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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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Quantum discovery reveals how enzymes tame free radicals

Quantum discovery reveals how enzymes tame free radicals

A new study, published by a team of UBC Okanagan […]

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UBCO’s largest graduating class marks 20 years of growth

UBCO’s largest graduating class marks 20 years of growth

Campus honours 2,600 graduates and Indigenous language program milestones

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UBCO’s Stephen McNeil earns national recognition

UBCO’s Stephen McNeil earns national recognition

Chemistry professor among 10 Canadians honoured with prestigious teaching fellowship

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