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UBC welcomes back thousands of alumni for make-up graduation ceremonies

Nov 19, 2022

In a typical year, UBC hosts eight fall graduation ceremonies at its Vancouver campus in November. Eight of the ceremonies are regular graduation ceremonies for current students who have now...

Solving brain dynamics gives rise to flexible machine-learning models

Nov 19, 2022

These modes have the same characteristics of liquid neural nets — flexible, causal, robust, and explainable — but are orders of magnitude faster, and scalable. Imagine an end-to-end neural network...

Many adolescents game a lot without negative effects on their wellbeing

Nov 19, 2022

The OxWell Student Survey is one of the largest school surveys of adolescent health and wellbeing in England. The study identified different profiles of adolescents who game for longer periods...

Food Marketing and Research on Kids Lacks Government Oversight

Nov 19, 2022

But what is protecting children from predatory advertising of junk food, especially with sneaky online marketing tactics like the use of influencers? “The U.S. overwhelmingly relies on industry self-regulation, which...

Three from MIT named 2023 Rhodes Scholars

Nov 19, 2022

Jack Cook, Matthew Kearney, and Jupneet Singh have been selected for the 2023 cohort of the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship program. Kearney ran on the MIT Cross Country and Track and...

3 Questions: Looking to Artemis I for a return to the moon

Nov 19, 2022

Here, Olivier de Weck and Thomas "Joey" Murphy discuss new features of the Artemis launch system, the process of planning (and sometimes re-planning) such a major mission launch, and the...

One size doesn't fit all: An AI approach to creating healthy personalized diets

Nov 19, 2022

But many find themselves unable or unwilling to follow a rigid "one-size-fits-all" nutrition plan recommended by their doctors because those approaches do not always take into account patients' food preferences...

This new interactive map lets you scroll through the universe

Nov 19, 2022

The interactive map, which depicts the actual position and real colors of 200,000 galaxies, is available online, where it can also be downloaded for free. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey...

Loneliness: unpacking the silent epidemic damaging our health

Nov 19, 2022

A better understanding of loneliness can help us identify when our social needs might be going unmet. But even the most introverted of us would admit we were feeling lonely...

Meet UniSA's new rock star with a green focus

Nov 19, 2022

The focus of Assoc Prof Tiddy’s research is on developing more efficient and environmentally friendly ways to explore for essential metals, particularly those that are in high demand, and to...