The call came in over the emergency department radio without warning: A nearby condominium building had collapsed. “Unknown number of casualties,” the voice crackled. A Code Orange. That’s the term ...
The University of British Columbia (UBC) has opened Gage Market, the first fully autonomous convenience store in the world to feature secure gates. Located in the lobby of Gage Commons, the Market ...
With the U.S. set to roll back climate policies under a new Trump administration, Canada faces tough questions about its own climate commitments. Climate policy experts Drs. Simon Donner of the ...
As the days get longer and gardeners plan their spring planting, research from the University of British Columbia offers some good news this Earth Day: small, simple changes to urban green spaces can ...
Fewer than one in 10 senior authors in a prestigious physics journal are women, according to a new study. Of 15 countries, Canada has the worst record. The 33 Canadian-led papers in Nature Physics in ...
Recently, several of Canada’s first ministers have encouraged people to buy Canadian products at the grocery store to counter potential U.S. tariffs. But just how much do we rely on imported fruits ...
A national coalition has released Canada’s new standard for substance-use prevention, education and intervention in K–12 schools. The new framework, part of an initiative called Anchoring Change, ...
New UBC research provides critical data for pregnant women, care providers and policymakers. Pregnant people who received a COVID-19 vaccine were far less likely to experience severe illness or ...
At UBC’s Centre for Advanced Wood Processing, PhD student Joseph Doh Wook Kim plays a flawless riff on an electric guitar made with plantation-grown Fijian mahogany. The sound is deep, warm and ...
As climate change reshapes Arctic food webs, ringed seals will swim into risky polar bear territory if the menu is varied enough. That’s the central finding of a new study published in Ecology Letters ...
UBC researchers have created a topical CRISPR-based therapy that could offer a lasting cure for a range of skin disorders. Gene-editing tools like CRISPR have unlocked new treatments for previously ...
From corn chips to tofu, climate change is messing with the menu. A new global study led by the University of British Columbia shows that hotter and drier conditions are making food production more ...