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  1. Dr. Leah Edelstein-Keshet

    UBC researcher wins Canada’s premier mathematical sciences award

    December 2, 2024

    Dr. Leah Edelstein-Keshet, a pioneer in mathematical biology, has been awarded the 2025 CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize by the Centre de recherches mathématiques, the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences, and the Fields Institute.The University of British Columbia (UBC) mathematician has… read more

  2. A close up of a rock with lichen on it

    Advancing a more sustainable future for critical minerals

    December 2, 2024

    UBC is bringing its expertise in critical minerals to the Rio Tinto Centre for Future Materials, a $150 (US) million research endeavour to fundamentally change how we produce, use and recycle the minerals needed for modern technologies and the clean energy transition.   Dr. Steven… read more

  6. Dr. Kayla King

    UBC evolutionary ecologist awarded Arthur B McDonald fellowship

    November 6, 2024

    UBC evolutionary ecologist Dr. Kayla King has been recognized as one of Canada’s top young researchers, earning an Arthur B. McDonald fellowship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).The prestigious fellowships—worth $250,000 over two years—are awarded… read more

  8. Dr. Ilsa Cooke stands in front of the Green Bank Telescope.

    New space molecule largest ever detected using radioastronomy

    October 21, 2024

    The discovery of a four-ring carbon molecule in a distant interstellar cloud may help to reveal how our own solar system formed.An asteroid has helped researchers discover the largest molecule ever detected by radioastronomy, and the third-largest identified in space.The discovery, published today… read more

  10. An image of lava from a volcano.

    New research reenvisions Earth’s mantle as a relatively uniform reservoir

    September 19, 2024

    Lavas from hotspots—whether erupting in Hawaii, Samoa or Iceland—likely originate from a worldwide, uniform reservoir in Earth’s mantle, according to an evaluation of volcanic hotspots published today in Nature Geoscience.The findings indicate Earth’s mantle is far more chemically homogenous than… read more

Musqueam First Nation land acknowledegement

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 advance Reconciliation and ensure traditional ways of knowing enrich our teaching and research.

Learn more: Musqueam First Nation

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