Two new Canada Research Chairs investigating critical emerging fields—quantum computing and metabolomics—have been appointed ...

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Jellyfish are increasing in the majority of the world's coastal ecosystems, according to the first global study of jellyfish abundance by University of British Columbia researchers. In a study ...

An international team from the Nippon Foundation-University of British Columbia Nereus program has unveiled the first global model of life in the world’s oceans, allowing scientists and policymakers ...

Researchers from the University of British Columbia and Harvard University have co-developed a system that captures on video and barcodes the behavioral responses of zebrafish to chemical compounds on ...

UBC evolutionary ecologist awarded Arthur B McDonald fellowship November 6, 2024 UBC evolutionary ecologist Dr. Kayla King has been recognized as one of Canada’s top young researchers, earning an ...

Two UBC researchers have been named among the most promising early-career scholars in North America by the Alfred P Sloan Foundation. Russ Algar (Chemistry) and Mark Schmidt (Computer Science) have ...

A University of British Columbia researcher has uncovered what makes Rembrandt’s masterful portraits so appealing. In the study, published in the current issue of the Massachusetts Institute of ...

UBC botanists have placed seaweed in the underwater equivalent of a wind tunnel to get a better idea of how different types of algae withstand the onslaught of strong waves and currents. The findings, ...