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Scientific data lost at alarming rate
December 19, 2013
Eighty per cent of scientific data are lost within two decades, according to a new study that tracks the accessibility of data over time. The culprits? Old e-mail addresses and obsolete storage devices. “Publicly funded science generates an extraordinary amount of data each year,”… read more
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UBC lead on CERN-ATLAS project to head Physics and Astronomy
December 18, 2013
UBC’s lead researcher on the ATLAS project – one of two large detectors at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN responsible for discovering the Higgs boson – has been named head of the University’s Department of Physics and Astronomy. Colin Gay, a leading expert in… read more
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UBC immunologist honoured with BC women in science award
December 17, 2013
UBC immunologist Pauline Johnson has been recognized with a 2013 Community Leadership and Excellence Award by the Minerva Foundation for BC Women, a non-profit dedicated to promoting women and leadership in the province. Johnson is the only second tenured female professor in the history of the… read more
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UBC researchers receive $7.2 million to develop test for pulmonary disease 'lung attacks'
December 6, 2013
Two UBC researchers are leading a $7.2 million project to develop a test identifying patients at risk for the debilitating and often deadly lung attacks brought on by Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). COPD is the fourth leading cause of death in Canada and a leading cause of hospital… read more
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UBC-SFU visual analytics hub receives $1.3 million in government, industry support
December 3, 2013
The Government of Canada and IBM have announced $1.3 million in support to help establish the Visual Analytics Research and Instructional Laboratories (VIVA), a data-visualization research and training partnership between UBC and Simon Fraser University. The announcement includes a Federal… read more
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UBC researchers named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
November 25, 2013
Three UBC ecologists who study the natural world at very different scales--from marine ecosystems, to plant and soil systems, to microbial communities--have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). AAAS is the world’s largest general scientific… read more
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Climate change may disrupt flight season of Canadian butterflies
November 19, 2013
The flight season timing of a wide variety of butterflies is responsive to temperature and could be altered by climate change, according to a UBC study that leverages more than a century’s worth of museum and weather records. Researchers from UBC, the Université de Sherbrooke and the… read more
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UBC Science welcomes three new Canada Research Chairs
November 18, 2013
UBC Science boosted its research capacity in biochemical sensing, particle physics and mathematical biology today with the appointment of three new Canada Research Chairs. The chairs are among 10 new, three renewals and two advancements at UBC, the largest share of the latest round of CRC… read more
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Don’t hold the anchovies: Study shows Peruvian fish worth more as food than as feed
November 13, 2013
The true potential of Peruvian anchovy lies not in fishmeal but as food for people and as part of the ocean food web, according to Canadian and Peruvian researchers. The Peruvian anchovy is the world’s biggest fishery resource, with annual landings of five to 10-million metric tons. It… read more
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Delayed gratification hurts climate change cooperation
October 21, 2013
Time is a huge impediment when it comes to working together to halt the effects of climate change, new research suggests. A study published today in the journal Nature Climate Change reveals that groups cooperate less for climate change mitigation when the rewards of cooperation lay in the future… read more