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UBC Engineering set record high for winter work placements
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UBC Engineering students secured more work placements for the 2021 winter term than they did for any winter term in the engineering program’s history. With guidance from UBC Engineering Co-op, 570 students found jobs for the period of January to…
John Grace inducted into UBC CHBE Hall of Fame
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John Grace, professor emeritus in UBC’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CHBE), has received the inaugural CHBE Hall of Fame Award. The highest honour the department bestows, the award was established to recognize members of the…
UBC Engineering projects awarded over $6M in NSERC Alliance grants
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Twenty-two research projects led by UBC Engineering researchers have collectively been awarded over $6 million in Alliance grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s (NSERC), the Government of Canada announced…
From destruction to construction: Former nuclear bunker now hosts life-saving research
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A Cold War-era nuclear bunker buried 500 metres below the countryside in southern France hums with new life today as an epicentre of vital research in science and technology. The facility, built in the 1960s to house the nuclear command centre of…
Remembering the UBC victims of UIA Flight PS752
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On January 8, 2020, Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 crashed shortly after takeoff from the Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport, killing all 176 people on board. Among those who lost their lives were four members of the University…
New method helps pocket-sized DNA sequencer achieve near-perfect accuracy
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Researchers have found a simple way to eliminate almost all sequencing errors produced by a widely used portable DNA sequencer, potentially enabling scientists working outside the lab to study and track microorganisms like the SARS-CoV-2 virus more…
Marginalized groups experience higher cumulative air pollution in urban Canada
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Edited: June 27, 2022 Different marginalized groups are exposed to higher cumulative air pollution in Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto, according to new research from the University of British Columbia. In Vancouver, Indigenous residents are most…
New algorithm can identify cells that humans can’t
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Researchers at the University of British Columbia have developed an algorithm that can accurately identify different types of cells pictured in microscope photos, even when those cells are indistinguishable to the human eye. The advance may help…
UBC Applied Science researchers named among world's top scientists
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More than 100 researchers affiliated with the UBC Faculty of Applied Science are among the 100,000 most-cited scientists across all scientific fields, or among the top two per cent of most-cited scientists in their respective subfields, according to…
UBC students design affordable, see-through full-face COVID respirator
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UBC Engineering students have designed a full-face respirator that they claim is transparent, breathable and comfortable to use. The respirator protects against COVID-19 and other harmful particles, like wildfire smoke, and it is lightweight enough…