A new approach to drug design can deliver medicine directly to the gut in mice at significantly lower doses than current inflammatory bowel disease treatments. The proof-of-concept study, published ...

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 ...

Scientists studying plants in one of the most extreme environments on Earth say the Arctic is indeed changing under the impact of global warming—but not in a uniform way. Researchers tracked more than ...

The University of British Columbia has adopted a new way of assessing tuition rates that provides consistency and clarity for international students. The multi-year tuition framework was formally ...

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 ...

On April 22, the world will celebrate E a rth Day under the theme “Our Power, Our Planet.” UBC experts are available to comment.

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Dr. Janice Forsyth's research explores how Canoe Kayak Canada’s war canoe event differs greatly from traditional Indigenous “war canoe” practices and origins. Daniel Gallardo a.k.a. Gaia Lacandona, ...

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Experts expect the marine shipping sector will see a reduction in carbon intensity of 30 to 40 per cent by 2030. A 22-year-old philosophy paper by a UBC professor just helped the U.S. Supreme Court ...

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Engineering implications of environmental policies, transferable discharge permits, marketable emission rights, emissions banking and effluent charges/taxes, water resources ...