Two new Canada Research Chairs investigating critical emerging fields—quantum computing and metabolomics—have been appointed ...

For UBC Science students participating in field programs at Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre (BMSC), the ocean environment is their classroom. As they immerse themselves in coastal and marine sciences ...

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

UBC evolutionary ecologist Dr. Kayla King has been recognized as one of Canada’s top young researchers, earning an Arthur B.

We honour xwməθkwəy̓ əm (Musqueam) on whose ancestral, unceded territory UBC Vancouver is situated. UBC Science is committed to building meaningful relationships with Indigenous peoples so we can ...

Solve a real-world science case together in a team and compete for prizes. Love competition? Want to practice your analytical, problem solving, and presentation skills? Join SCI Team for the annual ...

The University of British Columbia has received a $2 million donation from The RBC Foundation in support of a number of sustainability projects across its Vancouver campus. The gift, part of UBC’s ...

Two young UBC Science researchers, one studying the impact of climate change on coastal ecosystems, the other investigating the synthesis of a naturally occurring antibiotic, have been awarded Vanier ...

Jellyfish are increasing in the majority of the world's coastal ecosystems, according to the first global study of jellyfish abundance by University of British Columbia researchers. In a study ...

UBC has forged a formal partnership with the Max Planck Society, Germany’s foremost basic research institution and home to 32 Nobel prizes. UBC President Stephen Toope and Max Planck Society President ...

It took almost every imaginable form of land and sea transport-- trains, ferries, flat bed trucks and even cranes--but the 25-metre long skeleton of a blue whale arrived at UBC this week, set to ...