UBC News

From foam to bone: Plant cellulose can pave the way for healthy bone implants

Researchers from the University of British Columbia and McMaster University have developed what could be the bone implant material of the future: an airy, foamlike substance that can be injected into the body and provide scaffolding for the growth of new bone.

Science, Health & Technology

Common treatment for multiple sclerosis may prolong life

Science, Health & Technology

UBC experts on federal budget

Media Advisories

Vard $1.5 million gift advances marine engineering research and learning at UBC

Science, Health & Technology

The Globe and Mail
Relax: An asteroid will just miss hitting Earth. But our actions could still have a deep impact
Huffington Post
I oversee a dog therapy program on a college campus. Here’s what I have learned.
Smithsonian Magazine
How urban beehives ban help researchers detect air pollution
New York Times
Honey as a pollution detector? It’s a sweet idea
CityLab
The inequality of America’s parks and green space
Business Standard
Plant cellulose may be used to create bone implants
Milwaukee NPR
Misophonia: When life’s noises drive you mad
CBC
How tiny babies are revealing big clues of early life
Globe and Mail
Ottawa defends waiting to ground Boeing Max 8
CBC
Talking to teens about toking
CBC
Filling the medical care gap or causing cracks?
Global
Federal budget to include measures to ease burden of buying a home: source
Globe and Mail
U.S. college bribery scandal unlikely in Canada, but well-off families, students do have advantages
Global
Near-record ‘incumbency disadvantage’ is yet another headache for Jagmeet Singh’s NDP
Globe and Mail
UBC Thunderbirds women’s volleyball win
Globe and Mail
To protect pedestrians, cities are going back to the future
Times Colonist
An ocean of plastic changes everything — even what we eat

Let’s talk about love, baby – and why we should define it
Feb 13, 2019
UBC research examines hormones that make us choose love over sex
Feb 11, 2019
High society wants its fine foods to also be ethical
Jan 8, 2019
UBC program teaches kids how to navigate health information online
Dec 13, 2018
UBC economist proposes solution to Vancouver’s affordability crisis
Dec 5, 2018
Negative advertising works in U.S. politics
Nov 1, 2018

UBC experts on federal budget
Mar 15, 2019
High school students compete in 41st annual Physics Olympics
Mar 8, 2019
UBC experts on International Women’s Day
Mar 7, 2019
UBC and Musqueam to raise Musqueam flag on campus
Feb 22, 2019
UBC experts on Burnaby South by-election
Feb 22, 2019
UBC experts on Valentine’s Day
Feb 12, 2019

Imagine the possibilities

UBC Okanagan has released their vision of the 2040 Campus Master Plan and the UBC Innovation Precinct with a fly over video of the new developments.

How much sleep do teenagers really need?

The National Post published an op-ed by Wendy Hall, a professor at the UBC’s School of Nursing, about teenagers and sleep.

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