As B.C. faces increasingly severe wildfire seasons, new research at UBC is revealing the hidden helpers at work underneath the ash. Assistant professor Dr. Monika Fischer studies pyrophilous ...

The first successful human transplant of a kidney converted from blood type A to universal type O used special enzymes developed at the University of British Columbia to help prevent a mismatch and ...

Kids pick up all sorts of things at school: reading and writing skills, math literacy, social skills—and plenty of germs. While the occasional cold or stomach bug is par for the course, it’s important ...

Media preview event: Journalists are invited to an exclusive preview of the MycoToilet on Sept. 26 at 11 a.m. Full details below. UBC researchers are launching the world’s first mushroom-powered ...

Income-based rebates for electric bicycles are helping British Columbians drive less, save money, and generate revenue for the province, a new study has found. The rebates also make e-bikes more ...

From corn chips to tofu, climate change is messing with the menu. A new global study led by the University of British Columbia shows that hotter and drier conditions are making food production more ...

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted how hard it can be to provide dental care to frail seniors in long-term care. But even when there’s no such crisis, access is a persistent issue. Now, a team from UBC ...

A medication developed in the 1950s to treat Parkinson’s disease may offer a powerful new tool in the fight against tuberculosis (TB), according to new research from the University of British Columbia ...

The earliest warning signs of multiple sclerosis (MS) may emerge more than a decade before the first classical neurological symptoms occur, according to new research from the University of British ...

All your favourite Canadianisms—and 137 new ones—just got easier to find, right in time for Canada Day. The UBC editors of the Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles have released an ...

A global study of more than 66,000 participants has revealed which groups of people are most susceptible to misinformation. Study participants assessed news headlines and tried to judge whether they ...

UBC researchers have developed Spikeless, a seemingly ordinary stir stick capable of detecting common drink-spiking drugs like GHB and ketamine within 30 seconds, potentially preventing assaults.