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  1. Male guppies

    Orange is the new aphrodisiac—for guppies

    July 2, 2025

    It turns out colour isn’t just a fashion statement for guppies. According to a new University of British Columbia study, the more orange the male guppy, the more virile it is.The research, published in Nature Ecology and Evolution shines light on an enduring evolutionary mystery—why male guppies… read more

  2. A student wearing a lab coat looking at a lab sample in the lab.

    Bacterial fingerprints in soil show where copper is buried

    June 30, 2025

    Researchers have identified buried copper ore by testing the DNA of microbes in the surface soil.These ‘biological fingerprints’ can reveal copper-containing ore buried tens of metres below the earth’s surface without having to drill, according to new research in Geology.“Copper is essential for… read more

  3. A forest of trees on a clear day with distant mountains in the background.

    Predicting how plants will fare in the heat is not so easy

    June 24, 2025

    Anticipating how plants will respond to rising temperatures is critical—not just for plants, but for whole ecosystems. How organisms respond to heat is often studied at small scales—such the behavior of a single leaf or branch—and then extrapolated to predict what might happen across whole… read more

  4. Dr. Lindsey Daniels, UBC math assistant professor of teaching stands in front of a green chalkboard with a set of simple math questions on the board. There is a kid sitting in front of her.

    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 ends in June.Dr. Melania Alvarez (she/her), outreach and education coordinator at the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences and the UBC department of mathematics,… read more

  5. Wildfire smokes drifts over Hope, B.C.

    Wildfires could be harming our oceans and disrupting their carbon storage

    June 17, 2025

    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 Fisheries (IOF), and Emily Brown, IOF research scientist, discuss how wildfires affect our waters and… read more

  7. Dr. Firas Moosvi lecturing in a classroom.

    New major looks to break data science out of the silo

    June 10, 2025

    UBC’s departments of statistics and computer science have joined forces to create a new undergraduate, interdisciplinary data science program.This new major, which kicks off this fall at UBC Vancouver, joins the existing data science minor and master’s offerings on campus. “We are… read more

  9. Person in a hospital bed with a pulse oximeter on their finger

    Rapid bedside test predicts sepsis with over 90 per cent accuracy

    May 26, 2025

    Canadian scientists have developed a blood test and portable device that can determine the onset of sepsis faster and more accurately than existing methods.Published today in Nature Communications, the test is more than 90 per cent accurate at identifying those at high risk of developing sepsis and… read more

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