What most students seem to forget is that UBC, amidst its unending construction and rain, is a world-class research university. Here’s a few of the amazing work UBC researchers have churned out while you finished Season five of Suits on Netflix.
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Tucked away at the end of the Endowment lands is UBC’s best kept secrets: The Botanical Gardens. It currently houses some of the world’s most comprehensive collections of plant life and has an international presence.
Here’s an experiment you can try at home: gather some friends, Google “most adorable puppies ever,” and see how long it takes for even the most hard-boiled among them to let out an involuntary “awww.” Dogs work magic, end of story.
A panel of geologists voted to recognize today as an age where human activities exceed natural forces and are globally significant, calling it the Anthropocene. Ian Angus, an eco-socialist activist spoke at a colloquium at UBC’s geography department
Opioid overdoses have been a growing problem. Between January and July there were 433 overdose deaths in BC — an over 70 per cent increase from last year. To help combat the crisis, UBC is distributing Naloxone, the opioid antidote, to students.
Surgery is over 2000 years old. Thanks to technology developed by a UBC offshoot company, it’s getting a facelift. The device allows surgeons to manipulate imaging devices with controls projected onto the surgery table during procedures.
UBCO has developed a device that can model individual parts of the heart to stand in for the real thing when surgeons are practicing. The team is now working on translating the technology to implants in patients.
Mikelberg, a UBC professor, found his skepticism piqued by a 2012 study associating erectile dysfunction with glaucoma. Now he's shown that patients with glaucoma are 2.58 times more likely to also have ED.
Let’s play a game. The rules are simple — guess how much global fisheries will lose due to climate change by 2050. 500 million? One billion? Five billion? New research conducted shows fisheries are projected to lose $10 billion in revenue by 2050.
It’s the leading known cause of preventable developmental disability in Canada and affects between five per cent of North American children. FASD is a range of physical, cognitive and behavioural deficits that result from prenatal drinking.
Everyone is taught that washing your hands to get rid of germs will keep you healthy. What if that’s not the case at all? What if our constant obsession with sanitation may actually have a negative impact on our health?
If you thought nepotism could have only been a possible trait humans, you were wrong. Research has shown that nepotism can be found in species like birds. “Nepotism has likely played a vital role in the evolution of family life in this species."
Crohn’s disease is one of those diseases everyone’s heard about but no one can explain which is surprising because about 1 in every 150 Canadians lives with Crohn’s or colitis, a rate that’s one of the highest in the world.
Your social life as a student is one of your number one priorities, so we’ve brought you a bunch of social apps that will give your online persona an ego boost and make it impossible for you to pay attention in class.
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