Wildfires pollute waterways and could affect their ability to sequester carbon, new University of British Columbia research ...

Iceland’s geothermal hotsprings and majestic glaciers are attracting a new type of adventure seeker to the small island nation. ISCI 361 – an intensive, three-week field course launched this May by ...

UBC researchers have invented a silicone chip that could make genetic analysis far more sensitive, rapid, and cost-effective by allowing individual cells to fall into place like balls in a pinball ...

Two UBC Science research projects—one looking at improving weather forecasting and warning capability, the other investigating the effects of international pollutants on Canada’s air quality—have ...

The loss of large predator animals across the globe is having unanticipated impacts on processes as diverse as human disease dynamics, wildfires and biogeochemical cycles, according to new research by ...

A sweeping synthesis of two decades worth of data from Canada's major earth sciences project has yielded an unprecedented geological map of North America that offers researchers a glimpse back in time ...

Students from the University of British Columbia have out-coded some of the world's elite young programming talent, placing 14th at the 2010 ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest held in ...

Who is a Transfer Applicant? Anyone seeking admission after studying in a different post-secondary program at UBC or elsewhere. That includes: Students currently (or previously) enrolled at a ...