The presence of humans and human infrastructure in U.S. national parks has lasting effects on the behaviours of the large ...

As climate change intensifies across the global ocean, fish stocks are shifting their distributions in search of suitable ...

Wildfires pollute waterways and could affect their ability to sequester carbon, new University of British Columbia research shows.

Some genes just don’t play fair.Researchers have uncovered a ‘selfish’ X chromosome in the fruit fly Drosophila testacea that manages to distort inheritance in both sperm and eggs.

Our thoughts are with the Filipino community and everyone affected by the tragedy in Vancouver. Supports are available for UBC students, faculty and staff.

Dr. Mark MacLachlan, Canada Research Chair in Supramolecular Materials and the new Dean of Science at UBC, discusses his path from small town-B.C. to UBC, his love of Hawaiian shirts, and the ...

The global average for countries to report genetic information about bird flu, crucial to tracking and preventing a human pandemic, was seven months, and Canada came in last, a new study has found.

Sorry, Jupiter: Saturn has left its former rival in the dust with a new total of 274 moons, almost twice as many as all the other planets combined.

Hydrogen nano-clusters at low temperatures display ‘superfluidity’—a quantum state of frictionless flow only previously observed in helium.

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The Faculty of Science is always looking for students to step up to the challenge and get involved with our community. Whether you're looking to gain professional skills, work with motivated peers, or ...

I am pleased to announce the extension of the appointment of Dr. Mark MacLachlan, Dean pro tem, for the Faculty of Science.