It turns out colour isn’t just a fashion statement for guppies. According to a new University of British Columbia study, the ...

Wildfires pollute waterways and could affect their ability to sequester carbon, new University of British Columbia research shows.

UBC’s departments of statistics and computer science have joined forces to create a new undergraduate, interdisciplinary data science program.

Some genes just don’t play fair.Researchers have uncovered a ‘selfish’ X chromosome in the fruit fly Drosophila testacea that manages to distort inheritance in both sperm and eggs.

The global average for countries to report genetic information about bird flu, crucial to tracking and preventing a human pandemic, was seven months, and Canada came in last, a new study has found.

Sorry, Jupiter: Saturn has left its former rival in the dust with a new total of 274 moons, almost twice as many as all the other planets combined.

Hydrogen nano-clusters at low temperatures display ‘superfluidity’—a quantum state of frictionless flow only previously observed in helium.

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Researchers at the University of British Columbia and Université de Sherbrooke have discovered that electrons are compelled to move in a preferred direction during the so-called 'pseudogap' phase of ...

The Faculty of Science is always looking for students to step up to the challenge and get involved with our community. Whether you're looking to gain professional skills, work with motivated peers, or ...

I am pleased to announce the extension of the appointment of Dr. Mark MacLachlan, Dean pro tem, for the Faculty of Science.

Readily available thermoelectric generators can power CO2 conversion, according to a proof-of-concept study by chemists at UBC.