It turns out colour isn’t just a fashion statement for guppies. According to a new University of British Columbia study, the more orange the male guppy, the more virile it is.

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

Canadian scientists have developed a blood test and portable device that can determine the onset of sepsis faster and more accurately than existing methods.

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.

Feb. 03, 2025 – 9:26 p.m. PST - Campus is NOT closed, but in-person learning activities are cancelled. This site will be updated as required.

‘Peripheral vision’ helped Dr. Julia Levy co-found one of UBC’s most successful spinouts. The renowned immunologist passed away in December.

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.

UBC evolutionary ecologist Dr. Kayla King has been recognized as one of Canada’s top young researchers, earning an Arthur B. McDonald fellowship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research ...