New book by @UBC_CS computer scientist Dr. @VeredShwartz "Lost in Automatic Translation" explores how technology is changing the experience of speaking a foreign language.

In his day-to-day life, Dr. Mark MacLachlan is a professor of chemistry researching something called ‘supramolecular materials’ (don’t ask) and dean of science at #UBC. To relax he creates crossword puzzles.

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RT @UBCChem: We had the honor of hosting Dr. Paul Hébert, President of @CIHR_IRSC, marking the first visit of a CIHR President in the depar….

1 in 8 Canadian men will develop #prostate cancer during their lifetime. 1 in 30 will die from it. Now UBC chemists have developed a new tracer that lets surgeons see and hear prostrate cancer. @UBCChem @CIHR_IRSC

“Our tracer would allow a surgeon to use a hand-held Geiger counter probes to ‘hear’ areas of high radiation density that would accumulate in cancerous tissue not immediately visible," said UBC chemist Dr. David M Perrin. @UBCChem

Using a small bench-top reactor UBC researchers found electrochemically loading a solid metal target boosts nuclear fusion. “We hope this helps bring fusion science out of giant national labs & onto the lab bench,” says Dr. Curtis Berlinguette. @UBCChem

Dr. Jeff Clune of @UBC_CS emphasizes the risk of AI influencing our thoughts. “We have entered the era in which superintelligence is possible with each passing month and that probability will grow with each passing month.”.

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Late summer or early fall are the best times to see bioluminescence in B.C. waters, says UBC biologist Christopher Harley: "The sparkly glow we see in the ocean is caused by single-cell creatures in plankton called Noctiluca, which means night light."

Researchers from UBC on how fisheries will change in a hotter world. Could community-based management incorporating traditional ecological knowledge from First Nations hold promise?

#UBC scientists are part of the team that identified a killer microbe behind a devastating star disease:

Turns out cellulose-based thickening agents found in common consumer foods can be digested. New UBC research shows that our gut bacteria can feed on these large molecules – something thought to not be possible

#UBC zoologist Dr. Judith Myers has spent five decades studying a native moth species and their boom-and-bust population cycles. She discusses her journey, findings from a recent study, and the caterpillars’ surprising resistance to climate change.

Scientists have captured the first detailed images of the meeting of two tectonic plates off the coast of northern BC. But large quakes aren’t likely for hundreds of years, says Dr. Michael Bostock, a professor in #UBC Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences

Alexis Bahl’s journey to the West Coast reflects her dedication to researching the ocean’s drifting zooplankton and advancing climate policy--thanks to essential donor funding. Learn more about the Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences PhD candidate

Natural interbreeding between wild tomatoes and potato-like plants in South America gave rise to the modern day spud nine million years ago. #UBC’s Dr. Loren Rieseberg, says the findings point to a "profound shift" in evolutionary biology

Pacific oysters have been dying in large numbers. Dr. Curtis Suttle, a marine microbiology professor at the #UBC, says that the reason for the die-off could be a previously unknown virus that is a distant relative of coronaviruses:

"In the absence of sunflower stars, sea urchin populations increase, which means the loss of kelp forests, and that has broad implications for all the other marine species." #UBC scientists identify bacterium behind devastating wasting disease in starfish:

#UBC scientists have discovered a previously unknown virus in farmed Pacific oysters during a mass die-off in B.C., Canada. The discovery serves as a reminder that growers should exercise caution when moving young oysters internationally and domestically:

‘Disease detectives’ at #UBC, the Hakai Institute and the University of Washington have discovered the cause of a wasting disease that wiped out billions of sea stars: