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  • New deep diamond and barium minerals named after UBC researchers

    New deep diamond and barium minerals named after UBC researchers

    Two newly identified minerals—one from a deep Earth diamond—offer rare insights into the planet’s interior and honour UBC researchers and their legacies.

  • Pregnant women with COVID-19 at increased risk of hospitalization, ICU admission and early labour

    Pregnant women with COVID-19 at increased risk of hospitalization, ICU admission and early labour

    While much remains unknown about the impact of COVID-19 on pregnancy, emerging data from a national surveillance project reveals pregnant women with COVID-19 seem to be at greater risk of being hospitalized, being admitted to intensive care units (ICUs), and going into early labour.

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  • Some early herders didn’t quit fishing and foraging for a millennium after first keeping livestock

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