Research Stories


Recent Research Stories From Across UBC

Doctor shows patient something on a chart


UBC student develops website to help Canadians choose the right type of abortion

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Volunteers at Mossom Creek Hatchery in Port Moody, B.C. release young coho smolts into the ocean


UBC research helps migrating salmon survive mortality hot-spot

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Bee on a white flower


Where the wild bees are—and aren’t—impacts food supply

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UBCO research shows that airflow dynamics can reduce pathogens by 85 per cent in a classroom setting.


Research breathes fresh air into classrooms at UBC Okanagan

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Wendy Wong, UBC Okanagan Professor of Political Science, speaks at a podium


UBCO author’s book about who owns your data nominated for top prize

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In a first of its kind study, UBCO researchers examine what happens to a child’s brain when they remain sedentary.


UBCO researchers study how prolonged sitting can impact children’s brains

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UBC Anthropologist Dr. Andrew Martindale has been awarded the nationally prestigious Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Impact –  Connection Award 2023 for his scholarship in partnership with Indigenous communities. Photo Credit: Brian Thom


UBC Anthropologist Dr. Andrew Martindale Wins SSHRC Impact – Connection Award 2023

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Collage photo of all UBC's 2023 RSC inductees


Celebrating Excellence and Engagement: UBC's Royal Society of Canada 2023 Inductees Speak about their Research

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Transforming dry data into Instagrammable art


Transforming dry data into Instagrammable art

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Scientist in lab collect dna sample in test tube with cotton swab


Genetic testing could greatly benefit patients with depression, save health system millions

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Savannah sparrow perched on a tree branch. Photo credit: Matt Bango/Unsplash


Cracking the code: Why songbirds are larger in colder climates

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UBC engineers created the sensor in collaboration with Frontier Robotics, Honda’s research institute. Credit: UBC Applied Science/Paul Joseph


UBC engineers develop breakthrough ‘robot skin’ in collaboration with Honda researchers

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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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