Posts Tagged ‘research excellence’
May. 30, 2013 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed, Science, Health and Technology | Tags: Andres Cisneros-Montemayor, conservation, environment, fisheries, marine protected areas, Mexico, Pew Environment Group, Rashid Sumaila, research excellence, shark fin, sharks, sustainability, tourism, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, University of Hawaii
Sharks are worth more in the ocean than in a bowl of soup, according to researchers from the University of British Columbia.
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May. 23, 2013 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed, Science, Health and Technology | Tags: engineering, imaging, kenneth chau, research excellence, Science, UBC Okanagan campus
A University of British Columbia engineer and a team of U.S. researchers have made a breakthrough utilizing spray-on technology that could revolutionize the way optical lenses are made and used.
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May. 22, 2013 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: business, Forestry, Genome, Genome BC, Genome Quebec, inanc birol, Joerg Bohlmann, John MacKay, Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, Nature, research excellence, SFU, Simon Fraser University, Smart Forest, steven jones, sustainability, Universite Laval
Canadian and Swedish scientists today released genome sequences of two of the most economically important forest trees in the world.
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May. 17, 2013 | Filed under: Extra | Tags: Brain Research Centre, Centre for Brain Health, djavad mowafaghian, HRH The Duke of York, research excellence, Stephen Toope
The University of British Columbia and the Djavad Mowafaghian Foundation today welcomed His Royal Highness The Duke of York, KG, to UBC’s Vancouver campus to dedicate the cornerstone of the new Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health. The Duke of York also toured the existing Brain Research Centre to meet with students and learn about their work.
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May. 15, 2013 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed, Science, Health and Technology | Tags: climate change, Daniel Pauly, environment, fish thermometer, fisheries, Fisheries Centre, Nature, oceans, research excellence, sustainability, William Cheung
Climate change has been impacting global fisheries for the past four decades by driving species towards cooler, deeper waters, according to University of British Columbia scientists.
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May. 14, 2013 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed, Science, Health and Technology | Tags: alzheimer's disease, brain health, Brain Research Centre, cardio, dementia, exercise, Faculty of Medicine, health, health care costs, jennifer davis, pilates, research excellence, tai-chi, teresa liu-ambrose, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, weight training, yoga
Forget apples – lifting weights and doing cardio can also keep the doctors away, according a new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute.
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Apr. 15, 2013 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed, Science, Health and Technology | Tags: Amanda Vincent, conservation, danajon bank, environment, fisheries, Fisheries Centre, international engagement, international league of nature photographers, marine protected areas, philippines, Project Seahorse, research excellence, sustainability, zoological society of london
A rare double-barrier reef in the Philippines is facing grave threats and urgently needs increased protection, according to new photographic evidence released today by a team of marine conservationists and photographers organized by Project Seahorse, a partnership of the University of British Columbia and the Zoological Society of London.
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Apr. 12, 2013 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed, Science, Health and Technology, University News | Tags: Faculty of Medicine, Gavin Stuart, health, icord, research excellence, Rick Hansen Foundation, Rick Hansen Institute, spinal cord injury, vancouver coastal health
Spinal cord injury research at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health will be accelerated by a 10-year, $20 million contribution from the Rick Hansen Foundation.
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Apr. 10, 2013 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed, Science, Health and Technology | Tags: Barbara Mintzes, business, Faculty of Medicine, family doctors, FDA, health, Health Canada, pharmaceutical sales, research excellence, School of Population and Public Health, side effects
Family doctors receive little or no information about harmful effects of medicines in the majority of drug promotions during visits by drug company representatives, according to an international study involving Canadian, U.S. and French physicians.
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Apr. 3, 2013 | Filed under: Science, Health and Technology, UBC Reports Stories | Tags: conservation, endangered species, environment, Faculty of Applied Science, frogs, Monica Pearson, research excellence, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, sustainability
Monica Pearson wades into the chilly waters of the Fraser River to save Canada’s last 300 Oregon spotted frog breeding females
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