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1. UBC Astronomers Help Crunch New Planck Satellite Data, Reveal Never-Before-Seen Galaxy Clusters

   January 11, 2011

   University of British Columbia researchers are part of European Space Agency’s Plank satellite mission that is revealing thousands of “exotic” astronomical objects, including extremely cold dust clouds, galaxies with powerful nuclei, and giant clusters of galaxies.The… read more

2. Mountain Glacier Melt to Contribute 12 Centimetres to World Sea-Level Increases by 2100

   January 9, 2011

   Melt off from small mountain glaciers and ice caps will contribute about 12 centimetres to world sea-level increases by 2100, according to UBC research published this week in Nature Geoscience.The largest contributors to projected global sea-level increases are glaciers in Arctic Canada, Alaska… read more

3. Tricorders and Earth-Like Planets: The Final Frontier or The Next Big Thing?

   January 6, 2011

   UBC Science researchers predict Star Trek-style medical ‘Tricorders’ and the discovery of Earth-like planets in the January issue of UBC Reports, The Next Big Thing.This is the fifth year that UBC Reports has asked UBC experts to identify advances that may transform the world. The 2011… read more

4. Lights, Camera, Simulation!

   January 5, 2011

   UBC computer scientist Robert Bridson reviews the state-of-the-art in physics-based animation in a new Perspective article in Science."The movement and collisions of rigid bodies have long been the mainstay of physics-based animation, but modelling and integrating frictional contact remains a… read more

5. Greenland Ice Sheet Flow Driven by Short-Term Weather Extremes, Not Gradual Warming

   December 8, 2010

   Sudden changes in the volume of meltwater contribute more to the accelerated spread--and eventual loss--of the Greenland ice sheet than increases in temperatures, according to a new study by a UBC glaciologist.The ice sheet consists of layers of compressed snow and covers roughly 80 per cent of… read more

6. UBC Chemistry Appoints New Head

   December 3, 2010

   Professor Mike Fryzuk, a well-known inorganic chemist and former Associate Dean of Science, has been appointed head of the Department of Chemistry.Fryzuk is internationally recognized for his research on the design and synthesis of novel transition metal complexes. He earned his PhD from the… read more

7. New CRC to Focus on Nanoscience, Joins Eight Renewals at UBC Science

   December 1, 2010

   Sarah Burke, an expert in nanoscale electronic and optoelectronic materials, has been appointed as a new Canada Research Chair (CRC), joining eight UBC Science CRCs renewed in the latest round of funding.In total, research at the University of British Columbia received a $20-million boost with the… read more

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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