University Of British Columbia

Microplastics in your drink? UBC develops cheap, portable plastic particle detector

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Microplastics in your drink? UBC develops cheap, portable plastic particle detector

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 27, 2024 3:10 pm 2 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Researchers at the University of British Columbia say they’ve come up with a portable device that can cheaply detect the amount of microplastics in drinks and other liquids. Tianxi Yang, who developed the … Read more

Bugs in your brownies? University students dish it out in Great UBC Bug Bake Off

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Bugs in your brownies? University students dish it out in Great UBC Bug Bake Off

If anything was bugging the judges at the University of British Columbia’s baking competition on Tuesday, it wasn’t the ingredients of the dishes. According to the school’s executive chef, there were other issues with submissions to the Great UBC Bug Bake Off, but the insects — including ground mealworms and cricket powder — weren’t among … Read more