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Recent Research Stories From Across UBC
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Cyber patients are training the world’s future doctors
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UBC Linguistics grad develops dictionary app to support Indigenous language revitalization
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New quantum switch turns metals into insulators
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Government Grants Deliver Highest Returns for College Financing, says Study
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Young children prefer to learn from people who are consistently accurate and confident
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Protecting wild salmon in uncertain times
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Study finds resale ticket markets benefit sports teams and fans
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Study of Canadian sexual assault cases deflates ‘statutory rape’ myth
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Tracking BC’s vanishing glaciers
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I quit: how poor treatment by customers leads to high turnover in the service industry
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Rijeka, when history goes public
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How ancient microbes created massive ore deposits, set the stage for early life on Earth
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Canadians dying at a higher rate in areas with more air pollution
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How Women and Girls get Political Power
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How virtual reality could revolutionize the art of conducting
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Does Climate Change Affect Real Estate Prices? Only If You Believe In It
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Sebastian Prange wins the American Historical Association’s John F. Richards Prize
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UBC Sauder research proposes a virtual speed bump for lightning-fast markets
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The frostier the flower, the more potent the cannabis: UBC study
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Why are bald eagles such great gliders? It's all in the wrist
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Collecting the Impossible moss: BC species key to charting 1 billion years of plant evolution
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Atmospheric pressure impacts greenhouse gas emissions from leaky oil and gas wells
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UBC lab spins nanofibre "gold" from waste fabrics
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How to make carbon pricing palatable to air travellers
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Climate change could pit species against one another as they shift ranges
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Building more inclusive cities through data science
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Rapidly changing Arctic fisheries potential requires comprehensive management
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Let it glow: How smartphones and glowing dots could revolutionize medical tests
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New viruses discovered in endangered wild Pacific salmon populations
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Slowed metabolism helps geese fly high
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Canadian children’s diet quality during school hours improves over 11-year period
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Secret love letters and languages: UBC exhibit offers Pride Week history lesson
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UBC, U Paris researchers discover new way to recycle CO2
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Anxiety disorders during pregnancy and postpartum more prevalent than previously thought
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UBC-led project combats emissions by locking carbon dioxide in mine waste
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Working Towards Inclusion: TYDE Project helps those with developmental disabilities find meaningful employment
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Tiny Molecules Add New Life to Pulp and Paper Products
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Music students perform better in school than non-musical peers
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UBC launches Canada’s first graduate blockchain training path
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Study highlights lack of fair access to urban green spaces
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Flexible work arrangements reduce wage gap for mothers
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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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From foam to bone: plant cellulose can pave the way for healthy bone implants
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Not all stem cells are created equal
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Low-cost 'cancer probe' could spot deadly melanoma early
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Even the fittest middle-aged athletes can’t outrun cardiovascular risk factors
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Scientists grow perfect human blood vessels in a petri dish
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UBC researchers develop climate change video game for classroom use
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Global warming pushing alpine species higher and higher
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Discovery by SBQMI-led research collaboration shortlisted as a 2018 Breakthrough of the Year
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UBC Pharm Sci professor to join Canadian research team studying the progression of multiple sclerosis
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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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Keep your head out of the game, suggests new UBC research
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