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UBC researchers develop breakthrough technique to unlock the sec...

EurekAlert! - Chemistry, Physics and Materials Sciences  Thu, 11/20/2008 - 23:00

(University of British Columbia) University of British Columbia researchers have developed a technique that brings scientists a big step closer to unlocking the secrets of the most abundant form of matter in the universe.


 

Common epilepsy drug could prevent and treat Alzheimer's disease

EurekAlert! - Chemistry, Physics and Materials Sciences  Sun, 10/26/2008 - 23:00

(University of British Columbia) Researchers at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute have discovered that a drug used to treat epilepsy and bipolar disorders blocks the formation of plaques that cause Alzheimer's disease in animal models.


 

UBC physicists develop 'impossible' technique to study and devel...

EurekAlert! - Chemistry, Physics and Materials Sciences  Sun, 06/22/2008 - 23:00

(University of British Columbia) A team of University of British Columbia researchers has developed a technique that controls the number of electrons on the surface of high-temperature superconductors, a procedure considered impossible for the past two decades.