Associate Professor OHNISHI Ayumi of the Graduate School of Engineering wants to make people’s lives better using wearable devices, a goal which she pursues through her research. She’s currently working to develop a device to detect fatigue in its wearer and provide support for the five senses, like vision and hearing. Ohnishi attracted attention in 2022 when she was named one of MIT Technology Review’s Innovators Under 35 Japan. We sat down to hear more about the current state and prospects of her research, as well as the possibilities of wearable devices.

UBC researchers and municipal partners have developed a modelling tool to help cities adapt to rising temperatures by mapping where new trees offer the greatest cooling impact.

What animal can live for up to 40 years and show remarkable resistance to cancer? The naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) challenges conventional views of aging and age-related disease. At Kyushu University, Professor Kyoko Miura studies the biological mechanisms behind this unusual resilience. Over the past 16 years, she has built one of the world’s largest naked mole-rat colonies from just 30 animals. Her research may offer new insights into healthy aging and disease resistance.

AIT studies across issues such as climate change, urbanization, water insecurity, and digital transformation demonstrate that innovative governance, local knowledge, trust, effective communication, stakeholder participation and practical know-how are critical to making policies work.

Adrian Marchetti joins University of Victoria (UVic) as BC Leadership Chair in Marine and Ecosystem and Global Change to advance research in phytoplankton, climate change and ocean health. 

The fifth SynBio Challenges was concluded on August 23 in Shenzhen. The three-day event brought together more than 3,000 students and 500 teams from around the world to showcase scientific projects aimed at addressing future global challenges.