Researchers have found that high levels of salt kill fertilized coho salmon eggs, raising concerns about the use of road salt ...

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 ...

UBC Science faculty members have been awarded close to $1.2 million in research funding by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. The ten funded projects are led by researchers in the departments ...

Researchers from the University of British Columbia and Harvard University have co-developed a system that captures on video and barcodes the behavioral responses of zebrafish to chemical compounds on ...

Hawaii's main volcano chains--the Loa and Kea trends--have distinct sources of magma and unique plumbing systems connecting them to the Earth’s deep mantle, according to UBC research published this ...

Two UBC Science faculty members were among the 67 nominees for the 2010 YWCA Women of Distinction Awards honoured at a gala dinner last night. Mona Berciu, associate professor with the Department of ...

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 Science's Loren Rieseberg and Chris Orvig are among six UBC researchers elected to the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) this year. Rieseberg, Canada Research Chair in Plant Evolutionary Genomics, has ...

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.

Students who have been approved by Science Advising for “deferred standing” status in a course are expected to sit at the first scheduled time for a make-up exam. As soon as you have been approved for ...

UBC mathematicians have been recognized at the national level with four research awards over the past several weeks. Professor Rachel Kuske, head of the Department of Mathematics, was awarded the 2011 ...