With recent advances in DNA sequencing, finding the DNA of a virus or bacteria is literally a day’s work. Doctors may soon have a device that can quickly analyze and identify the common bugs that ail us.
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Municipal service robots
In the next 15 years, Canada will spend $12 billion to upgrade water main systems. A UBC professor is building a pipe inspection robot that will save money by entering subterranean waterways to find the weak spots.
Intelligent Space
Shapeshifting spaces offer amazing new possibilities for individuals in public and private environments The School of Architecture, in collaboration with departments in Applied Science and Engineering Physics, is leading the way in investigating changeable architecture and making possible spaces which completely adapt and respond in real time to occupants and the environment. Using current technology [...]
Only top spenders consider school quality when buying new homes: UBC study
School quality is not a significant factor for home buyers, except for those purchasing residences priced in the top 25 per cent of the market, according to Sauder School of Business researchers at the University of British Columbia.
Beautiful people convey personality traits better during first impressions
A new UBC study has found that people identify the personality traits of people who are physically attractive more accurately than others during short encounters.
UBC This Week
Recent UBC Media Releases Dec. 13: Strength training for seniors provides sustained cognitive function and economic benefits: Vancouver Coastal Health / UBC research Dec. 13: UBC welcomes new Centre of Excellence in wireless technologies Dec. 10: UBC launches initiative with CCFF, CDRD to combat cystic fibrosis Upcoming Event Highlights Dec. 20: Signed Without Signature: Works [...]
UBC Bookstore, Food Services, MOA and Beaty holiday season hours
UBC Bookstore www.bookstore.ubc.ca 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. (Mon – Fri ) 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Sat) Closed Dec. 25, 26, 27, 28, Jan. 1-3 Bookstore Café Dec. 13-21 9:30 a.m. - 4:45 p.m. (Mon – Fri) Dec. 22-23 9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Closed Dec. 24 - Jan. 3 Museum of Anthropology www.moa.ubc.ca Dec. [...]
UBC anthropology class raises awareness for Paraguay’s isolated Ayoreo
Assoc. Prof. Felice Wyndham’s ecological anthropology class (Fall 2010) has created a blog titled EcoAnth in Action to spread the word about the threats facing the Ayoreo Indians of Paraguay who remain in voluntary isolation. The project’s aim is to raise awareness about uncontacted cultures and to take action on the issue of territory rights [...]
UBC faculty members join Michael Smith Foundation board of directors
Sally Thorne, professor and director of the UBC School of Nursing, is the latest addition to the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) board of directors. Thorne’s three-year term will provide a wealth of expertise in the research, hospital and university sectors as MSFHR moves towards year two of their five-year Strategic Direction 2009 [...]
Strength training for seniors provides sustained cognitive function and economic benefits: Vancouver Coastal Health / UBC research
A one-year follow-up study on seniors who participated in a strength training exercise program shows sustained cognitive benefits as well as savings for the healthcare system. The research, conducted at the Centre for Hip Health and Mobility at Vancouver Coastal Health and the University of British Columbia, is published today in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
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