Posts Tagged ‘research’

Students trading sex for drugs or alcohol happens also in rural B.C.: UBC research

Aug. 1, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: , , , , ,

Just over two percent of teens in rural schools who have ever tried alcohol, marijuana or other drugs report they have also traded sex for these substances, according to University of British Columbia research published today in the Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality. This is the first study to track this issue among rural students.

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Being paranoid about office politics can make you a target: UBC research

Jul. 31, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: , , ,

People who worry about workplace rejection or sabotage can end up bringing it upon themselves, according to University of British Columbia research.

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$1.4 M study on using plants to recover rare metals from mine waste: UBC research

Jul. 24, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

Researchers at the University of British Columbia and an international team have received $1.4 million to explore the use of plants to recover precious metals from mine tailings around the world. Currently, metals obtained from ores contain platinum group metals (PGM) some of which are lost through various stages of processing. The research will investigate [...]

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Workplace bullying witnesses consider quitting more than the victims: UBC study

Jul. 5, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: , , ,

New University of British Columbia research reveals that workers who witness bullying can have a stronger urge to quit than those who experience it firsthand.

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Dads and kids’ safety: UBC study on injury prevention

Jun. 12, 2012 | Filed under: Extra, News Feed | Tags: , , , , , ,

Men can differ greatly from women in how they parent, especially during playtime. Fathers tend to think of themselves as less cautious than mothers, says Asst. Prof. Mariana Brussoni, lead investigator of the University of British Columbia study, Fathering and Injury Prevention.

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UBC psychologist Hélène Gauchou is using novel techniques to investigate our unconsciousness. Martin Dee Photograph

Mysteries of unconsciousness

Jun. 6, 2012 | Filed under: UBC Reports Stories | Tags: ,

UBC researchers are using novel tools like the Ouija board as a window into our “second intelligence.”

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Sally Aiken will be analyzing genes from more than 15,000 lodgepole pine and interior spruce seedlings. Martin Dee Photograph

Forestry: the new high-tech frontier

Jun. 6, 2012 | Filed under: UBC Reports Stories | Tags: ,

Prof. Sally Aitken is learning how trees adapt to local climatic conditions by studying their genes.

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Parents are happier than non-parents, new research suggests

May. 17, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

New research by psychologists at three North American universities, including the University of British Columbia, finds that parents experience greater levels of happiness and meaning from life than non-parents.

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Hedge funds more like guardian angels than vultures: UBC research

May. 7, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

New University of British Columbia research shows that – contrary to popular opinion – hedge funds have a positive influence when investing in U.S. companies filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

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Analytic thinking can decrease religious belief: UBC study

Apr. 26, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

A new University of British Columbia study finds that analytic thinking can decrease religious belief, even in devout believers.

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