Posts Tagged ‘research’
Mar. 28, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: coffee, drugs, health, medicine, prescription drugs, Psychology, research, speed, stimulants
While stimulants may improve unengaged workers’ performance, a new University of British Columbia study suggests that for others, caffeine and amphetamines can have the opposite effect, causing workers with higher motivation levels to slack off.
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Mar. 28, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: Asian Canadian teens, bisexual, bullying, CIHR, dual minority discrimination, Elizabeth Saewyc, gay, harassment, health, homosexual, lesbian, McCreary Centre Society, research, Southeast Asian, studentlife
Asian Canadian teenagers who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual are 30 times more likely to face harassment than their heterosexual peers – a factor that is linked to higher rates of alcohol or drug use, according to University of British Columbia research.
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Mar. 19, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: research
In a letter sent Friday, March 16, to the activist group Stop UBC Animal Research, the Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) finds no evidence to support allegations of animal cruelty made against a University of British Columbia research team.
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Mar. 14, 2012 | Filed under: Media Advisory, News Feed, Uncategorized | Tags: ChoirMob, iPhone app, iPod app, Media and Graphics Interdisciplinary Centre (MAGIC), research, Vancouver Sonic Boom Festival, Vox Tactum, Vuzik
Media are invited to a sneak peek of a new app that turns an iPhone or iPod Touch into an instrument for choir singing.
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Mar. 14, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: learning, research, Times Higher Education Reputation Rankings, UBC, University of British Columbia, World Reputation rankings
The University of British Columbia now ranks 25th among the world’s top 100 universities, according to the 2012 Times Higher Education Reputation Rankings.
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Mar. 14, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: Affordable housing, arts, Canada, housing, immigration, Montreal, refugee system, research, Social Work, Sociology, Toronto, Urban geography, Vancouver
With housing prices at record levels, a University of British Columbia-led study finds that new Canadians are struggling to find adequate and affordable housing in the country’s three largest cities.
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Mar. 13, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: arts, Canada Research Chairs, research, research funding, Science
The University of British Columbia has gained research strength in neuroscience, biotechnology, astronomy, anthropology and climate science with the appointment or renewal of nine UBC scholars as Canada Research Chairs.
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Mar. 8, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: Applied Science, biomass, CIRS, clean energy, Clean Energy Research Centre, commercialisation, engineering, environment, Fraunhofer, greenhouse gas emissions target, hydrogen and biofuels, knowledge transfer, learning, living laboratory, research, sustainability, technology
The University of British Columbia today forged a formal partnership with Germany’s Fraunhofer, Europe’s largest research institution for applied research, to focus on renewable-energy technologies.
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Feb. 28, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Grand Challenges in Global Health, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Dept. of Urologic Sciences, Faculty of Applied Science, health, lab on a chip, medicine, red blood cells, research
University of British Columbia researcher Hongshen Ma has developed a simple and accurate device to study malaria, a disease that currently affects 500 million people per year worldwide and claims a million lives.
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Feb. 27, 2012 | Filed under: Media Advisory, News Feed, Uncategorized | Tags: Faculty of Land and Food Systems, food microbiologist, food science, health, listeria, listeria monocytogenes, ready-to-eat fish products, research, seafood
A University of British Columbia study has found traces of the bacteria listeria in ready-to-eat fish products sold in Metro Vancouver.
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