Cement has been a vital building block (pun intended) in constructing civilization. However, its manufacturing process has also made it a wrecking ball on the environment, with a carbon footprint that...

Dr. Sherry Zhao has founded a biotech company that is developing a method to spay and neuter dogs and cats with injections instead of intrusive surgery.

Rapid three-week deployment, onsite support from two-time Nobel Laureate, and deep Canada-Korea collaboration underscore accelerating commercial momentum

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A collaborative team of researchers from the Department of Chemistry at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and the Vancouver Prostate Centre (VPC) have developed a new method to design safer, more targeted cancer drugs. The platform, called baited-SELEX, uses DNA molecules to mimic antibodies and selectively target cancer cells while minimizing harmful side effects of current therapies.

A UBC chemist developing advanced materials transforming how we diagnose disease and reduce waste has been awarded an Arthur B. McDonald Fellowship.

The first successful human transplant of a kidney converted from blood type A to universal type O used special enzymes developed at UBC.

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Five UBC Science professors have been named Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) for their research in the fields of atmospheric aerosols, marine ecosystems and fisheries, fast radio bursts, c...

A preclinical evaluation of a new ’dual-mode’ tracer agent shows promise in not only helping surgeons image and plan prostate cancer procedures, but also provide them with much more consistent and tar...

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Dean of science Mark MacLachlan started doing them during his postdoctoral work. Now he's one of the people who builds them.