Anticipating how plants will respond to rising temperatures is critical—not just for plants, but for whole ecosystems. How ...

Parents may be looking for fun ways for their kids to avoid a summer slump and keep vital math skills razor sharp after ...

Wildfires pollute waterways and could affect their ability to sequester carbon, new University of British Columbia research shows. Dr. Brian Hunt, professor in the Institute for the Oceans and ...

UBC Science researchers predict Star Trek-style medical ‘Tricorders’ and the discovery of Earth-like planets in the January issue of UBC Reports, The Next Big Thing. This is the fifth year that UBC ...

How kids can keep their maths skills sharp this summer . June 23, 2025 Parents may be looking for fun ways for their kids to avoid a summer slump and keep vital math skills razor sharp after school ...

Iceland’s geothermal hotsprings and majestic glaciers are attracting a new type of adventure seeker to the small island nation. ISCI 361 – an intensive, three-week field course launched this May by ...

Two UBC researchers have been named among the most promising early-career scholars in North America by the Alfred P Sloan Foundation. Russ Algar (Chemistry) and Mark Schmidt (Computer Science) have ...

UBC researchers have discovered the molecular pathway that enables receptors inside immune cells to find, and flag, fragments of pathogens trying to invade a host. The discovery of the role played by ...

UBC researchers have invented a silicone chip that could make genetic analysis far more sensitive, rapid, and cost-effective by allowing individual cells to fall into place like balls in a pinball ...

Two UBC Science research projects—one looking at improving weather forecasting and warning capability, the other investigating the effects of international pollutants on Canada’s air quality—have ...

Carl Hansen, UBC Physics and Astronomy professor and member of the Center for High-Throughput Biology, is one of several UBC researchers who have received $4.5 million in federal support for ...

Nearly five million seized seahorses just ‘tip of the iceberg’ in global wildlife smuggling. May 27, 2025 Close to five million smuggled seahorses worth an estimated CAD$29 million were seized by ...