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  • Orange is the new aphrodisiac—for guppies

    Orange is the new aphrodisiac—for guppies

    A new UBC study reveals that the brighter the orange on a male guppy, the more virile it is, solving a long-standing evolutionary puzzle about their flashy colours.

  • Canadian COVID-19 trial gets additional $3.5 million in federal funding

    Canadian COVID-19 trial gets additional $3.5 million in federal funding

    The Canadian arm of a major international clinical trial—led by a University of British Columbia researcher—that aims to find the best treatment for COVID-19 has received an additional $3.5 million in funding from the federal government through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

  • Pandemic provides opportunity for studying impact of exercise on mental health

    Pandemic provides opportunity for studying impact of exercise on mental health

    The COVID-19 crisis has been hard on people’s mental and physical health. UBC’s School of Kinesiology is set to launch two separate studies that will examine the impact of exercise programs on mental health during the current crisis.

  • UBC researchers join with partners to develop portable ultrasound scanner network for COVID-19

    UBC researchers join with partners to develop portable ultrasound scanner network for COVID-19

    UBC researchers have designed a network of portable, handheld ultrasound scanners th­at can soon accelerate COVID-19 diagnosis in B.C. and potentially beyond.

  • Majority of cannabis use in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside for therapeutic purposes, may also reduce opioid overdose risk

    Majority of cannabis use in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside for therapeutic purposes, may also reduce opioid overdose risk

    Most people at high risk of overdose in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside who use cannabis do so for pain relief and other therapeutic reasons—and they may be at lower risk of overdosing on opioids as a result, suggests new research.

  • What will the post-pandemic workplace look like?

    What will the post-pandemic workplace look like?

    The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in millions of people working from home. As businesses begin to reopen, employees may find themselves in a very different workplace than before the pandemic.

  • How small-scale fishers are struggling amid COVID-19 crisis

    How small-scale fishers are struggling amid COVID-19 crisis

    As COVID-19 affects global food systems, tremendous impacts are being felt by coastal communities and small-scale fishers, many of whom are self-employed and rely on the catch to feed their own households or local communities.

  • Helping healthcare workers and local restaurants with one clever idea

    Helping healthcare workers and local restaurants with one clever idea

    UBC international economics student Patrisse Chan has created an online platform that allows Canadians to buy a meal from a local restaurant and have it delivered to staff at a hospital or care home.

  • UBC researchers develop biodegradable medical mask for COVID-19

    UBC researchers develop biodegradable medical mask for COVID-19

    The shortage of medical grade masks worldwide has hobbled health care professionals responding to the novel coronavirus—highlighting the need for improving supply lines and manufacturing more masks locally.

  • UBC scientist identifies a gene that controls thinness

    UBC scientist identifies a gene that controls thinness

    Why can some people eat as much as they want, and still stay thin?

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