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The 2011 Science Guide to Celebrate Research
March 1, 2011
UBC is gearing up once again for Celebrate Research Week! Now in its 11th year, Celebrate Research Week runs from March 4th to 11th, and features a variety of hosted discussion forums, poster sessions, seminars, open houses and symposia on relevant issues related to the outstanding research taking… read more
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Oscillating “Plug” of Magma Causes Tremors that Forecast Volcanic Eruptions: UBC Researchers
February 23, 2011
University of British Columbia geophysicists are offering a new explanation for seismic tremors accompanying volcanic eruptions that could advance forecasting of explosive eruptions such as recent events at Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines, Chaiten Volcano in Chile, and Mount St. Helens in… read more
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National Honours to UBC Researchers in New Materials, Atmospheric Aerosols
February 14, 2011
UBC Science researchers investigating new materials and atmospheric aerosols, along with a former UBC graduate student studying evolutionary adaption, are among 13 recipients of Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council prizes announced today."Our government is committed to developing,… read more
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UBC Graduate Students Put a Criminal Spin on Life Science Outreach
February 9, 2011
A researcher is found dead hunched over her lab bench, and seven suspects are in custody. Now it’s up to 30 high school students to determine who killed her.That’s the premise for an innovative science outreach program hosted by the Graduate Student Association (GSA) at UBC’s… read more
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Single-Cell Marine Predator’s Unique Survival Mechanisms Revealed: UBC Research
February 8, 2011
University of British Columbia researchers have uncovered the unique survival mechanisms of a marine organism that may be tiny, but in some ways has surpassed sharks in its predatory efficiency.Published today in the journal Nature Communications, the research team’s portrait of the… read more
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UBC's Top Research Prize Goes to Marine Metabolite Hunter
January 26, 2011
A UBC organic chemist and oceanographer who studies the metabolites produced by marine organisms--often to help evaluate their potential as drug candidates--has been awarded UBC's premier prize for research.Raymond Andersen, with the departments of Chemistry and Earth and Ocean Sciences, has been… read more
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Genome of Blue Stain Fungus Evolved to Bypass Tree Defense in Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic
January 24, 2011
The genome of the fungus that helps mountain pine beetles infect and kill lodgepole pines has been decoded in a University of British Columbia study.Also known as blue stain fungus for the stain it leaves in the wood of infected trees, Grosmannia clavigera is carried to the host trees by pine… read more
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First-Ever Global Map of Surface Permeability Could Bring New Insights Into Water Supply, Climate Modelling
January 24, 2011
UBC researchers have produced the first map of the world outlining the ease of fluid flow through the planet's porous surface rocks and sediments.The maps and data, published in Geophysical Research Letters, could help improve water resource management and climate modelling, and eventually lead to… read more
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Wave-Generated ‘White Hole’ Boosts Hawking Radiation Theory: UBC Research
January 17, 2011
A team of UBC physicists and engineers have designed an experiment featuring a trough of flowing water to help bolster a 35-year-old theory proposed by eminent physicist Stephen Hawking.In 1974, Hawking predicted that black holes--often thought of having gravitational pulls so strong that nothing… read more
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Genes Contribute to Sockeye Mortality: First Major Biotelemetry, Genomics Study
January 13, 2011
Fraser River sockeye salmon with a certain genomic profile are more likely to die before spawning, contributing to the recent declines in British Columbian salmon, according to a new study by UBC and Fisheries and Oceans Canada.For the study, researchers conducted non-lethal biopsies and then… read more