The global average for countries to report genetic information about bird flu, crucial to tracking and preventing a human ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Researchers with UBC's Beaty Biodiversity Museum are working to bring Canada's first blue whale skeleton to British Columbia. It's no small task to transport the remains of a massive 85-foot whale ...

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. In a study ...

UBC researchers have identified the world’s largest marine virus--an unusually complex ‘mimi-like virus’ that infects an ecologically important and widespread planktonic predator. Cafeteria ...

An international team including UBC physicist Walter Hardy, TRIUMF researchers and collaborators from across Canada have trapped antimatter, marking the end to a ten-year race to isolate the enigmatic ...

UBC Science has been awarded $3.2 million in funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), including support that will enable researchers to investigate how Staphylococcus ...

Studying for exams doesn’t have to be difficult. Join us at our Coaches Corner for 15 minutes to kick off your final exam preparation. Study smarter, not harder. From Mar 24 to Apr 8, the Science Peer ...

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