‘It’s nothing like school back home’: An Indian student shares the reality of studying at UBC Canada

Studying at the University of British Columbia (UBC) offers Indian students both opportunities and challenges. Vedika Handa, ...

UBC enzyme technology clears first human test toward universal donor organs for transplantation

The first successful human transplant of a kidney converted from blood type A to universal type O used special enzymes developed at the University of British Columbia to help prevent a mismatch and ...
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UBC researchers turn black bitumen into green carbon fibres

UBC materials engineer Dr. Yasmine Abdin and her colleagues, Dr. Frank Ko in the faculty of applied science and Dr. Scott Renneckar in the faculty of forestry, have developed a way to convert bitumen ...
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A new process developed at UBC to make lightweight electric cars is steering closer to reality

Compared to gasoline-powered cars, battery electric vehicles can be hundreds to thousands of pounds heavier due to the weight of their batteries. As Dr. Abdin, the project lead and an expert on ...