Research Stories


Recent Research Stories From Across UBC

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Drug discovery could prevent spread of childhood bone cancer

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Adult helps young child sneeze with a tissue


Researchers discover common origin behind major childhood allergies

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UBC engineers develop all-in-one solution to catch and destroy ‘forever chemicals’


UBC engineers develop all-in-one solution to catch and destroy ‘forever chemicals’

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How much microplastic are you drinking? New UBC tool can tell you in minutes


How much microplastic are you drinking? New UBC tool can tell you in minutes

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UBC Okanagan’s Dr. Madden Brewster is leading a two-year research project examining wildland firefighters' heart and lung health.


Fire-breathing research: Clearing the air of wildfire dangers

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People dislike AI art because it threatens their humanity

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The noxious cocktail of wildfire smoke

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Photo of Dr. Jian Lui, who leads UBCO’s Battery Innovation Centre.


Leading the charge: New Battery Innovation Centre to power up at UBC Okanagan

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A Cabbage White butterfly rests on a flower. Photo credit: Dr. Michelle Tseng


The mystery of the missing butterflies in Vancouver

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Prof. William Cheung explores the “food, climate change and biodiversity nexus”


Prof. William Cheung explores the “food, climate change and biodiversity nexus”

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Net benefit of basic income by country. Credit: Alex Walls


Basic income could solve global poverty and stop environmental destruction, study finds

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

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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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