Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science
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
Canadian crops beat global emissions—even after 17 trips across the Atlantic
August 18, 2025
Wheat, peas, canola lead the world in low-carbon production: UBCO research
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Posted in Biology, College of Graduate Studies, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, Media Release
Protecting communities from wildfire through Indigenous stewardship
August 13, 2025
UBCO and FNESS partnership earns federal funding to support Indigenous fire stewardship
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Posted in Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, Media Release, Research and Innovation (Office of the Vice-Principal)
Students’ image tool offers sharper signs, earlier detection in the lab or from space
August 11, 2025
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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Posted in College of Graduate Studies, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, Media Release, Research and Innovation (Office of the Vice-Principal)
Seeing the invisible: UBCO scientists create first-of-its-kind imaging technology
August 7, 2025
Innovation in molecular imaging could accelerate discoveries in cancer research, immunology and tissue regeneration
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Posted in Chemistry, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, Media Release
The math behind bees, blooms and better harvests
July 29, 2025
Researchers at UBC Okanagan have created a mathematical model that captures something remarkable: how a bumblebee colony uses and manages its energy, and what that means for farmers, pollination and the future of sustainable agriculture.
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Posted in College of Graduate Studies, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, Media Release
Quantum discovery reveals how enzymes tame free radicals
July 22, 2025
A new study, published by a team of UBC Okanagan […]
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Posted in Chemistry, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, Media Release
UBCO researchers create 3D-printed living lung tissue
July 15, 2025
Printed tissue enables better testing of drugs and disease pathways
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Posted in Biology, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, Media Release
From textbooks to tissue models
June 23, 2025
How hands-on undergraduate research is advancing immunobiology.
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Posted in All In Story, Biology, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, Research and Innovation (Office of the Vice-Principal)
Reducing the side effects of cancer therapy
May 26, 2025
How a research cluster is advancing personalized radiation therapy while empowering undergraduate researchers.
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Posted in All In Story, Biology, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, Research and Innovation (Office of the Vice-Principal)