Science news articles about 'ubc dept'

... eruptions into so-called “supervolcanoes.” The study was conducted by Ben Kennedy and Mark Jellinek of UBC’s Dept. of Earth and Ocean Sciences, and John Stix of McGill’s Dept. of Earth and Planetary ...

... principle scientists call 'surface to volume ratio,'" says Leticia Avilés, lead author and associate professor in the UBC Dept. of Zoology. While organisms typically have energetic ...

... and daddy in English, papa in Italian and tata (grandpa) in Hungarian, for example," says Gervain from UBC Dept. of Psychology's Infant Studies Centre. Scientists have studied how older children and ...

... warnings and those subject to Health Canada safety advisories," says Mintzes, an assistant professor in the UBC Dept. of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics. The U.S. and New Zealand are the ...

... based on the accumulation of fossils," says Nick Pyenson, a post-doctoral fellow in the UBC Dept. of Zoology. "One group of ideas suggests a catastrophic incident such as a volcano eruption, a toxic ...

... River study populations," says Erin Rechisky, one of the study authors and a PhD Candidate in the UBC Dept. of Zoology. Rechisky stresses that there is not yet sufficient evidence to reach any ...

... and transporting water from the root," says Martone, an assistant professor in the UBC Dept. of Botany, where he is continuing his work on lignin. "Because red and green algae likely ...

... associated with negative things like laziness or inattentiveness," says lead author, Prof. Kalina Christoff, UBC Dept. of Psychology. "But this study shows our brains are very ...