Posts Tagged ‘Science’
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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Mar. 12, 2013 | Filed under: Arts and Humanities, Media Release, News Feed, Science, Health and Technology | Tags: Babies, child psychology, Dept. of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, health, human nature, infants, Kiley Hamlin, Parenting, Psychology, research, Science
Babies have a dark side under their cute exteriors, according to UBC study that finds infants as young as nine months embrace those who pick on individuals who are different from them.
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Feb. 4, 2013 | Filed under: Arts and Humanities, Media Release, News Feed, Science, Health and Technology | Tags: addiction, alcoholism, arts, Daniel Randles, Dept. of Psychology, emotion, Faculty of Arts, health, Jessica Tracy, medical treatment, medicine, Science, study
To predict whether a problem drinker will hit the bottle again, ignore what they say and watch their body language for displays of shame, a new UBC study finds.
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Jan. 24, 2013 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed, Science, Health and Technology | Tags: astronomy, astrophysics, CFI, CHIME, dark energy, Douglas Scott, DRAO, Faculty of Science, Gary Hinshaw, Mark Halpern, research excellence, Science
$11M UBC-led CHIME project to attempt largest survey of observable universe
Construction is now under way in Penticton, B.C. on Canada’s largest radio telescope – and the first research telescope to be built in the country in more than 30 years.
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Dec. 19, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release | Tags: health, next big thing, research, Science, studentlearning, sustainability, UBC experts
From medical maggots to ethical robots, this year’s ten predictions are an eclectic mix of the unusual, unexpected, and hopeful.
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Dec. 19, 2012 | Filed under: Arts and Humanities, Business, Law and Society, Media Release, News Feed | Tags: Alan Kingstone, business, Dept. of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Jessica Tracy, Joey Cheng, Joseph Henrich, leadership, politics, power, Science, social hierarchy
Finding the next Barack Obama or Warren Buffett might be as simple as looking at who attracts the most eyes in a crowd, a new UBC study finds.
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Oct. 16, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: CIHR, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, fruit fly, health, neuroscience, NSERC, nutrition, research excellence, Science
The humble fruit fly may have something to teach us about forgoing empty calories for more nutritional ones – especially when we’re hungry.
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Oct. 8, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: arts, Child and Family Research Institute, depression, drugs, early childhood development, health, infants, medicine, Parenting, Psychology, research, Science, studentlife
Maternal depression and a common class of antidepressants can alter a crucial period of language development in babies, according to a new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia, Harvard University and the Child & Family Research Institute (CFRI) at BC Children’s Hospital.
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Jul. 27, 2012 | Filed under: Extra | Tags: 2012olympics, London 2012, medicine, Olympics, Science, VCHRI, wrestling
UBC medical researcher Babak Shadgan, Iran’s first accredited sports physician, is supporting the health and safety of athletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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Jun. 26, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release | Tags: Applied Science, CREATE, learning, NSERC, research excellence, Science, studentlife, UBC, University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia students and postdoctoral fellows in the fields of geochemistry, quantum sciences, and information and communication technology systems received a $4.9-million boost from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
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