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  3. Beaty Biodiversity Centre expansion

    UBC opens $45M Beaty Biodiversity Centre expansion

    September 17, 2025

    UBC has opened a $45 million expansion of the Beaty Biodiversity Centre, made possible by philanthropic support from the Ross and Trisha Beaty family and Gordon B. Shrum, matched by UBC. The Centre houses the Biodiversity Research Centre and the Beaty Biodiversity Museum. The extension… read more

  4. Artistic impression of the 'loudest' black hole.

    ‘Loudest’ black hole ever detected, 10 years after Nobel-winning discovery

    September 10, 2025

    Scientists celebrate the anniversary of the first gravitational wave ever detected with new resultsA decade after the groundbreaking detection of gravitational waves, an international team, including researchers from the University of British Columbia, has observed the loudest black hole merger to… read more

  5. UBC Fountain.

    Five UBC Science researchers join Royal Society of Canada

    September 2, 2025

    Five UBC Science professors have been named Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) for their research in the fields of atmospheric aerosols, marine ecosystems and fisheries, fast radio bursts, computer visualization, and human-computer interaction. Joining more than 60 UBC Science… read more

  6. AI generated image of a pair of tornadoes

    Something from nothing: Physicists model vacuum tunnelling in a 2D superfluid

    September 1, 2025

    In 1951, physicist Julian Schwinger theorized that by applying a uniform electrical field to a vacuum, electron-positron pairs would be spontaneously created out of nothing, through a phenomenon called quantum tunnelling.  The problem with turning the matter-out-of-nowhere theory into… read more

  7. Headshot of Evolutionary biologist, Dr. Kayla King

    Dr. Kayla King awarded Royal Society’s Francis Crick Medal

    August 27, 2025

    Evolutionary biologist Dr. Kayla King has been awarded the 2025 Francis Crick Medal and Lecture by the Royal Society of London for contributions to the fields of evolutionary biology and genetics of infectious disease. The prize is awarded to scientists who have received their PhD in the biological… read more

  9. Dr. Mark MacLachlan solves a crossword puzzle in a newspaper

    This scientist’s side hustle is creating crosswords for the New York Times

    August 25, 2025

    If you’re feeling unaccomplished, stop reading. It’s only going to get worse.In his day-to-day life, Dr. Mark MacLachlan is a professor of chemistry researching something called ‘supramolecular materials’ (don’t ask) and dean of science at the University of British Columbia. His days are filled… 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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