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UBC Science Gains Canada Research Chair in Observational Cosmology
March 13, 2012
Gary Hinshaw, recruited to UBC last year from NASA, has been named the new Canada Research Chair in Observational Cosmology. The new chair joins three renewals within the Faculty.Hinshaw's work at UBC will include building two new radio observatories to explore the large scale properties of the… read more
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UBC-TRIUMF Researchers Help Provide First Glimpse of 'Anti-Atomic Fingerprint'
March 7, 2012
An international team led by Canadian physicists from the UBC, SFU and TRIUMF have used microwaves to manipulate anti-hydrogen atoms. The findings, to be published Wednesday in the journal Nature, provide the world with its first glimpse of an "anti-atomic fingerprint." "For decades,… read more
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UBC Supramolecular Chemist Honoured With National Award
February 28, 2012
UBC supramolecular chemist Mark MacLachlan has been awarded a 2011 Steacie Memorial Fellowship, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) honour that recognizes some of the nation's most promising scientific talent.MacLachlan explores the potential for… read more
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UBC Natural Product Chemist Honoured by National Institute
February 22, 2012
Raymond Anderson, a leading marine natural product chemist with both Chemistry and Earth and Ocean Sciences, has received the 2012 Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC) Medal. The CIC Medal is given annually to a researcher who has made an outstanding contribution to the science of chemistry in… read more
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Fisheries Conservation Risk Highest In Canada, Mexico, Peru and New Zealand: UBC at AAAS
February 20, 2012
UBC researchers have identified conservation “hot spots” around the world where the temptation to profit from overfishing outweighs the appetite for conservation.Combining economic outlook and fisheries population growth rates for all countries currently reported to fish in the ocean,… read more
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Window into World’s Future Oceans Unveiled by NF-UBC Nereus Team
February 18, 2012
An international team from the Nippon Foundation-University of British Columbia Nereus program has unveiled the first global model of life in the world’s oceans, allowing scientists and policymakers to predict – and show through 3D visualizations – the state of life in the oceans… read more
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Wild West Approach to Claiming the Oceans' Genetic Resources Must End
February 17, 2012
New international agreements are required to ensure nations benefit equally from medicines, foods and biofuels derived from the ocean's untapped genetic riches, according to a panel of University of British Columbia and European researchers presenting at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American… read more
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UBC Researchers Out in Full Force at World's Largest General Science Conference
February 15, 2012
More than a dozen UBC Science researchers will help represent Canada at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, being held this weekend at the Vancouver Convention Centre.UBC Science presentations will run the gamut, covering everything from microbial… read more
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UBC IT Security Expert, Mathematician Awarded Sloan Research Fellowships
February 15, 2012
UBC mathematician Young-Heon Kim and computer scientist Andrew Warfield have been awarded 2012 Sloan Research Fellowships. Adjudicated annually since 1955, the prestigious fellowships are given to North American early-career scientists whose achievements and potential identify them as the next… read more
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UBC Fisheries Experts Use Google Earth to Catch Fish Farm Cheats
February 9, 2012
Fish farming cages are clearly visible through Google Earth’s satellite images and University of British Columbia researchers have used them to estimate the amount of fish being cultivated in the Mediterranean.The study, published in the online journal PLoS ONE, is the first to estimate… read more