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  • How Dream Photonics is helping to transform advanced tech manufacturing in B.C.
    University News

    How Dream Photonics is helping to transform advanced tech manufacturing in B.C.

    Pushing the economy forward: A UBC spin-off company is tackling a critical manufacturing bottleneck, helping companies scale and commercialize advanced technologies

Most Recent Stories

  • Changing how you think about time could help you accomplish year-end goals
    Society & Culture

    Changing how you think about time could help you accomplish year-end goals

    We spoke with Dr. Deepak Sirwani, an assistant professor at the UBC Sauder School of Business, about how people perceive time depending on how it is framed.

  • Lactation drug could reduce breast cancer risk after childbirth, study suggests 
    Health & Medicine

    Lactation drug could reduce breast cancer risk after childbirth, study suggests 

    Lactation drug used after childbirth may have an unexpected benefit. Researchers found women who used cabergoline were less likely to develop breast cancer postpartum, with clinical trials now planned.

  • UBC’s Centre de la Francophonie to connect Francophone scholars from across B.C. 
    Society & Culture

    UBC’s Centre de la Francophonie to connect Francophone scholars from across B.C. 

    A first-of-its-kind research forum this fall is part of a broader effort to strengthen French-language community, research and collaboration at UBC and across the province

  • Is your name still common? What Canadian baby names reveal about how we’ve changed
    The Conversation

    Is your name still common? What Canadian baby names reveal about how we’ve changed

    By Dr. Neil Guppy, professor emeritus at the Department of Sociology.

  • What happens after disaster strikes? UBC experts on Nepal’s road to recovery
    Climate & Environment

    What happens after disaster strikes? UBC experts on Nepal’s road to recovery

    Two UBC experts explain what recovery could look like, why climate justice matters and what B.C. can learn from Nepal’s experience.

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  • It’s proven to treat depression — but doctors hesitate to prescribe it. Researchers are trying to change that

    Toronto Star
  • What is your seafood eating? Investigation traces problems in global feed supply

    CBC
  • She’s a nutritionist. It didn’t stop perimenopause weight gain catching her totally off guard

    Toronto Star
  • F1 drivers face ‘unhealthy’ Singapore air as ‘super’ El Niño fuels wildfire haze

    The Guardian

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  • Snakes in an egg all coil in the same direction. Scientists think they’ve learned why.

  • Insect submariners survive the depths without imploding

  • New deep diamond and barium minerals named after UBC researchers

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Municipal and provincial elections
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Climate & Environment

  • At UBC, the future of food is growing just steps from the dining hall  

    At UBC, the future of food is growing just steps from the dining hall  

  • UBC researchers awarded M Wall Fellowships to advance human and ecosystem health

    UBC researchers awarded $1M Wall Fellowships to advance human and ecosystem health

  • Study confirms permanent loss of Canada’s last Arctic epishelf lake

    Study confirms permanent loss of Canada’s last Arctic epishelf lake

  • Science at the edge of the ice

    Science at the edge of the ice

Health & Medicine

  • Do you really need to cut off the crusts? Expert advice on navigating picky eating

    Do you really need to cut off the crusts? Expert advice on navigating picky eating

  • Canada’s first human bird flu case offers new clues for monitoring pandemic threats

    Canada’s first human bird flu case offers new clues for monitoring pandemic threats

  • New UBC clinic to provide team-based care for up to 4,450 B.C. patients

    New UBC clinic to provide team-based care for up to 4,450 B.C. patients

  • From counting sheep to forty winks: three tips to get your kids back on a healthy sleep schedule

    From counting sheep to forty winks: three tips to get your kids back on a healthy sleep schedule

Science & Technology

  • Canadian telescope directly maps earliest glow of hydrogen, opening a new window on the universe

    Canadian telescope directly maps earliest glow of hydrogen, opening a new window on the universe

  • Hairy-legged red-eyed sea spiders discovered in the Salish Sea

    Hairy-legged red-eyed sea spiders discovered in the Salish Sea

  • UBC Okanagan research fuels biotech growth and jobs in Kelowna

    UBC Okanagan research fuels biotech growth and jobs in Kelowna

  • UBC scientists uncover why some Huntington disease patients decline years earlier

    UBC scientists uncover why some Huntington disease patients decline years earlier

Society & Culture

  • Sniffer dogs, bloodstain patterns and ballistics evidence under the microscope in new studies

    Sniffer dogs, bloodstain patterns and ballistics evidence under the microscope in new studies

  • Divided We Fall: New book explores polarization, citizenship and Canada’s democratic future

    Divided We Fall: New book explores polarization, citizenship and Canada’s democratic future

  • Only known woolly dog pelt returns close to home and for the first time to Canada

    Only known woolly dog pelt returns close to home and for the first time to Canada

  • Starting kindergarten? Expert tips for a smooth school transition

    Starting kindergarten? Expert tips for a smooth school transition

University News

  • How UBC expanded student health and wellbeing to meet growing demand

    How UBC expanded student health and wellbeing to meet growing demand

  • M gift to UBC is the largest ever to a Canadian school of nursing

    $40M gift to UBC is the largest ever to a Canadian school of nursing

  • How UBC supports students with specific dietary needs and cultural food preferences

    How UBC supports students with specific dietary needs and cultural food preferences

  • UBC and Langara College formalize partnership to strengthen student pathways and success

    UBC and Langara College formalize partnership to strengthen student pathways and success

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