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How trees recycle nutrients to produce their autumn colours
October 16, 2025
Why does B.C. put on a dimmer autumn leaf show than other provinces? UBC botanist Dr. Santokh Singh explains, and highlights his favourite leaf-viewing spots. read more
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What cherished campus coyote’s death tells us about his life
October 15, 2025
In his short life, Kip the coyote with the one bad leg, became an unofficial mascot on UBC’s Vancouver campus. read more
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New ocean research alliance to boost national collaboration
October 6, 2025
A three-year agreement between UBC-affiliated research networks is designed to strengthen collaboration across Canada’s three coasts. read more
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UBC enzyme technology clears first human test toward universal donor organs for transplantation
October 3, 2025
The first successful human transplant of a kidney converted from blood type A to universal type O used special enzymes developed at UBC. read more
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Can AI persuade you to go vegan—or harm yourself?
October 1, 2025
Large language models are more persuasive than humans: UBC computer scientist Dr. Vered Shwartz discusses safeguards for the future of AI. read more
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UBC launches world’s first mushroom-powered, waterless toilet
September 29, 2025
The MycoToilet turns human waste into nutrient-rich compost and features a modern, sustainable design. read more
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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
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‘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
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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
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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