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Time machines and black holes on the agenda at quantum gravity meeting
A theory of everything, that works at a cosmic and quantum level, has eluded researchers for years.
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UBC student initiative set to recycle nearly 50,000 gloves
A UBC student’s project to combat plastic waste inspired by the pandemic has collected roughly 48,700 gloves, diverting 146.1 kilograms of waste from landfills this year.
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UBC team deploys pollution-sniffing mobile lab
Watch out, Vancouver. The PLUME van is coming soon to a location near you.
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UBC Indigenous Strategic Plan funding sees student projects get off the ground
Successful student recipients of the Indigenous Strategic Initiatives (ISI) Fund have been given the green light to start implementing their proposed Indigenous-focused, student-led projects with the backing of university funding.
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B.C. ocean’s worth of almost $5 billion to GDP likely an underestimate
British Columbia’s ocean contributed almost $5 billion to provincial gross domestic product in 2015, a sum that is likely an underestimate, a new UBC study has found.
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How artificial intelligence can make our food safer
Food recalls could be a thing of the past if artificial intelligence (AI) is utilized in food production, according to a recent study from UBC and the University of Guelph.
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You fainted. Are you OK to drive?
People who have visited the emergency department for fainting are no more prone to car crashes than other emergency department patients, new research out of UBC's faculty of medicine has found.
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Travel restrictions significantly reduced COVID-19 cases entering Canada — but insufficient to prevent new outbreaks
Canada’s restrictions on international travel drastically reduced the number of COVID-19 cases entering the country during the first waves of the pandemic but were insufficient to prevent new outbreaks, according to a new study led by University of British Columbia researchers.
