A preclinical evaluation of a new ’dual-mode’ tracer could help surgeons plan prostate cancer procedures, and provide more ...

Using a small bench-top reactor, researchers at the UBC have demonstrated that electrochemically loading a solid metal target ...

It turns out those cellulose-based thickening agents found in common foods can be digested.Researchers at the University of ...

Western tent caterpillars might not be on your mind every year, but during their peak outbreaks, they’re impossible to ignore ...

Students from the University of British Columbia have out-coded some of the world's elite young programming talent, placing 14th at the 2010 ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest held in ...

UBC Science will be home to two more Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERCs) valued at $20 million over seven years, in the areas of quantum materials and devices and digital media research and ...

UBC is gearing up for Celebrate Research Week! This year’s event runs from March 5th to 13th, and features a variety of hosted discussion forums, lectures, seminars, open houses and symposia on ...

A post-doctoral fellow with the Department of Zoology has conducted the first in-nature experiments that show environmental adaption accelerates the development of new species.

Jellyfish are increasing in the majority of the world's coastal ecosystems, according to the first global study of jellyfish abundance by University of British Columbia researchers.

Humans play a far greater role in the fate of African elephants than habitat, and human conflict in particular has a devastating impact on these largest terrestrial animals, according to a new ...