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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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Mapping the Brain

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

Computer Modelling Aims to Inform Restoration, Conservation of Coral Reefs

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

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.

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

UBCO researchers develop framework for safe disposal of soiled materials

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

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.

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.

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.

Motion of DNA Linked to Its Damage Response, Ability to Repair Itself

A multidisciplinary team of Indiana University researchers have discovered that the motion of chromatin, the material that DNA is made of, can help facilitate effective repair of DNA damage in the human nucleus -- a finding that could lead to improved cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Lost Islands Cited in Welsh Folklore and Poetry Are Plausible, New Study of Coastal Geography and a Medieval Map Suggests

A Welsh tradition dating to the medieval period of a landscape lost to the sea is plausible, new evidence on the evolution of the coastline of west Wales has revealed.

Microbial Communities Stay Healthy by Swapping Knowledge

High levels of horizontal gene transfer could help researchers engineer useful microbiomes independent of unstable population dynamics

Push, Pull or Swirl: The Many Movements of Cilia

Cilia are tiny, hair-like structures on cells throughout our bodies that beat rhythmically to serve a variety of functions when they are working properly, including circulating cerebrospinal fluid in brains and transporting eggs in fallopian tubes.

Corals Pass Mutations Acquired During Their Lifetimes to Offspring

Researchers document for the first time that corals can pass mutations acquired during their lifetimes to their offspring, providing increased genetic diversity for potential evolutionary adaptation

Resolving the Evolutionary History of the Closest Algal Relatives of Land Plants

Scientists use genomic data to resolve the phylogeny of zygnematophyte algae and pinpoint several emergences of multicellularity in the closest known relatives of terrestrial plants / publication in ‘Current Biology’