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Dr. Mark MacLachlan, Canada Research Chair in Supramolecular Materials and the new Dean of Science at UBC, discusses his path ...

Humans play a far greater role in the fate of African elephants than habitat, and human conflict in particular has a devastating impact on these largest terrestrial animals, according to a new ...

A “four-eyed” fish that sees simultaneously above and below the water line has offered up a dramatic example of how gene expression allows organisms to adapt to their environment. Gregory L. Owens, a ...

UBC Science's Loren Rieseberg and Chris Orvig are among six UBC researchers elected to the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) this year. Rieseberg, Canada Research Chair in Plant Evolutionary Genomics, has ...

Increasing levels of ocean acidity could spell doom for British Columbia's already beleaguered northern abalone, according to the first study to provide direct experimental evidence that changing sea ...

The loss of large predator animals across the globe is having unanticipated impacts on processes as diverse as human disease dynamics, wildfires and biogeochemical cycles, according to new research by ...

In the marine world, high-energy prey make for high-energy predators. And to survive, such marine predators need to sustain the right kind of high-energy diet. Not just any prey will do, suggests a ...

A hub for biology research and education at the University of British Columbia has received a $61.8 million makeover that provides more than 2,200 undergraduates and 370 researchers, staff and ...

Three new Canada Research Chairs have been appointed at UBC Science, with an additional two renewed at the Faculty in the most recent round of Chair announcements. The new and renewed CRCs at UBC ...

Eight new Canada Research Chairs have been appointed and one renewed at the UBC Faculty of Science. The newly appointed researchers are helping improve stress-tolerant crops, solar electricity and ...