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  • UBC researchers aim to deliver earlier warnings on the toxic drug supply

    UBC researchers aim to deliver earlier warnings on the toxic drug supply

    The Track & Trace pilot program will map where substances are coming from, and going to, informing public safety and health.

  • Fishing fleets travelling further to catch fewer fish

    Fishing fleets travelling further to catch fewer fish

    Industrial fishing fleets have doubled the distance they travel to fishing grounds since 1950 but catch only a third of what they did 65 years ago per kilometre travelled, a new study has found.

  • Breaking up ‘fatbergs’: UBC engineers develop technique to break down fats, oil and grease

    Breaking up ‘fatbergs’: UBC engineers develop technique to break down fats, oil and grease

    Cooking oil and similar waste can clog pipes, harm fish and even grow into solid deposits like the “fatbergs” that recently blocked London’s sewage system. But UBC researchers may have found a way to treat these fats, oils and grease—collectively called FOG—and turn them into energy.

  • UBC expert explains modern Russia, the cult of Putin and kompromat

    UBC expert explains modern Russia, the cult of Putin and kompromat

    As U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign intensifies, Lisa Sundstrom, associate professor of political science, discusses President Vladimir Putin’s motivations, Russian sentiment and the history of kompromat (Russian for “compromising material”).

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