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   UBC astronomers help map the Universe's dark matter at unprecedented scale

   January 9, 2012

   UBC and University of Edinburgh astronomers have mapped dark matter on the largest scale ever observed, according to results released today at the winter American Astronomical Society meeting in Austin, Texas. The findings, presented by Dr Catherine Heymans of the University of Edinburgh, Scotland… read more

2. UBC Mathematics Appoints New Head

   January 3, 2012

   Professor Michael Bennett, an expert in Number Theory and Diophantine problems, has been appointed head of the Department of Mathematics effective January 1, 2012.Bennett received his PhD in mathematics from UBC in 1993, and after appointments at the University of Michigan, the Institute for… read more

3. UBC Microbiologist One of Nature’s 2011 Science Newsmakers

   December 29, 2011

   Rosie Redfield, the UBC microbiologist who has been one of the most vocal critics of the NASA-funded 'arsenic-life' study, has been named by the journal Nature as one of Ten People Who Mattered This Year.On December 4 2010, Redfield blogged about the study published in Science. In the study,… read more

4. Lava Fingerprinting Reveals Differences Between Hawaii's Twin Volcanoes

   November 29, 2011

   Hawaii's main volcano chains--the Loa and Kea trends--have distinct sources of magma and unique plumbing systems connecting them to the Earth’s deep mantle, according to UBC research published this week in Nature Geoscience, in conjunction with researchers at the universities of Hawaii and… read more

5. Combination of Warming and Predation Could Accelerate Marine Biodiversity Loss

   November 28, 2011

   The biodiversity loss caused by climate change will result from a combination of rising temperatures and predation – and may be more severe than currently predicted, according to a study by University of British Columbia zoologist Christopher Harley.The study, published in the current issue… read more

6. More Than 50-per-cent Decline in Elephants in Eastern Congo Due to Human Conflict: UBC Research

   November 10, 2011

   Humans play a far greater role in the fate of African elephants than habitat, and human conflict in particular has a devastating impact on these largest terrestrial animals, according to a new University of British Columbia study published online in PLoS ONE this week.In some of the best… read more

7. Global Warming Will Reduce Populations of Plant-eaters

   October 6, 2011

   Rising world temperatures will cause most populations of herbivores – including plant-eating fish – to decline, according to a University of British Columbia biologist. That prediction resulted from updated mathematical models that integrate fundamental biological effects of… read more

8. MESSENGER Data Paints New Picture of Mercury's Magnetic Field: UBC Researcher

   September 29, 2011

   A University of British Columbia geophysicist is part of a NASA mission that is analyzing the first sets of data being collected by MESSENGER as it orbits Mercury. The spacecraft is capturing new evidence that challenges many previous assumptions about our innermost planet.Analyses of new data… read more

9. What’s So Unique About the Tropics? UBC Researcher Says: “Less Than We Thought”

   September 23, 2011

   The temperate forests of Canada or Northern Europe may have much more in common with the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia or South America than commonly believed, according to a research group led by a UBC ecologist. The assertion, published today in the journal Science, is focused on the… read more

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    UBC Biologist Wins MacArthur “Genius” Grant

    September 20, 2011

    Sarah Otto, a zoology professor and director of the Biodiversity Research Centre at UBC, is one of 22 people to be picked for this year’s round of ”genius grants” from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Otto, a theoretical biologist, has focused on fundamental… read more