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1. Cutting Fleets Could Boost Global Fisheries' Value

   July 16, 2012

   Rebuilding global fisheries would make them five times more valuable while improving ecology, according to a new University of British Columbia study, published today in the online journal PLoS ONE.By reducing the size of the global fishing fleet, eliminating harmful government subsidies, and… read more

2. Arctic Duck Diving Inspires Math Study on Dynamic Patterns

   July 9, 2012

   What do eider ducks hunting for sea urchins and bargain shoppers have in common? New research from UBC mathematician Leah Edelstein-Keshet and former post-doctoral fellows Nessy Tania, Ben Vanderlei and Joel Heath analyzes how social interactions can create evolving foraging patterns.The findings,… read more

3. Seabirds study shows plastic pollution reaching surprising levels off coast of Pacific Northwest

   July 4, 2012

   Plastic pollution off the northwest coast of North America is reaching the level of the notoriously polluted North Sea, according to a new study led by a researcher at the University of British Columbia.The study, published online in the journal Marine Pollution Bulletin, examined stomach contents… read more

4. UBC Faculty of Science awarded CREATE grants to train young researchers

   June 26, 2012

   University of British Columbia students and postdoctoral fellows in the fields of geochemistry and quantum sciences have received grants totaling $3.3 million from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). The NSERC Collaborative Research and Training Experience … read more

5. UBC Researchers Share in Cosmology's Most Prestigious Prize

   June 20, 2012

   Two UBC researchers have been awarded the 2012 Gruber Cosmology Prize for their work as part of a 2003 NASA mission that pinpointed the age of the Universe at 13.75 billion years.UBC Physics and Astronomy professors Mark Halpern and Gary Hinshaw will share the $500,000 award with NASA Wilkinson… read more

6. Simon Peacock Reappointed to Second Term as Dean of Science



   June 13, 2012

   Simon Peacock, recruited to UBC in 2006 from Arizona State University, has been appointed to a second six-year term as Dean of Science. His second term will run July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2018. "Under Dean Peacock's leadership the Faculty has made outstanding achievements across undergraduate… read more

7. Loss of Biodiversity Increasingly Threatens Human Well-Being: UBC, University of Michigan Research

   June 6, 2012

   The loss of the planet’s biological diversity is increasingly threatening Mother Nature’s ability to provide humans with goods and services like food, water, fodder, fertile soils, and protection from pests and disease, according to a sweeping review of 20 years of research by an… read more

8. New Malaria Treatment Approach Shown Effective

   June 1, 2012

   Anti-inflammatory agents developed by UBC microbiologist Robert Hancock, used in combination with anti-malarial drugs, have been shown to boost survival rates of severe malaria by as much as 50 per cent.Malaria kills up to one million people worldwide every year, particularly children under five… read more

9. Sensory Organ in Whale's Jaw Coordinates Mechanics of Lunge-Feeding: UBC, Smithsonian Researchers

   May 23, 2012

   UBC zoologists and researchers at the Smithsonian Institution have discovered a sensory organ in rorqual whales that coordinates its signature lunge-feeding behaviour – and may help explain their enormous size. Rorquals are a subgroup of baleen whales – including blue, fin, minke and… read more

10. UBC Outreach Programs Receive PromoScience Funding

    May 17, 2012

    Three UBC outreach initiatives will get a boost from NSERC’s PromoScience Program this year, with the Michael Smith Laboratories, Life Science Institute and Pacific Museum of the Earth receiving a total of $90,000 in funding from the national competition.The grants will enable UBC's Life… read more