It turns out colour isn’t just a fashion statement for guppies. According to a new University of British Columbia study, the ...

Researchers have identified buried copper ore by testing the DNA of microbes in the surface soil. These ‘biological ...

Anticipating how plants will respond to rising temperatures is critical—not just for plants, but for whole ecosystems. How ...

Parents may be looking for fun ways for their kids to avoid a summer slump and keep vital math skills razor sharp after ...

UBC chemist Chris Orvig and evolutionary biologist Dolph Schulter have been awarded 2011 Killam Research Fellowships, among Canada's most distinguished research awards. The funded research will focus ...

Raymond Anderson, a leading marine natural product chemist with both Chemistry and Earth and Ocean Sciences, has received the 2012 Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC) Medal. The CIC Medal is given ...

A UBC researcher has turned up the first conclusive explanation for the origin of the Sharktooth Hill bonebed--a massive prehistoric marine mass grave in southern California. The Sharktooth Hill ...

A $1.25 million investment from The Boeing Company is helping to make Vancouver home to one of the top visual analytics research institutes in the world. The Vancouver Institute for Visual Analytics ...

UBC PhD candidate Todd Jones has been chosen as one of Popular Science magazine's Brilliant 10. The listing, based on interviews with university department heads and professional associations across ...