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Mangrove Water Technologies awarded $5 million in global carbon reduction competition
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UBC spin-off company Mangrove Water Technologies has won the Emissions Reduction Alberta Grand Challenge, a five-year, three-stage global competition aimed at accelerating the development of innovative technologies or processes that can turn carbon…
UBC lab spins nanofibre "gold" from waste fabrics
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In the materials engineering labs at UBC, surrounded by Bunsen burners, microscopes and spinning machines, professor Frank Ko and research scientist Addie Bahi have developed a simple process for converting waste cotton into much higher-value…
UBC student becomes inventor to help brother with muscular dystrophy
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In response, Michael, currently in his fourth year in UBC’s engineering physics program, turned to technology and his knack for invention to help his brother do simple tasks and find a measure of enjoyment in life. Daniel, now 28, was diagnosed…
UBC T-cell therapy research gets boost from Collaborative Health Research Projects grant
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The article below originally appeared on the website of UBC's Michael Smith Laboratories.
UBC researchers design roadmap for hydrogen supply network across B.C.
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Transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in British Columbia. Researchers at the University of British Columbia have developed a hydrogen supply chain model that can enable the adoption of zero-emission, hydrogen-powered cars…
Tropini named Cifar Azrieli Global Scholar
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UBC’s Carolina Tropini, an Assistant Professor in the School of Biomedical Engineering and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, has been named as one of fourteen inspiring early-career researchers named across five CIFAR research programs.
Projects co-led by APSC researchers to receive nearly 2M in federal health research funding
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UBC Engineering researchers and their collaborators in the UBC Faculty of Medicine will receive almost $2 million in funding from the Collaborative Health Research Projects (CHRP) program, a Government of Canada initiative that supports innovative,…
UBC, U Paris researchers discover new way to recycle CO2
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University of British Columbia (UBC) and University of Paris researchers have used an abundant and low-cost catalyst to efficiently transform carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide, a stable, industrial gas. The research — published in Science —…
NRCan invests $5.8M for future of green infrastructure projects at UBC Applied Science
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Two UBC Faculty of Applied Science projects aimed at delivering innovative energy solutions will receive support from Natural Resources Canada, the Government of Canada announced today.