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Recent UBC Media Releases Apr 7 Researchers target protein to stop spread of aggressive tumours Apr 7 UBC research at base of Mt. Everest shows impacts of high altitudes […]
Apr 9, 2015
The Canadian Coast Guard and Port Metro Vancouver are working to clean up a bunker fuel spill in English Bay that occurred Wednesday afternoon.
Inhibiting a specific protein associated with aggressive, hard-to-treat tumours slows down their ability to spread to other sites in the body, a team of UBC researchers has discovered.
Apr 8, 2015
Today’s teens face a unique set of stressors from social media, parents, schools, and society, says Dr. Dzung Vo, a UBC clinical assistant professor and pediatrician.
Apr 7, 2015
Ryan Hoiland travelled on a scientific expedition to Nepal, working in the shadow of Mount Everest to study the effects of severe oxygen deprivation and blood flow to the brain.
The University of British Columbia celebrates the Government of Canada’s decision to contribute $243.5 million to the construction of the most advanced and powerful telescope on Earth.
Apr 6, 2015
The University of British Columbia and China’s Chongqing Municipal Education Commission has signed a memorandum of understanding to create a student exchange program between UBC and some of China’s leading institutions for research and learning.
70 per cent of glacier ice in British Columbia and Alberta could disappear by the end of the 21st century, creating major problems for local ecosystems, power supplies, and water quality, according to a new study by UBC researchers.
UBC Reports | April 2
Apr 2, 2015
Children’s playgrounds are too safe, says Susan Herrington of UBC’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. Herrington surveyed a group of Canadian parents online and 69 per cent of respondents […]
Apr 1, 2015
UBC bilingualism expert Stefka Marinova-Todd says there’s no reason why children with autism should be discouraged from speaking another language, or two.
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