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Earth's interior is swallowing up more carbon than thought

Jul 26, 2021

They found that the carbon drawn into Earth’s interior at subduction zones - where tectonic plates collide and dive into Earth’s interior - tends to stay locked away at depth,...

Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony Review: Naomi Osaka & Tonga Man’s Return Couldn’t Elevate Downbeat Affair Of NBC’s Live Morning Broadcast

Jul 24, 2021

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details of this morning’s Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony live on NBC. Now, like the always too long and regularly bloated Academy Awards, Olympics opening ceremonies...

Harvard’s Mark 1 finds its new home

Jul 24, 2021

It is just 1.8 miles from Harvard’s Science Center in Cambridge to the new Science and Engineering Complex in Allston. Manager of the Collection of Scientific Instruments Sara Frankel removes...

White House officials debate masking push as covid infections spike

Jul 24, 2021

The talks are in a preliminary phase and their result could be as simple as new messaging from top White House officials. "At the White House, we follow the guidance...

Making it through a pandemic senior year with curiosity and community

Jul 24, 2021

Miles Johnson graduated this June with degrees in mathematics and electrical engineering and computer science, and a minor in physics. At San Francisco University High School, Johnson relied on a...

Push to make supply chains more sustainable continues to gain momentum

Jul 24, 2021

Much of the effort to make businesses sustainable centers on their supply chains, which were severely disrupted during the Covid-19 pandemic. The finding, contained in the 2021 State of Supply...

Scientists reverse age-related memory loss in mice

Jul 24, 2021

Some of these, such as chondroitin 4-sulphate, inhibit the action of the networks, inhibiting neuroplasticity; others, such as chondroitin 6-sulphate, promote neuroplasticity. To do this, the team looked at 20-month...

UBC community supports COVID-19 research with rapid antigen testing clinic

Jul 23, 2021

In this update, we share the efforts of our colleagues behind UBC Vancouver’s COVID-19 rapid testing clinic. There, he self-administered a COVID-19 test that provided results in under 15 minutes,...

Health and wellbeing a top priority as students return to campus

Jul 23, 2021

Health and wellbeing a top priority as students return to campus University NewsAs UBC prepares to welcome students back to campus this September, the university is taking extra care to...

Advancing to the core thanks to marsquakes

Jul 23, 2021

Core is liquid and larger than expectedFor the first time, the researchers were also able to estimate the size of the Martian core using seismic waves. According to this work,...