You know the type — unmotivated, lazy, no work ethic, stoner. Now there might be some evidence to support the stoner stereotype, at least in rats. UBC research showed that rats who were under the influence of THC were "cognitively lazy."
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The published the building's frame and exterior are not yet complete, which means those wishing to rubberneck still have the opportunity to witness the final structural elements of the world's largest wooden building being placed.
Here in Vancouver weed culture is ubiquitous and university gives students the freedom to experiment with drugs. Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit substance at Canadian universities. How safe is it?
Researchers at UBC and the Paul Scherrer Institute have developed a painless, minimally invasive and inexpensive microneedle drug monitoring system that could potentially replace needles used for blood draws and vaccines.
UBC engineering physics students spend their summer building autonomous robots to compete in the program's annual competition (it's also their final exam for the course). The second year students had five weeks to build a robot with their teams.
UBC Forestry professor Suzanne W Simard, who studies forest ecology and the relationship between trees and microbes, was featured in Radiolab's (a described podcast about "curiosity") newest episode From Tree to Shining Tree. She talks about her re
Why are these Pokémon Go players falling off cliffs, getting hit by cars and jumping onto SkyTrain tracks? What can psychology tell us about the game and its players? A pair of UBC Psychology professors have some ideas.
Vancouver has some lessons to learn when it comes to dealing with hot weather. UBC research published, in Environmental Health Perspectives, shows a connection between hot weather in Vancouver and an increase in mortality.
Half of patients in the province diagnosed with depression who seek help from a physician are receiving inadequate care. The other half are receiving the minimum adequate treatment, according to a new UBC study.
There’s a lot we can learn from nature, after all it’s had 4.5 billion years to tweak and adjust, giving rise to the remarkable characteristics and extremely efficient processes we see in life forms today.
Starting this month, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC lifted a regulation barrier that will improve access to Suboxone, a drug that is used to treat opioid addiction. "The process is a thoughtful, evidence-based process.”
The dwarf planet — currently designated as 2015 RR245 — was found using the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope on the summit of Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano on Hawaii. The dwarf planet probably takes 700 years for it to orbit the sun.
We all have biases, whether they are implicit or explicit. New research from UBC showed that it is possible to reduce racial bias in older children by telling them positive stories of marginalizes groups.
Did you know President Ono got his start in academia as a scientist. We chatted with President Ono about his interest in science, the future of research at UBC and Star Trek. Check out the condensed interview here.
The virus tricks the bacteria’s security guard into letting it in, then hands the guard a note of all of the virus’s competition and tells the security guard not to let them in, eliminating any competition the virus would have.