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March 15 , 2026

Physics shines in 2026 Canadian Foundation for Innovation funding

March 10 , 2026

Jess McIver brings home 2025 UBC Faculty Research Award

February 18 , 2026

UBC Science Excellence Award Recipient Serves Outstanding Outreach

February 16 , 2026

Silent Giants, Hidden Fuel: ALMA Reveals Surprising Diversity of Dust and Gas in Quiescent Galaxies

February 10 , 2026

How giant galaxies could form just 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang

January 27 , 2026

UBC Prof. Takamasa Momose garners place in Physics World Top 10 Greatest Achievements

January 22 , 2026

A new optical centrifuge is helping physicists probe the mysteries of superfluids

January 7 , 2026

New Discovery Challenges Evolution of Galaxy Clusters

October 28 , 2025

Undergraduates Deliver: Employment in Science Education

October 16 , 2025

Remembering PHAS Prof. Brian Turrell

October 7 , 2025

Ingrid Stairs Named 2025 Fellow in the Royal Society of Canada

October 2 , 2025

Reaching for the Stars: UBC Students Explore the Universe with Thunderbird South