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Graduate channels broken NHL dreams into pioneering research on youth concussion care

Scott Ramsay, who graduates from UBC this month with a PhD in nursing, has been working to intervene in the lives of youth struggling in the same darkness of disability.

Nov 22, 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

UBC experts on Great BC ShakeOut and disaster preparedness

UBC experts on Great BC ShakeOut and disaster preparedness

UBC experts are available to comment on the Great BC ShakeOut, earthquakes and other natural disasters, and emergency preparation and management

Oct 17, 2023

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B.C. split on safety of self-driving cars – gradual introduction needed to build comfort among all road users

New UBC research suggests British Columbians are not quite ready to embrace self-driving cars wholeheartedly – and will need a period of gradual transition before adoption.

Aug 30, 2023

UBC postdoctoral researcher Dr. Tianyu Guo is part of a team that developed a wood dust-based filter for removing microplastics from water. Photo: UBC Forestry/Jillian van der Geest

Microplastic pollution: Plants could be the answer

UBC scientists create device that uses wood dust to trap up to 99.9 per cent of microplastics in water.

Aug 16, 2023

UBC engineering physics students will race fully autonomous robots in a Mario Kart-themed competition on August 10. Credit: UBC/Clare Kiernan

Event: UBC students race Mario Kart robots

UBC engineering physics students will race fully autonomous robots head-to-head in a Mario Kart-themed competition on Thursday, August 10.

Aug 9, 2023

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New algorithm maps safest routes for city drivers

UBC researchers developed a new approach to identify the safest possible route in an urban network using real-time crash risk data, and can be incorporated into navigation apps such as Google Maps.

Jul 25, 2023

Dr. Yasmine Abdin (right) and her collaborators are transforming bitumen from Alberta’s oilsands into carbon fibre – at much less cost than what is currently available. Photo credit: UBC Applied Science/Paul Joseph

UBC researchers turn black bitumen into green carbon fibres

What if bitumen could be turned into something more valuable, like the carbon fibres that make aircraft and hockey sticks light and durable, and electric cars safer and more efficient?

Jun 13, 2023

Crowds gathered at the UBC Vancouver campus for the raising of the Reconciliation Pole.

UBC experts on National Indigenous History Month

June is National Indigenous History Month in Canada. Several UBC experts are available to speak with media.

May 31, 2023

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier viewing applied science research exhibit. From left: First Lady Elke Büdenbender, President Steinmeier, UBC President Deborah Buszard, and UBC school of engineering PhD candidate Ahmad Ghaffarkhan and postdoctoral fellow Dr. Hadi Hosseini. Credit: Geoff Lister/UBC.

German president’s visit to UBC highlights clean energy and climate change solutions

The University of British Columbia today hosted Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the president of Germany, as part of his first state visit to Canada.

Apr 25, 2023

UBC's smart hydrogen energy district (SHED) is a renewable energy hub that will include a hydrogen fuel station for cars and buses. Photo: Dialog

Event: UBC to welcome German President to Vancouver campus

Media are invited to join the UBC community in welcoming German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Tuesday, April 25 at UBC’s Vancouver campus.

Apr 24, 2023

Come for the selfie, stay for the sustainability

Come for the selfie, stay for the sustainability

UBC students built a hempcrete building that is one of the first ‘carbon-minimal’ institutional buildings in Canada. Bonus – it’s Instagram worthy

Apr 13, 2023

Event: One of Canada’s first carbon-minimal campus spaces is now complete – and it was designed entirely by students

Event: One of Canada’s first carbon-minimal campus spaces is now complete – and it was designed entirely by students

Media are invited to take a first look at Third Space Commons, UBC’s newest teaching and learning space that is one of Canada’s first institutional spaces designed to be near-zero embodied carbon. It’s also the first such building designed by students.

Apr 12, 2023

Fatemeh Asadi Zeidabadi, a PhD student in the UBC department of chemical and biological engineering and a student in Dr. Madjid Mohseni's group. Photo credit: Mohseni lab

New UBC water treatment zaps ‘forever chemicals’ for good

Engineers at the University of British Columbia have developed a new water treatment that removes “forever chemicals” from drinking water safely, efficiently – and for good.

Mar 22, 2023

UBC engineers want to save whales from drowning…in noise

UBC engineers want to save whales from drowning…in noise

Chronic ship noise can lead to stress, hearing loss and feeding problems for marine mammals like whales, dolphins and porpoises. UBC researchers are diving in to help address the issue.

Dec 15, 2022

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The stories men tell themselves after getting dumped

When a partner breaks up with them, men often try to make sense of it by telling themselves stories about how it happened.

Nov 30, 2022

Dr. John Frostad, Cody Rector and Dr. Roxanne Fournier. Credit: Martin Dee/UBC

UBC research could help astronauts eat well on future Mars missions

If space is the final frontier, it’s food that will get us there in good shape, and UBC researchers are making sure that our food will be up to the task.

Nov 9, 2022

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UBC experts on Great BC ShakeOut and disaster preparedness

UBC experts are available to comment on the Great BC ShakeOut exercise, earthquakes and other natural disasters, and emergency preparation and management.

Oct 18, 2022

A team of researchers at UBC and Western University are offering a suite of tools and strategies to ensure that people who experience substance use stigma can receive better care in the future.

New tools aim to improve care for people experiencing substance use stigma

Due to widespread negative attitudes towards substance use issues, people are often treated in disrespectful or discriminatory ways in health care settings. 

Sep 20, 2022

PLUME will be used to measure concentrations of air pollutants across the city. Photo: Paul Joseph/UBC Mechanical Engineering

UBC team deploys pollution-sniffing mobile lab

Watch out, Vancouver. The PLUME van is coming soon to a location near you.

Aug 11, 2022