It didn’t look like the beginning of a global biotech company. In 2012, six scientists working in a corner of a UBC lab were developing technology they believed could transform how new medicines are ...

A year of record-breaking performances and championship drama for UBC Thunderbirds and UBCO Heat athletes—from last-play victories to historic academic achievements. From a championship-winning final ...

According to nationally-representative surveys in the United States, hundreds of thousands of straight-identified men have had sex with other men. In the new book Still Straight: Sexual Flexibility ...

The first successful human transplant of a kidney converted from blood type A to universal type O used special enzymes developed at the University of British Columbia to help prevent a mismatch and ...

Chemical engineers at the University of British Columbia have developed a new treatment that traps and treats PFAS substances—widely known as “forever chemicals”—in a single, integrated system. Per- ...

High costs keep one in 20 Canadians from being able to take their medications as prescribed, highlighting critical gaps in Canada’s healthcare system, according to new research from UBC published in ...

A new study from UBC researchers finds that teens, especially girls, have better mental health when they spend more time taking part in extracurricular activities, like sports and art, and less time ...

A pan-Canadian team has developed a new way to quickly find personalized treatments for young cancer patients, by growing their tumours in chicken eggs and analyzing their proteins. A pan-Canadian ...

A global study of more than 66,000 participants has revealed which groups of people are most susceptible to misinformation. Study participants assessed news headlines and tried to judge whether they ...

AI-generated writing, photography, art and music have been skyrocketing in popularity, but that surging success has also triggered an enormous backlash, with many rejecting AI art — and even asserting ...

Ursula Taylor was near death when her daughter Shelagh asked her about the boxes in the attic. “Give them to Timo,” she said. “He’ll know what to do with them.” Timo was Shelagh’s younger brother, ...

Clear-cutting can make catastrophic floods 18 times more frequent with effects lasting more than 40 years, according to a new UBC study. In one watershed, these extreme floods also became more than ...