There’s a 26 per cent annual chance that space rocket junk will re-enter the atmosphere and pass through a busy flight area, ...

Researchers from the University of British Columbia, the University of Washington, and Johns Hopkins University have ...

Federal funding announced today will help UBC Science researchers launch a range of quantum materials and computing partnerships—including large-scale simulations to predict the properties of ...

Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES) Kristen Eredics Feb 28, 2025 (same as NSERC USRA application deadline) There is no formal application for the SURE Awards in the IRES.

An eminent UBC evolutionary biologist whose early work focused on Charles Darwin's famous Galápagos Island finches has been named to one of the world's most prestigious honorary societies. Dolph ...

Those struggling with the temptations of chocolate-bar-laden store checkouts may have something to learn from the humble fruit fly. While the flies initially prefer food with a sweet flavour, they ...

UBC Science researchers have received $10.5 million in funding from Genome Canada and international partners to create the first reference genome of the sunflower family – work that will pinpoint ...

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 ...

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 ...

University of British Columbia researchers are part of European Space Agency’s Plank satellite mission that is revealing thousands of “exotic” astronomical objects, including extremely cold dust ...

A UBC professor of Chemistry who studies how enzymes function, engineers them for use in industrial applications, and develops inhibitors as potential therapeutics has been elected to the Royal ...