Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science
Why the Amazon’s ability to make its own rain matters more than ever
December 5, 2025
An international research team has found that during the Amazon’s […]
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Posted in Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, Media Release
AI-powered vision gives meaning to wildfire chaos
December 3, 2025
How wildfires spread is more variable and unpredictable than Canada’s […]
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Posted in College of Graduate Studies, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, Media Release
UBCO study debunks the idea that the universe is a computer simulation
October 30, 2025
New study uses logic and physics to definitively answer one of science’s biggest questions
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Posted in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, Media Release
UBCO study debunks the idea that the universe is a computer simulation
October 30, 2025
New study uses logic and physics to definitively answer one of science’s biggest questions
The post UBCO study debunks the idea that the universe is a computer simulation appeared first on UBC’s Okanagan News.
Posted in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, Media Release
Researchers reveal how plants make anti-tumour drugs
October 14, 2025
Researchers at UBC Okanagan have uncovered how plants produce mitraphylline, […]
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Posted in Chemistry, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, Media Release, Okanagan Institute for Biodiversity, Resilience, and Ecosystems Services (BRAES), Research and Innovation (Office of the Vice-Principal)
Global study maps how wild dogs follow patterns, wild cats roam free
September 29, 2025
Cats and dogs may share our homes, but their wild […]
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Posted in Biology, College of Graduate Studies, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, Media Release, Okanagan Institute for Biodiversity, Resilience, and Ecosystems Services (BRAES), Research and Innovation (Office of the Vice-Principal)
Hands-on wildfire research for students builds knowledge, connection and resilience
September 23, 2025
UBC Okanagan undergrads get hands-on with wildfires, monitoring and Indigenous land stewardship practices
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Posted in All In Story, Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science
From spice to sugar: westernized diets reshaping immigrant gut microbiomes
September 22, 2025
A new international study led by researchers at UBC Okanagan […]
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Posted in Biology, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, Media Release
Made-in-Canada sustainability database aims to boost global trade, climate goals
September 16, 2025
A new national database co-developed by researchers at UBC Okanagan […]
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Posted in Biology, College of Graduate Studies, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, Media Release
Why rivers bend may have nothing to do with plants
August 28, 2025
New research challenges the long-standing theory of what causes a river to meander
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Posted in Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, Media Q&A








