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UBC researchers develop high-level gas detection system

Mar 04, 2019

A new gas detector enables highly accurate odour analysis for so many different applications it has been nicknamed the ‘artificial nose.’

Inexpensive biosensor provides instant and accurate results

Dec 05, 2018

Using a small and inexpensive biosensor, researchers have built a diagnostic tool that provides health care practitioners almost instant diagnosis of a bacterial infection.

Innovating real-time automated surveillance

Oct 17, 2018

UBC researchers are investigating new technologies that are making high-tech surveillance faster and more effective.

Artificial anti-oxidant may be the next go-to supplement

Sep 19, 2018

Researchers have discovered that an artificial anti-oxidant is up to 100 times more powerful than nature’s best and could help counteract everything.

UBC Okanagan researchers shine a light on 150-year old mystery

Aug 24, 2018

The exact nature of how light interacts with matter has remained a mystery for close to 150 years. New research from UBC’s Okanagan campus may have uncovered the keys to one of the darkest secrets of light.

Role of boundary conditions in determining cell alignment in response to stretch

Aug 20, 2018

Mattia Bacca explores the alignment responses of cells subjected to cyclic stretch in 3D gels.

UBC researchers uncover new ways to reduce opioid abuse

Aug 03, 2018

New research at UBC’s Okanagan campus, Harvard Medical School and the University of Texas is exploring the role nanotechnologies can play to reduce opioid abuse.

UBC Okanagan research makes boating more efficient

Jul 19, 2018

Boats that travel through the water, but don’t get wet. That’s the idea behind new research from UBC’s Okanagan campus that aims to make boats more efficient by creating superhydrophobic—or extremely water-repellent—surfaces.

Wireless oxygen-sensing device for endurance athletes

Jul 13, 2018

The VO2 Master is the first analyzer ever designed to use the force of human breathing as a passive gas-sampling pump, making it lightweight, portable and easy-to-use.

Could a deadly mushroom help battle cancer?

Jul 10, 2018

University of British Columbia chemists are working to unleash the cancer fighting potential of Amanita phalloides — a particularly nasty toxic mushroom.