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UBCO team creates live technology to track shipping containers

UBCO team creates live technology to track shipping containers

Class project may change the entire shipping industry A UBCO student project developed a method to make shipping containers immediately identifiable by using artificial intelligence. With hundreds of thousands of packages and shipments crossing the globe, especially during the holiday season, the industry has turned to UBC Okanagan researchers to develop better ways to track […]

UBCO research takes the chill off icy build-up on planes and wind turbines

UBCO research takes the chill off icy build-up on planes and wind turbines

New UBC Okanagan research is changing the way aircraft and wind turbine operators are addressing the risks related to ice build-up.

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Connecting and Engaging

Connecting and Engaging

THE IDEA OF INDIGENIZING THE ENGINEERING PROFESSION and curriculum is […]

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Mastering Blockchain

Mastering Blockchain

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UBCO researchers suggest stool transplants can battle serious infections

UBCO researchers suggest stool transplants can battle serious infections

Genetic analysis helps ensure successful fecal microbiota transplants

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Engineering Nanotech

Engineering Nanotech

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UBC Okanagan hosts virtual Nobel Night event

UBC Okanagan hosts virtual Nobel Night event

Planets, poverty, peace and powerful batteries. The science and activism behind all of these are tied together this year by the lasting legacy of Alfred Nobel’s annual recognition for game-changes.

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Proverbial wolf can’t blow down modern timber high-rises, says UBCO researchers

Proverbial wolf can’t blow down modern timber high-rises, says UBCO researchers

With an increasing demand for a more sustainable alternative for high-rise construction, new research from UBC Okanagan, in collaboration with Western University and FPInnovations, points to timber as a sustainable and effective way to make tall, high-density, and renewable buildings.

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Finding the Fun

Finding the Fun

AN EAGER LEARNER HIS ENTIRE LIFE, Peter Simpson decided to […]

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New UBCO research suggests recycled concrete could be a sustainable way to keep rubble out of landfills

New UBCO research suggests recycled concrete could be a sustainable way to keep rubble out of landfills

Results of a new five-year study of recycled concrete show that it performs as well, and in several cases even better, than conventional concrete.

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