Lavas from hotspots—whether erupting in Hawaii, Samoa or Iceland—likely originate from a worldwide, uniform reservoir in ...

A new study has revealed for the first time how different synthesis methods can profoundly impact the structural and ...

Win a pair of tickets to cheer on the Vancouver Canucks as they play the Carolina Hurricanes at Rogers Arena in Vancouver on Monday October 28 2024. This prize pack includes 2 tickets to the game, a ...

Groupwork can be challenging. Find out how to set your study group up for success. Skills like these, in teamwork and communication with classmates, translate to the working world and collaborating ...

Did you know that you may need to adapt some of the strategies that have worked for you in the past now that you're in a university context? You've probably heard that coursework and studying can take ...

New dinosaur exhibits, free museum and garden admission, $4 day-long parking and hands-on genomics fun. Take a bite out of science at UBC Homecoming this September! Access to the complete UBC ...

Research by Mark Jellinek, Dept. of Earth and Ocean Sciences, and collaborators at Rice University suggests that the presence of liquid water on the surfaces of Mars and Venus could be a key factor to ...

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, ...

Major minerals companies announced today that they will collectively invest more than $20 million in the new University of British Columbia Earth Systems Science Building. The new $75 million facility ...

A team of UBC physicists and engineers have designed an experiment featuring a trough of flowing water to help bolster a 35-year-old theory proposed by eminent physicist Stephen Hawking. In 1974, ...