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Abstract:The U.S. and Canadian animal agriculture industries have realized tremendous improvements in efficiencies and food production in recent decad…
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Abstract:Mankind has always been fascinated by fundamental questions about the Universe and our place in it. This has led to the development of curios…
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Abstract:The founders of quantum physics used to analyse “thought experiments”, to discuss state superposition, complementarity and entanglement. They…
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The Peter Wall Institute hosts an International Research Colloquium (IRC) once per year to showcase the best and most innovative research by principal…
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Abstract:Asthma is an inflammatory disease of the lungs whose incidence is increasing rapidly, making it a major problem worldwide. Although the exact…
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Abstract:If one end of a piece of metal is kept over fire, you probably will not want to hold the other end! In contrast, Alireza Nojeh’s research tea…
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Emeritus Research Day is organized by UBC Association of Professors Emeriti and co-sponsered by the Peter Wall Institute. Emeriti, Faculty, Students (…
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Abstract:Like all sciences, ecology attempts to make general predictions. However, the predictions that ecology makes often are contingent, that is, t…
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Abstract:In October 1966, at Johns Hopkins University, a small conference introduced America to a mode of critical thought associated with French phil…
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Academic Panel 3:00 pm to 4:15 pmModerated by Sally Otto, Biodiversity Research Centre Marine impacts – Simon Donner, GeographyTerrestrial impac…
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Abstract:We are well and truly in the Anthropocene. The interactions and feedbacks between human actions and water cycle dynamics on the planet, combi…
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Peter Wall Associate Dinner Forum with Dr. Philippe Tortell, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, and Botany, UBC, and Peter Wall Scholar Taking the…
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