UBC Okanagan researchers have adapted a technique—originally designed to embalm human remains—to strengthen the properties of biocomposites and make them stronger.
Materials Science
Mar 18, 2022
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While composting and taking the bus are helpful, we need to change the very systems we live and work in to truly address climate change.
Environment
Mar 11, 2022
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It was a macabre sight. Dozens of dead drone bees spread over the ground, looking as if they had literally exploded from the inside out.
Plants & Animals
Feb 23, 2022
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What exactly causes that 'skunky' odor emitted by cannabis production facilities, and what do these emissions mean for air quality, workers, and the general public?
Environment
Feb 15, 2022
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UBC researchers have developed an inexpensive, non-toxic coating for almost any fabric that decreases the infectivity of the virus that causes COVID-19 by up to 90 percent.
Materials Science
Feb 10, 2022
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Over one quarter of Europe's 20 most highly-fished marine species will be under extreme pressure by 2100 if nothing is done to simultaneously halt climate change, overfishing, and mercury pollution, according to a new UBC ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 27, 2022
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A new University of British Columbia study offers new evidence that protected areas are effective at conserving wildlife.
Plants & Animals
Jan 27, 2022
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A former UBC post-doctoral research fellow led an international research team in re-analyzing all public RNA sequencing data to uncover almost ten times more RNA viruses than were previously known, including several new species ...
Biotechnology
Jan 27, 2022
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In spring 2018, Dr. Philip Matthews spent a typical afternoon capturing dragonflies in the University of British Columbia's (UBC) experimental ponds. Little did the zoologist know he was about to embark on a journey to solve ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 26, 2022
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Ever wondered whether whales can burp, and why they don't drown when they gulp down gallons of water and krill? New UBC research may just hold the answer.
Plants & Animals
Jan 20, 2022
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