UBC scientist Leluo Guan is leading research that targets microbes in a cow’s stomach to reduce methane emissions—turning wasted feed into savings for farmers while helping slow climate change.

The Institute for Underground Science at SURF is launching the John Bahcall Colloquium, a monthly series of scientific lectures to build intellectual community while delving into the wide range of disciplines being researched at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF).

For the first time in East Africa, ILRI’s Mazingira Centre has directly measured methane emissions and feed intake from free-grazing cattle under real rangeland conditions. The breakthrough provides Africa-specific data to improve livestock emission estimates, test mitigation options, and support more productive, climate-smart pastoral systems.

Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), in collaboration with Canaph Therapeutics, and with clinical development led by Oscotec Inc., announced that the novel anticancer drug candidate OCT-598 (a dual EP2/EP4 inhibitor) has successfully entered the clinical development phase, marking a major milestone in Korea’s public–private drug development collaboration model.

Researchers journey to remote Tropical Far North Queensland to study Australia’s rarest and most geographically isolated freshwater fish.

As artificial intelligence and software systems increasingly operate in physical environments — from medical devices and vehicles to public infrastructure — the consequences of failure extend beyond data loss to real-world harm. In this feature, University of Virginia School of Data Science Associate Professor Daniel Graham explains why cybersecurity should be understood as a form of quality assurance and safety, akin to engineering standards used for bridges or power systems. Drawing on his research in secure embedded systems and his work on system evaluation and penetration testing, Graham outlines the need for stronger accountability, oversight, and professional norms to ensure that intelligent systems are not only powerful, but also trustworthy.

When Australia enacted a national law last week banning social media use for children under 16, it became one of the first democracies to attempt such a sweeping intervention. The policy has drawn global attention not only for its implications for young people’s mental health, but also for what it signals about the future of technology governance.

Generative artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping education, prompting many schools to restrict or ban its use. In this interview, University of Virginia School of Data Science lecturer Bryan Christ argues that prohibiting AI in classrooms may do more harm than good by denying students opportunities to learn responsible, ethical use in low-stakes learning environments. Drawing on research and classroom experience, Christ outlines how AI can support learning, accessibility, and creativity when thoughtfully integrated into education and why students should have a voice in shaping AI policies that affect their academic experience.