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June 1, 2015
Physicists have painted an in-depth portrait of charge ordering—an electron self-organization regime in high-temperature superconductors that may be intrinsically intertwined with superconductivity itself.
In two complementary studies—published in Nature Materials last week and Science in March—...
May 28, 2015
Astrophysicists have developed a new method for calculating the effect of Rayleigh scattering on photons, potentially allowing researchers to better understand the formation of the Universe.
UBC theoretical cosmology graduate student Elham Alipour, UBC physicist Kris Sigurdson and Ohio State...
May 26, 2015
Researchers with UBC’s Sea Around Us project have launched a new web platform at www.seaaroundus.org that provides the first comprehensive coverage of both reported and unreported fish caught by every country in the world.
It reveals that official catch reports considerably underestimate actual...
May 25, 2015
Researchers at UBC will be able to probe the mysteries of quantum materials with a new state-of-the-art ultrafast laser, thanks to a $1.4 million US grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
UBC physicists Andrea Damascelli and David Jones will use the investment for a one-of-a-kind...
May 21, 2015
University of British Columbia students and postdoctoral fellows in biological engineering and bioinformatics have received $3.3 million in grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
The two NSERC Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE...
May 7, 2015
New data from MESSENGER, the spacecraft that orbited Mercury for four years before crashing into the planet a week ago, reveals Mercury’s magnetic field is almost four billion years old. The discovery helps scientists piece together the history of Mercury, the closest planet to the sun and one...
May 4, 2015
UBC researchers have discovered a unique nerve structure in the mouth and tongue of rorqual whales that can double in length and then recoil like a bungee cord.
The stretchy nerves explain how the massive whales are able to balloon an immense pocket between their body wall and overlying blubber to...
April 28, 2015
What do you do when a patient needs a blood transfusion but you don’t have their blood type in the blood bank? It’s a problem that scientists have been trying to solve for years but haven’t been able to find an economic solution – until now.
University of British Columbia chemists and scientists in...
April 13, 2015
Four UBC mathematicians have been recognized for their research contributions with awards and fellowships.
Dong Li, a UBC researcher with a focus on fluid dynamics, mathematical biology and mathematical physics, is the winner of the Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) 2015 Coxeter-James prize. The...
April 10, 2015
The University of British Columbia has received $23.2 million in support of 23 Canada Research Chairs, including new chairs in data science and developmental neurobiology.
The Canada Research Chair program was established in 2000 and helps attract and retain top researchers in Canada. The funding...
