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January 31, 2013
A free online science course offered by researchers at UBC and Stanford University has attracted more than 130,000 registrants, including learners from every Canadian province and almost every nation on the planet. The Massive, Open Online Course (MOOC) on game theory is taught by UBC computer...
January 24, 2013
Construction is now under way in Penticton, B.C. on Canada’s largest radio telescope – and the first research telescope to be built in the country in more than 30 years. The new telescope, with a footprint larger than six NHL hockey rinks, will listen for cosmic sound waves and help scientists...
January 22, 2013
An ecologically friendly, small-footprint design for rebuilding UBC's 60-year-old geological field school near Oliver, BC has received a 2012 Award of Excellence from Canadian Architect magazine.  The award winning designs by BattersbyHowat Architects will help create a permanent ‘camp campus...
January 16, 2013
A new digital radio telescope and quantum materials 'foundry' are among the UBC projects being supported by almost $23 million in funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). The grants are part of the CFI's Leading Edge Fund and New Initiatives Fund, which support infrastructure and...
January 3, 2013
NASA’s Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) space mission has released its final results, a collection of nine years worth of observations which have served to map the universe and improve the field of cosmology. UBC Physics and Astronomy professor Gary Hinshaw participated in the project...
December 11, 2012
A University of British Columbia researcher has helped create a gel – based on the mussel’s knack for clinging to rocks, piers and boat hulls – that can be painted onto the walls of blood vessels and stay put, forming a protective barrier with potentially life-saving implications. Co-invented by...
November 29, 2012
Three UBC botanists with expertise in photosynthesis, evolutionary biology and plant cell biology have been named as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The honour is awarded to researchers whose work has advanced science or its applications. The 2012 UBC...
November 22, 2012
A well-established family of drugs used to treat parasitic diseases is showing surprising potential as a therapy for tuberculosis (TB), according to new research from University of British Columbia microbiologists. The findings, published online this week in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and...
November 21, 2012
In the marine world, high-energy prey make for high-energy predators. And to survive, such marine predators need to sustain the right kind of high-energy diet. Not just any prey will do, suggests a new study by researchers from the University of British Columbia and University of La Rochelle, in...
November 19, 2012
UBC microbiologist Robert E.W. Hancock has received the Prix Galien 2012 Research Award, widely considered the most prestigious honour in Canadian pharmaceutical research and innovation. Hancock is being recognized for pioneering work unravelling the complex interactions between antibiotics and...

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