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Why the Amazon’s ability to make its own rain matters more than ever

Why the Amazon’s ability to make its own rain matters more than ever

An international research team has found that during the Amazon’s […]

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AI-powered vision gives meaning to wildfire chaos

AI-powered vision gives meaning to wildfire chaos

UBC Okanagan team harnesses computer modelling to reveal how wildfires move

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UBCO study debunks the idea that the universe is a computer simulation

UBCO study debunks the idea that the universe is a computer simulation

New study uses logic and physics to definitively answer one of science’s biggest questions

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Researchers reveal how plants make anti-tumour drugs

Researchers reveal how plants make anti-tumour drugs

Researchers at UBC Okanagan have uncovered how plants produce mitraphylline, […]

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Hands-on wildfire research for students builds knowledge, connection and resilience

Hands-on wildfire research for students builds knowledge, connection and resilience

UBC Okanagan undergrads get hands-on with wildfires, monitoring and Indigenous land stewardship practices

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Why rivers bend may have nothing to do with plants

Why rivers bend may have nothing to do with plants

New research challenges the long-standing theory of what causes a river to meander

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Protecting communities from wildfire through Indigenous stewardship

Protecting communities from wildfire through Indigenous stewardship

UBCO and FNESS partnership earns federal funding to support Indigenous fire stewardship

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Students’ image tool offers sharper signs, earlier detection in the lab or from space

Students’ image tool offers sharper signs, earlier detection in the lab or from space

A group of UBC Okanagan students has helped create technology that could improve how doctors and scientists detect everything from tumours to wildfires. 

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Seeing the invisible: UBCO scientists create first-of-its-kind imaging technology

Seeing the invisible: UBCO scientists create first-of-its-kind imaging technology

Innovation in molecular imaging could accelerate discoveries in cancer research, immunology and tissue regeneration

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The math behind bees, blooms and better harvests

The math behind bees, blooms and better harvests

Researchers at UBC Okanagan have created a mathematical model that […]

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