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Crisis in Egypt: UBC experts ready to comment

UBC experts are available to comment on the historic uprising in Egypt and its implications for the Middle East and beyond.

Feb 9, 2011

Vol. 57 | No. 1

Dec 29, 2010

The Next Big Thing in 2011, and beyond: January UBC Reports preview

UBC experts describe nine advances that may transform your world, from shapeshifting architecture to the ability to predict the diseases you may experience. Plus, two professors revisit their 2006 forecasts.

Dec 29, 2010 - by By John Hepburn, Vice President, Research and International

Updates from 2006

Prof. Jaymie Matthews provides an update on his 2006 prediction that, within 10 years, astronomers would find a planet capable of life. Prof. Stanley Coren reviews his 2006 look at the possibility of prescription pets.

Dec 29, 2010

Telling stories together, one tweet at a time

We can expect a raft of new tools to make sense of social media for a new age of collective journalism.

Dec 29, 2010 - by By Alfred Hermida

Magic Biomarkers

News ways of using biomarkers open new horizons in defining risk, illness, and therapies for vital organ failure.

Dec 29, 2010 - by By Dr. Bruce McManus

Powerful “rare-earth” dental magnets

New magnets developed for the Japanese auto industry hold promise for struggling denture wearers.

Dec 29, 2010 - by By Drs. Ross Bryant and Michael MacEntee

Imaging Genetics – the ability to foresee brain disease?

“It’s not that you can’t find your keys, it’s that you don’t know what do to with them once you have them.”

Dec 29, 2010 - by By Judy Illes

Restorative Buildings

The old paradigm aimed to reduce environmental impact. The future is about buildings that actually improve our environment.

Dec 29, 2010 - by By John Robinson

Low-cost personal genome analysis

There is an explosion in the use of techniques to find the gene variations that influence our lives. We are on the verge of a genetic revolution will be exciting, and scary.

Dec 29, 2010 - by By Drs. Peter Pare, Denise Daley and Andrew Sandford

The medical “tricorder”

With recent advances in DNA sequencing, finding the DNA of a virus or bacteria is literally a day’s work. Doctors may soon have a device that can quickly analyze and identify the common bugs that ail us.

Dec 29, 2010 - by By David Broemeling

Municipal service robots

In the next 15 years, Canada will spend $12 billion to upgrade water main systems. A UBC professor is building a pipe inspection robot that will save money by entering subterranean waterways to find the weak spots.

Dec 29, 2010 - by By Jody Jacob

Intelligent Space

Shapeshifting spaces offer amazing new possibilities for individuals in public and private environments The School of Architecture, in collaboration with departments in Applied Science and Engineering Physics, is leading the […]

Dec 29, 2010 - by By AnnaLisa Meyboom and Jerzy Wojtowicz

UBC J-school partners with The Globe and Mail

A team of 10 UBC journalism students investigating the global effects of shrimp farming has partnered with The Globe and Mail to produce a web video project for the paper’s food series.

Nov 22, 2010

UBC’s Professor John Robinson wins Power Smart Excellence award

BC Hydro has named UBC Professor John Robinson as this year’s recipient of the Larry Bell award for his inspirational work in imagining and promoting new sustainability solutions.

Oct 26, 2010

Putting the play into playgrounds

A child running through grass or mixing mud pies is doing a lot more learning than first meets the eye, according to UBC researcher Susan Herrington.

Sep 10, 2010 - by By Lorraine Chan

A triplet delight

No one living in the Pozo household expected Natalie, Joe and Lindsey, 18-year-old triplets from Portland, Oregon, to stick together once they graduated from high school.

Sep 10, 2010 - by By Heather Amos

The faces of UBC's first-year class

UBC Reports asked four first-year students a few questions about their choice of university, their interests and their use of technology.

Sep 10, 2010

James, Kate and Brendan Pickering

The tacos at Taco Bell don’t taste exactly like the ones back home in the San Francisco Bay Area. But Brendan Pickering isn’t going to quibble when everything else about living in B.C. and studying at UBC’s Okanagan campus is “fantastic.”