Image generated in Stable Diffusion, a deep learning text-to-image diffusion model. Based on the prompt “A cat sitting beside a paper bag.”Visual AI: The cat is out of the bagA UBC computer scientist teamed up with Adobe and Apple to reconstruct 3D images and videos from situations that never existedBy Geoff GilliardUntil very recently, debates about the growing power...

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The fall webworm is a moth found from Mexico to Canada. Photo: Alison Hunter.Pandemic lockdowns couldn’t stop two UBC zoologists from tracking how climate influences evolutionBy Katie Marshall and Emily BlackImagine a jungle. It’s probably a lush forest, filled with different bird songs and the hum of thousands of different kinds of insects. Now imagine a tundra:...

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A newly formed working group made up of students, faculty and staff at the University of British Columbia aims to improve how gender and sex are taught in biology. Left to right: an undergraduate student, Dr. Irene Ballagh, Dr. Christine Goedhart and Sam, a postdoctoral fellow.Across UBC Science, students and instructors are collaborating to navigate...

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UBC computer scientist Dr. Raymond Ng (left) teamed up with the BC Cancer Registry’s Cathy McKay and Dr. Jonathan Simkin to streamline the data reporting pipeline and improve care for cancer patients in B.C.UBC computer scientists and BC Cancer Registry experts are using the grandaddy of ChatGPT to crunch a backlog of lab reportsBy Geoff GilliardUBC computer scientist...

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A forest fire lights up the night sky in the Okanagan Valley. Unseasonably hot weather in May resulted in an early start to the 2023 forest fire season in B.C. and Alberta. Photo: istock/shootthebreezeOur understanding of the troposphere is as thin as the oxygen at that altitude. UBC’s Dr. Rachel White has recommendations to improve...

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UBC Science students Samantha Kortekaas and Logan Hwang sampling Lost Lagoon’s water on a cold February afternoon.UBC students wade in to Lost Lagoon’s water woesAfter carp die-offs in Vancouver’s Lost Lagoon, UBC Science students are testing the human-made lake’s murky watersBy Geoff GilliardLost Lagoon is a watery jewel gracing Vancouver’s Stanley Park. It’s one of the main attractions...

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The Galápagos penguin is the world’s rarest penguin, and the only one found north of the equator. Photo: iStock/Joanne WastchakPenguin guano from the Galápagos is helping UBC researchers track microplastic pollution from around the globeBy Geoff GilliardIn 1835, Charles Darwin visited the Galápagos Islands as part of the round the world voyage that spawned his seminal On...

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Salmon are keystone fish in British Columbia that return from the ocean where they mature to the river where they were born to spawn and die in an ongoing circle of life. Photo: iStock/OVasikTwo UBC researchers are exploring the problem of dwindling salmon runs from opposite ends of the knowledge continuum—cutting edge genomics, and empirical...

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University of British Columbia researchers have developed a process that could make blood types obsolete. Photo: iStock/Ca-ssisUniversity of British Columbia researchers have developed a process that could make blood types obsolete.By Geoff GilliardDr. Stephen Withers has learned a lot about the economics of blood over the past few years.Blood donations dried up during the COVID-19 pandemic. In...

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