2022

On the 21st of December, the Governor’s New Year’s Student Ball took place in the White Hall of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. Posh evening gowns and dinner jackets, historical dances and classical music — one of…

There’s a new branch on the tree of life and it’s made up of predators that nibble their prey to death.These microbial predators fall into two groups, one of which researchers have dubbed “nibblerids” because they, well, nibble chunks off…

Researchers at UBC’s Life Sciences Institute have identified a compound that shows early promise at halting infections from a range of coronaviruses, including all variants of SARS-CoV-2 and the common cold.The findings, published this…

Chronic ship noise can lead to stress, hearing loss and feeding problems for marine mammals like whales, dolphins and porpoises. UBC researchers are diving in to help address the issue.According to project lead Dr. Rajeev Jaiman, an…

Canadian researchers measured wildlife overpasses around the world and found 71 per cent in North America are narrower than recommended.These bridges let bears and other creatures cross over busy highways, allowing animals to live and…

A new way to study quarks, one of the building blocks of the protons and neutrons that make up atomic nuclei, is proposed. This has never been done before and doing so would help answer many fundamental questions in physics. In…

Researchers at the University of Tokyo have used artificial DNA to target and kill cancer cells in a completely new way. The method was effective in lab tests against human cervical cancer- and breast cancer-derived cells, and against…

Climate change could overexpose rare underwater marimo algae balls to sunlight, killing them off according to a new study at the University of Tokyo. Marimo are living fluffy balls of green algae. The world’s largest marimo can be found…

MD Mervi Rautalin, specialist in plastic surgery, investigated in her doctoral thesis how various surgical techniques for breast cancer affect patients’ quality of life. The thesis examines three types of surgical procedures: mastectomy,…

Tuomas Martikainen was selected as the new rector at a meeting of the school’s board on 8 December 2022 based on a proposal from the appointment committee. The board voted on the matter after a comprehensive discussion.Tuomas Martikainen…