Research Stories


Recent Research Stories From Across UBC

Gay and lesbian spaces in the city becoming more diverse, not going away

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A Sound Solution to a Silent Killer

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UBC researchers find ways to hackproof smart meters

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Scientists revisit the cold case of cold fusion

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Having Their Say: Authority, Voice, and Satisfaction with Democracy

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Beyond the Bard

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Teens prefer harm reduction messaging on substance use

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Filtered diesel exhaust may worsen allergy-induced lung impairment more than unfiltered

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Not all stem cells are created equal

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From foam to bone: plant cellulose can pave the way for healthy bone implants

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Low-cost 'cancer probe' could spot deadly melanoma early

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Two UBC researchers are conducting Canada’s first psychosocial space experiment to learn how astronauts adjust to life in the cosmos

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We acknowledge that UBC’s two main campuses are situated within the ancestral and unceded territory of the Musqueam people, and in the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation and their peoples.



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