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  • Mom and baby share “good bacteria” through breast milk

    Mom and baby share “good bacteria” through breast milk

    A new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and the University of Manitoba has found that bacteria are shared and possibly transferred from a mother’s milk to her infant’s gut, and that breastfeeding directly at the breast best supports this process.

  • Extreme rainfall events cause top-heavy aquatic food webs

    Extreme rainfall events cause top-heavy aquatic food webs

    An expansive, multi-site ecology study led by UBC has uncovered new insights into the effects of climate change on the delicate food webs of the neotropics.

  • New study reveals people more likely to donate when reminded of own mortality

    New study reveals people more likely to donate when reminded of own mortality

    New research from the UBC Sauder School of Business shows that people are 30 per cent more likely to donate their assets when faced with their own mortality.

  • UBC research shows hearing persists at end of life

    UBC research shows hearing persists at end of life

    Hearing is widely thought to be the last sense to go in the dying process. Now UBC researchers have evidence that some people may still be able to hear while in an unresponsive state at the end of their life.

  • Gender employment gap among parents increases over first three months of pandemic

    Gender employment gap among parents increases over first three months of pandemic

    As the Canadian economy reopens, mothers are much less likely to be back at work than fathers—a gender gap that has been widening since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

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