UBC scientists have demonstrated a reversible way to switch the topological state of a quantum material using mechanisms ...

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Geologists studying rock samples from Baffin Island find lost fragment of continent. Photo: istock. Sifting through diamond exploration samples from Baffin Island, Canadian scientists have identified ...

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An international team of astronomers, including University of British Columbia researchers, has announced the discovery of 62 new moons orbiting Saturn, catapulting the planet back into first place in ...

Horse-fly sideview. Wikimedia Commons. Darwin was puzzled by cooperation in nature—it ran directly against natural selection and the notion of survival of the fittest. But over the past decades, ...

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UBC's First-Year Seminar in Science offers a small-class experience where you will learn about what science is and how it is done. Students learn to develop and analyze arguments, read scientific ...

Viruses and bacteria fall back to Earth via dust storms and precipitation. 2011 dust storm in the Sahara. An astonishing number of viruses are circulating around the Earth’s atmosphere – and falling ...

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 ...