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Nov 6, 2023

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Nov 1, 2023

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Why is the law different when you’re unhoused?

A new report by UBC, SFU and University of Ottawa researchers found the personal property rights of unhoused people in Canada are systematically undermined.

Nov 1, 2023

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Oct 31, 2023

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Oct 30, 2023

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Low-income countries could lose 30% of nutrients like protein and omega-3 from seafood due to climate change

That’s in a high carbon emissions and low mitigation scenario, according to the study published today in Nature Climate Change.

Oct 30, 2023

Mature Gordius paranensis inside a ground beetle Mecodema sp. (sampled by pitfall trap in New Zealand, 2021). Credit: Dr. Jeff Doherty.

Mind-control worms and eye-bulging fungus: real-life horror from nature this Halloween

UBC researchers share some gruesome parasites of nature, like worms that fill the entire gut of an insect to a fungus that grows from your nose to your brain.

Oct 30, 2023

How organizations can address toxic workplace cultures to tackle sexual harassment

How organizations can address toxic workplace cultures to tackle sexual harassment

Sociology professor Dr. Jennifer Berdahl and co-authors wrote about strategies to better tackle sexual harassment in the workplace.

Oct 27, 2023

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Oct 27, 2023

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Oct 26, 2023

Evidence of Dutch elm disease (Ophiostoma ulmi) on an American elm (Ulnus americana). Photo credit: Joseph O’ Brien, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org.

Can AI nip tree disease in the bud?

The researchers at UBC’s faculty of forestry hope to validate the concept through future field tests and are enthusiastic about its potential.

Oct 26, 2023

UBC engineers created the sensor in collaboration with Frontier Robotics, Honda’s research institute. Credit: UBC Applied Science/Paul Joseph

UBC engineers develop breakthrough ‘robot skin’ in collaboration with Honda researchers

A new soft sensor developed by UBC engineers and Honda researchers opens the door to a wide range of applications in robotics and prosthetics.

Oct 26, 2023

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Oct 25, 2023

UBC doctoral student Bianca Iulianella Phillips prepares soil samples for DNA testing. Credit: Alex Walls.

Biological fingerprints in soil show where diamond-containing ore is buried

DNA sequencing technique can also help source minerals that are key to the green-energy transition.

Oct 25, 2023

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Oct 20, 2023

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Oct 19, 2023