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Faster in the Past: New Seafloor Images – the Highest Resolution of Any Taken Off the West Antarctic Ice Sheet – Upend Understanding of Thwaites Glacier Retreat

The Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica – about the size of Florida – has been an elephant in the room for scientists trying to make global sea level rise predictions.

The Power of Compost - Making Waste a Climate Champion

A new way of using compost could boost global crop production and deliver huge benefits to the planet, according to a study co-led by The University of Queensland.

UBC Team Developing Oral Insulin Tablet Sees Breakthrough Results

A team of University of British Columbia researchers working on developing oral insulin tablets as a replacement for daily insulin injections have made a game-changing discovery.

UBCO Research Proves It’s Worth the Money to Pay for a Weight Loss Program

Those in the program enjoyed more success compared to going it alone

What Happens to the Waste After an Oil Spill Clean Up?

UBCO researchers develop framework for safe disposal of soiled materials

Using Sound and Bubbles to Make Bandages Stickier and Longer Lasting

UBC researchers are part of an international collaboration that has discovered how to control the stickiness of adhesive bandages using ultrasound waves and bubbles.

Computer Modelling Aims to Inform Restoration, Conservation of Coral Reefs

UBCO researcher creates hundreds of scenarios, determines importance of coral diversity

Mapping the Brain

Using advanced neuroimaging, UBC scientists are changing how we understand and treat mental health disorders.

Study Calls for Change in Guidance About Eating Fish During Pregnancy

A woman’s mercury level during pregnancy is unlikely to have an adverse effect on the development of the child provided that the mother eats fish, according to a new University of Bristol-led study.

Neolithic Culinary Traditions Uncovered

A team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, has uncovered intriguing new insights into the diet of people living in Neolithic Britain and found evidence that cereals, including wheat, were cooked in pots.

Boosting Physical Activity/Curbing Sitting Time Highly Likely to Lower Breast Cancer Risk

Boosting physical activity levels and curbing sitting time are highly likely to lower breast cancer risk, finds research designed to strengthen proof of causation.

Dolphins Form Largest Alliance Network Outside Humans, Study Finds

Male bottlenose dolphins form the largest known multi-level alliance network outside humans, an international team led by researchers at the University of Bristol have shown.

New Study Links Ultra-Processed Foods and Colorectal Cancer in Men

Researchers at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy found that men who consumed high rates of ultra-processed foods were at higher risk for developing colorectal cancer than those who did not

MIT’s MOXIE Experiment Reliably Produces Oxygen on Mars

Day and night, and across seasons, the instrument generates breathable oxygen from the Red Planet’s thin atmosphere.

Brain Activity During Sleep Differs in Young People with Genetic Risk of Psychiatric Disorders

Young people living with a genetic alteration that increases the risk of psychiatric disorders have markedly different brain activity during sleep, a study led by researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Cardiff published in the journal eLife shows.

Recovery from a Hip Fracture Varies Widely Among NHS Hospitals, Study Finds

How well patients recover after a hip fracture varies enormously between NHS hospitals in England and Wales and in some hospitals one in ten patients died within a month of their fracture, a new study has found.

Volcanic Super Eruptions Are Millions of Years in the Making – Followed by Swift Surge

Researchers at the University of Bristol and Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre have discovered that super-eruptions occur when huge accumulations of magma deep in the Earth’s crust, formed over millions of years, move rapidly to the surface disrupting pre-existing rock.

Robot Helps Reveal How Ants Pass on Knowledge

Scientists have developed a small robot to understand how ants teach one another.

Weird and Wonderful World of Fungi Shaped by Evolutionary Bursts, Study Finds

Scientists at the University of Bristol have discovered that the vast anatomical variety of fungi stems from evolutionary increases in multicellular complexity.

Scientists Relieved to Discover ‘Curious’ Creature with No Anus Is Not Earliest Human Ancestor

An international team of researchers have discovered that a mysterious microscopic creature from which humans were thought to descend is part of a different family tree.