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Recent Research Stories From Across UBC
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New UBC Psychology study reveals older adults coped with pandemic best
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Study prompted by Commander Hadfield comment finds gravity affects astronauts' speech
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Questioning the Belief that English is a Common Universal Language
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New insights into the origins of our universe
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Early Mars was covered in ice sheets, not flowing rivers
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Lead released in Notre-Dame Cathedral fire detected in Parisian honey
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UBCO researchers link advertising to uptick in youth vaping
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UBC Okanagan helps Arc’teryx stay green and dry with next-generation water-repellent fabrics
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HPV strains may impact cervical cancer prognosis
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UBC Economists Analyze Initial Impacts of COVID-19 on Labour Market
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Deglaciation will cause water shortages for Alberta’s Bighorn Dam and other sites
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Canadians wary of new technologies that allow employers to spy on staff
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UBCO researcher looks at food security during COVID-19
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Want to fuel your personal performance? You’re probably choosing the wrong foods
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COVID-19 and its Impact on Migration
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Astronomers pinpoint the best place on Earth for a telescope: High on a frigid Antarctic plateau
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Social circles of visible-minority youth become less diverse as they get older
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COVID-19 pandemic causes ‘quiet period’ for seismic noise
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One billion tweet dataset investigates impact of COVID-19 on human communication
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UBC scientists sequencing the genomes of Canadians with COVID-19
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UBC researchers set sights on coronavirus antibodies
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UBCO researchers create liquid-repelling substance that works on all surfaces
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Sexual health and domestic violence during COVID-19
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Research collaborations tackle challenges faced by rural BC residents
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Mom and baby share “good bacteria” through breast milk
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Evaluating COVID-19 vaccines amid pandemic poses challenges
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Supergenes play a larger role in evolution than previously thought
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Extreme rainfall events cause top-heavy aquatic food webs
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UBC research shows hearing persists at end of life
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New research shows adolescents are kinder than we think
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New study reveals people more likely to donate when reminded of own mortality
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Gender employment gap among parents increases over first three months of pandemic
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UBCO engineers look at ways to power electric vehicles sustainably
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Using AI to develop drug cocktails for COVID-19
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Wildfire smoke has immediate harmful health effects
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Scientists discover the heaviest neutron star, or lightest black hole, ever observed
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Heat may kill more people than previously reported
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UBC student lays groundwork for an anti-Black racism strategy in Vancouver
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New test paves the way for tailored treatment of deadliest form of ovarian cancer
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Falling childhood asthma rates linked to declining use of unnecessary antibiotics
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As many as six billion Earth-like planets in our galaxy, according to new estimates
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Waiting Is Easier When People Change Their Perception of Time: Study
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Hummingbirds see colours humans can only imagine
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Helping seniors in long-term care combat social isolation during COVID-19
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Pregnancy and birth in the time of a pandemic
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Cannabis poisonings in children linked with drinking and illicit drug use
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Wildfire in the Era of COVID-19
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Researchers uncover novel approach for treating eczema
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Predicting the evolution of COVID-19 to help manage future outbreaks
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Get it over with, or procrastinate? New research explores our decision-making process
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UBC researchers establish performance assessment guidelines for local water utilities
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Trial drug can significantly block early stages of COVID-19 in engineered human tissues
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Discover UBC's Response to COVID-19
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Climate change an imminent threat to B.C.’s ‘living dinosaurs’
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Protecting Canadian forests through applied biosurveillance research
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Cracking the complex biology of cannabis
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Fusing Satellite Images to Detect Fire Patterns
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Majority of cannabis use in Vancouver’s DTES for therapeutic purposes, may also reduce opioid overdose risk
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UBC Sauder research helps determine treatment plans for kidney patients across North America
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UBC researchers join with partners to develop portable ultrasound scanner network for COVID-19
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