Fewer than one in 10 senior authors in a prestigious physics journal are women, according to a new study.Of 15 countries, Canada has the worst record. The 33 Canadian-led papers in Nature Physics in the last 10 years had zero senior authors who were women, according to a new study published by the…
April 22, 2025
The compound—Ti₄MnBi₂—becomes only the second known metallic system with confirmed one-dimensional magnetism.A study by researchers from the University of British Columbia’s Blusson Quantum Matter Institute (UBC Blusson QMI) has found a rare form of one-dimensional quantum magnetism in the metallic… read more
April 14, 2025
‘Peripheral vision’ helped Dr. Julia Levy co-found one of UBC’s most successful spinouts. The renowned immunologist passed away in December. read more
April 2, 2025
Dr. Mark MacLachlan, Canada Research Chair in Supramolecular Materials and the new Dean of Science at UBC, discusses his path from small town-B.C. to UBC, his love of Hawaiian shirts, and the challenges and priorities facing the Faculty.You’re from a small town in B.C., went to UBC and then on to… read more
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