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Close to five million smuggled seahorses worth an estimated CAD$29 million were seized by authorities over a 10-year span, ...
Canadian scientists have developed a blood test and portable device that can determine the onset of sepsis faster and more ...
We honour xwməθkwəy̓ əm (Musqueam) on whose ancestral, unceded territory UBC Vancouver is situated. UBC Science is committed to building meaningful relationships with Indigenous peoples so we can ...
We honour xwməθkwəy̓ əm (Musqueam) on whose ancestral, unceded territory UBC Vancouver is situated. UBC Science is committed to building meaningful relationships with Indigenous peoples so we can ...
Dr. Anka Lekhi—a UBC professor focused on making the transition into first-year chemistry more accessible—has won a West ...
Drosophila testacea on the gills of a mushroom. Crawdaunt, Wikipedia Common. Some genes just don’t play fair. Researchers have uncovered a ‘selfish’ X chromosome in the fruit fly Drosophila testacea ...
Magnetic field light effect with sparks in vector. iStock. The compound—Ti₄MnBi₂—becomes only the second known metallic system with confirmed one-dimensional magnetism. A study by researchers from the ...
The discovery of a four-ring carbon molecule in a distant interstellar cloud may help to reveal how our own solar system formed. An asteroid has helped researchers discover the largest molecule ever ...
A modified compound taken from bloodroot, a wildflower native to North America, effectively fights multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) bacteria in the test tube, according to a new study. The ...
UBC evolutionary ecologist Dr. Kayla King has been recognized as one of Canada’s top young researchers, earning an Arthur B. McDonald fellowship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research ...
We honour xwməθkwəy̓ əm (Musqueam) on whose ancestral, unceded territory UBC Vancouver is situated. UBC Science is committed to building meaningful relationships with Indigenous peoples so we can ...