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UBC Physicists Make Atoms and Dark Matter Add Up
November 24, 2010
UBC and TRIUMF physicists have proposed a unified explanation for dark matter and the so-called baryon asymmetry--the apparent imbalance of matter with positive baryon charge and antimatter with negative baryon charge in the Universe.The visible Universe appears to be made of atoms, and each of… read more
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UBC Physicists Help International Team Trap Antimatter
November 22, 2010
An international team including UBC physicist Walter Hardy, TRIUMF researchers and collaborators from across Canada have trapped antimatter, marking the end to a ten-year race to isolate the enigmatic particles."Studying anti-hydrogen--an anti-proton and an-anti-electron--to the same precision as… read more
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UBC Scientists Part of Panel that Calls for Bold Vision in Biodiversity Research
November 19, 2010
Canada needs a bold vision to fully understand its biodiversity resources.This is a central finding of a group of 14 eminent experts, including two UBC scientists, brought together by the Council of Canadian Academies.UBC professors Wayne Maddison and Sarah Otto were part of an expert panel that… read more
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UBC Evolutionary Biologist Receives Canadian Museum Network Award
October 26, 2010
UBC evolutionary biologist and Beaty Biodiversity Museum Director Wayne Maddison has received the 2010 Bruce Naylor Award. This national award, presented by the Alliance of Natural History Museums of Canada (ANHMC), recognizes exceptional contributions to the museum-based study of natural history… read more
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World’s Largest, Most Complex Marine Virus is Major Player in Ocean Ecosystems: UBC Research
October 25, 2010
UBC researchers have identified the world’s largest marine virus--an unusually complex ‘mimi-like virus’ that infects an ecologically important and widespread planktonic predator.Cafeteria roenbergensis virus has a genome larger than those found in some cellular organisms, and… read more
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Government, Industry Support to Help 'De-Noise' Seismic Data
October 19, 2010
A new five-year, $5 million government- and industry-funded project at UBC will see researchers in the departments of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Computer Science and Mathematics designing the next generation of seismic imaging technology.The Dynamic nonlinear optimization for imaging in seismic… read more
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$3 Million in Health Funding Targets Microbial Impact on Immune System, Asthma
October 14, 2010
UBC microbiologist Brett Finlay has been awarded $3 million in funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and Genome British Columbia to investigate the impact intestinal microbes have on the human immune system.The support is part of seven grants totaling $15.5 million… read more
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Always Room for Jello in Science Education
October 14, 2010
Tony Yang has always had a passion for science education. But even he couldn’t have guessed that his love of teaching would one day involve jello.After graduating from UBC with a General Science degree in 2008, Yang is now pursuing his PhD. His UBC experience has enabled him to couple his… read more
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'Incoherent Excitations' Govern Key Phase of Superconductor Behaviour, UBC Research
October 14, 2010
New research by UBC physicists indicates that high-temperature superconductivity in copper oxides is linked to what they term 'incoherent excitations'--a discovery that sheds light on the electronic response of these materials before they become superconducting.The study marks the first time… read more
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UBC, Max Planck Formalize Partnership Among World’s Top Quantum Physicists
October 4, 2010
UBC has forged a formal partnership with the Max Planck Society, Germany’s foremost basic research institution and home to 32 Nobel prizes.UBC President Stephen Toope and Max Planck Society President Peter Gruss were joined in Munich today by Thomas Marr, Germany’s Minister-Counsellor… read more