC and BC Cancer Agency researchers have published the first epigenetic profiles of normal cell types in breast tissue. The research is part of ...

Humans play a far greater role in the fate of African elephants than habitat, and human conflict in particular has a devastating impact on these largest terrestrial animals, according to a new ...

A sweeping synthesis of two decades worth of data from Canada's major earth sciences project has yielded an unprecedented geological map of North America that offers researchers a glimpse back in time ...