UBC glass-blower Brian Ditchburn remembers his daughter Kaelin as a bright, bubbly girl her brother lovingly called “Kay-Kay.

Every time UBC glassblower Brian Ditchburn sees a pink tricycle, he remembers his daughter, Kaelin: he never got the chance ...

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Analytical chemistry is a branch of chemistry that deals with the separation, identification and quantification of chemical compounds. Chemical analyses can be qualitative, as in the ...

We are taking cross-sector action in writing to government ministers, as the UK urgently needs a strategic, joined-up approach, led by central Government, for the use and management of materials in ...

From chipped test tubes to specialty glassware that is damaged, he’s got everything a chemistry student could dream of. “I am a pack rat, so there’s always glass people are throwing out that I am ...

Chemistry graduate students can smash their study stress away in a “destructive therapy” session at UBC, and media are invited to witness the event. In-house glassblower Brian Ditchburn invites ...

But more action is needed — and faster. Both methods combine a catalyst with some relatively simple chemistry driven by the energy of visible light. In each case, the catalyst absorbs light that ...

As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, doctoral graduate Sam Barker reminds revelers of harmful microbes passed along the fecal-oral route (eww), and delves into the molecular level of a bacterial ...