University of British Columbia
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2026
This research seeks blood-based biomarkers that predict which people infected with Chagas disease will later develop life-threatening cardiomyopathy. By analysing immune proteins in blood samples from Bolivia, it aims to enable earlier diagnosis,…
2026
This research uses LiDAR and individual tree segmentation to replace traditional polygon-based forest inventories with precise, tree-level data. By modelling the growth and interactions of individual trees, it enables more accurate forest management…
2026
This study examined more than 2,000 adolescents to explore how habitual smartphone use affects attention. While frequent habitual use predicted poorer attention regulation, smartphones also fulfilled psychological needs for competence, autonomy, and…
2026
This research develops a fast algorithm to identify rare gravitational lenses in images from the Euclid Space Telescope. By analysing how galaxies bend light, it maps the distribution of invisible dark matter, helping astronomers investigate one of…