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UBC oceanographer named US Sloan fellow
February 20, 2015
UBC oceanographer Stephanie Waterman has been selected as a 2015 Alfred Sloan Research Fellow, receiving $50,000 to further her research. The two-year fellowships honour the achievements of outstanding young scholars in science, mathematics, economics and computer science in Canada and the US. … read more
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UBC research on pest infestations, resource development nab national awards
February 17, 2015
UBC Science research on urban pest infestations and responsible resource development are the focus of awards announced today by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Kaylee Byers and Rowan Cockett have been awarded NSERC’s $10,000 Gilles Brassard Doctoral… read more
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UBC Science prof wins national award for climate literacy MOOC
February 16, 2015
UBC professor Sara Harris has won a 3M National Teaching Fellowship for her work developing an online class looking at the science behind climate change, and potential policy responses to the global issue. Together with UBC colleague Sarah Burch (now with the University of Waterloo), Harris… read more
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High seas fishing ban could boost global catches, equality
February 12, 2015
Closing the high seas to commercial fishing could distribute fisheries income more equitably among the world’s maritime nations, according to research from the University of British Columbia (UBC). The analysis of fisheries data indicates that if increased spillover of fish stocks from… read more
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UBC aquaculture research gets funding boost
February 11, 2015
Research into salmon aquaculture, clean drinking water, river ecosystems and wireless networks at the University of British Columbia received a $2.2 million boost in funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). The funding comes from NSERC’s… read more
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Smart stats reveal the secret lives of sea lions
February 4, 2015
Advanced statistical modelling is helping UBC researchers get a clearer picture of the swimming paths of submerged marine mammals. The new technique—which recently received an award from the American Statistical Association—could enable biologists to make expanded use of animal… read more
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Mathematician, chemist receive UBC’s top research prizes
January 30, 2015
Joel Feldman, one of Canada’s best known mathematical physicists, has received UBC’s Jacob Biely Faculty Research Prize for his work in constructive quantum field theory and the mathematical theory of Fermi liquids. The prize recognizes the University’s top researcher. The… read more
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Superconductivity-suppressing charge instability detected across all forms of copper-based superconductors
January 15, 2015
University of British Columbia physicists have detected 'charge ordering' in electron-doped cuprate superconductors for the first time, according to research published today in Science. Charge ordering is a ripple-like instability at the electron level that competes with superconductivity and… read more
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How big data can improve healthcare
January 9, 2015
With the world swimming in data—from endless Twitter streams and Facebook updates, to genetic tests and medical records—it’s up to computer scientists like UBC Computer Science Professor Raymond Ng to help make sense of it all. Ng, Chief Informatics Officer for the PROOF … read more
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Astronomers use vanishing neutron star to measure space-time warp
January 8, 2015
In an interstellar race against time, astronomers have measured the space-time warp in the gravity of a binary star and determined the mass of a neutron star—just before it vanished from view. The international team, including University of British Columbia astronomer Ingrid Stairs,… read more