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New online tool supports Canadian women experiencing intimate partner violence
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The vast majority of women who are impacted by intimate partner violence (IPV) do not seek or receive the support they need, mainly due to privacy concerns, social stigmas and barriers such as a lack of services in their communities. Now,…
Paying attention to complaints can protect nurses from violence
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Complaints from patients and their family members could signal future violence against nurses and should not be ignored, suggests new research from the University of British Columbia. By tracking and addressing such complaints, hospitals and other…
Engineering prof elected to US National Academy of Engineering
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Rabab Ward, a professor emerita in UBC’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been elected a Foreign Member of the United States’ National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for her “innovative applications of signal processing to…
New device identifies high-quality blood donors
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Blood banks have long known about high-quality donors — individuals whose red blood cells stay viable for longer in storage, and in the recipient’s body. Now, a new device developed at UBC is showing promise as a method to identify these “super”…
UBC project to improve services for people living with dementia receives nearly $1M in federal funding
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The Government of Canada today announced $999,888 in funding for a new UBC-led national project that aims to provide people living with dementia, as well as their family or caregivers, with opportunities to remain active and connected in their…
UBC Applied Science researchers awarded over $1.3M in CIHR Project Grants
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Researchers in UBC’s faculties of nursing and mechanical engineering have been awarded more than $1.3 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) through the agency’s Project Grant Program’s 2019 fall competition. The Project…
Students design novel carbon emissions process
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Each year, fourth-year chemical and biological engineering students in the Chemical and Biological Process and Product Design Course 453/454 are required to embark on a capstone project that tackles a real-world problem and comes up with a proposal…
UBC research highlights need to safeguard drones and robotic cars against cyber attacks
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Robotic vehicles like Amazon delivery drones or Mars rovers can be hacked more easily than people may think, new research from the University of British Columbia suggests. The researchers, based at UBC's faculty of applied science, designed…
UBC hosts road safety symposium featuring international experts
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With the number of car crashes resulting in injury or death increasing every year, the need to make our roads safer has never been more urgent. But as traffic worsens, potentially attention-diverting technologies proliferate and substance abuse…
Turkey 2-Part Tourney terrifies (and delights) APSC community
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As if the approach of another Vancouver winter weren’t scary enough, today UBC Applied Science hosted its second annual Turkey 2-Part Tourney — a Halloween-themed competition that struck mortal fear into the hearts of everyone in attendance. After…