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What can Craigslist tell us about Metro Vancouver’s rental housing market?
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Renters seeking affordable housing in Metro Vancouver are finding it in larger shared homes, not one- or two-bedroom condos, suggests an analysis by the Housing Research Collaborative at the University of British Columbia's School of Community…
UBC Engineering Physics students beat out Ivy League competitors for Citadel West Coast Data Open win
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The following article originally appeared on the UBC Engineering Physics website. The Citadel West Coast Regional Data Open is one of western North America’s most renowned data science-focused competitions. Hosted by one of the world’s largest…
UBC Nursing prof receives CIHR support for COVID-19 research project
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A research project co-led by Saima Hirani, a professor in the UBC School of Nursing, has been awarded funding through a Canadian Institutes of Health Research program aimed at "[further improving] our understanding of COVID-19 and [tackling] …
UBC experts team up to tackle air pollution with network of sensors
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Air pollution is an urgent problem linked to as many as nine million deaths per year worldwide and 14,000 annually in Canada, primarily from related heart and lung diseases. A group of UBC experts are determined to mount a rapid response through…
Made to stick: safe, simple additive could cut agrochemical pollution
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Adding a simple polymer to fertilizers or pesticides could dramatically reduce agricultural pollution, suggests a new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia. When agrochemicals are sprayed onto crops, a large amount typically…
UBC Applied Science-led projects awarded over $1M in CIHR Project Grant support
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Two projects led by UBC Faculty of Applied Science researchers will receive more than $1 million through the Project Grants: Fall 2020 competition administered by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
UBC Engineering-led projects awarded $6.6M in research infrastructure support
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Research projects led by UBC Engineering researchers will receive $6.6 million in funding support through the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s 2020 Innovation Fund competition, the Government of Canada announced today.
UBC Engineering projects awarded over $6M in NSERC Alliance grants
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Twenty-two research projects led by UBC Engineering researchers have collectively been awarded over $6 million in Alliance grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s (NSERC), the Government of Canada announced…
UBC expert launches resource to improve breastfeeding in Canada
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In Canada, parents who are considering breastfeeding have only limited complete support systems. Few hospitals or community clinics have full-time lactation consultants, and education about lactation for healthcare professionals is either…
From destruction to construction: Former nuclear bunker now hosts life-saving research
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A Cold War-era nuclear bunker buried 500 metres below the countryside in southern France hums with new life today as an epicentre of vital research in science and technology. The facility, built in the 1960s to house the nuclear command centre of…