Fewer than one in 10 senior authors in a prestigious physics journal are women, according to a new study.

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 botanists have placed seaweed in the underwater equivalent of a wind tunnel to get a better idea of how different types of algae withstand the onslaught of strong waves and currents. The findings, ...

UBC has partnered with US-based Coursera to offer genetics, computer science and climate literacy courses online--bringing the university’s expertise within reach of anyone with Internet access.

Whether you're testing out your latest hypothesis in the lab or exploring ideas for your future, the process can be surprisingly similar. The biggest scientific discoveries don’t usually happen over ...

“We proved the existence of a new class of quantum materials that are both metallic and one-dimensional magnets, with strong ...

UBC researchers have invented a silicone chip that could make genetic analysis far more sensitive, rapid, and cost-effective by allowing individual cells to fall into place like balls in a pinball ...

An international team including UBC physicist Walter Hardy, TRIUMF researchers and collaborators from across Canada have trapped antimatter, marking the end to a ten-year race to isolate the enigmatic ...

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 ...

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 ...