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What are advance and transfer credits? If you took British-Patterned Education, Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) courses, you may be offered advance credit that counts ...

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The CHIME telescope has made its first standalone detection of hydrogen's ancient radio glow, paving the way for new studies of cosmic expansion.

Dr. Philippe Claeys, a visiting professor at the University of British Columbia, in front of an exhibit at the Pacific Museum of Earth. Credit: University of British Columbia. Earth scientists are ...

Hippocampus amandavincentae—named after UBC marine biologist Dr. Amanda Vincent A newly discovered seahorse species from the Indian Ocean—Hippocampus amandavincentae—has been named after UBC marine ...

Artist’s conception of Kepler telescope observing planets transiting a distant star (NASA Ames/W Stenzel). There may be as many as one Earth-like planet for every five Sun-like stars in the Milky way ...

Balanophora shed one third of its genes as it evolved into a streamlined parasitic plant—an extreme degree of genome shrinkage even among parasites—according to new research in Nature Plants. Along ...

Deep-diving insect larvae are challenging a long-held idea about why there are no insects in the ocean, thanks to adaptable air sacs. Lake fly larvae can withstand pressures equivalent to twice the ...

Two newly discovered minerals have a very personal connection to UBC: they were discovered by, and named after, UBC researchers and alumni. Dr. Lee Groat, professor in the department of Earth, Ocean ...

UBC research shows some people are developing addictive patterns of AI chatbot use—and it’s affecting their daily lives. AI chatbots can grant almost any request—a celebrity in love with you, a ...

Physicists at UBC sent a laser beam of an optical centrifuge into helium nano-droplets doped with dimers of nitric oxide (Valery Milner, UBC). Physicists have used a new optical centrifuge to control ...