Skip to
global menu
.
Skip to
primary navigation
.
Skip to
secondary navigation
.
Skip to
page content
.
Sign out
Sign in
to online tools
UVic
Search
UVic home
COVID-19
Admissions
Academics
Research
Library
Students
Faculty & staff
Online tools
Return to
global menu
.
Skip to
primary navigation
.
Skip to
secondary navigation
.
Skip to
page content
.
University
of Victoria
UVic News
Search
Search
Search
Search
Search UVic News
Search UVic
Search for people
Search for departments
Search for experts
Search for news
Search for resources
Navigation
Home
Topics
Academic areas
Research
Student life
Media
Publications
Search
home
topics
Tests
White dwarf stars
Media release
Open any astronomy textbook to the section on white dwarf stars and you’ll likely learn that they are “dead stars” that continuously cool down over time. New research published in Nature is challenging this theory, with the University of Victoria (UVic) and its partners using data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia satellite to reveal why a population of white dwarf stars stopped cooling for more than eight billion years.
Fighting COVID with plants
To meet the global demand for COVID-19 spike protein needed for antibody test kits, UVic plant biologist Peter Constabel has turned to an unexpected source: a relative of the tobacco plant.
Medical revolution in a drop of blood
Media release
A team of researchers based at the University of Victoria are poised to revolutionize medical diagnostics with new, far less invasive methods that can be applied to a variety of diseases and wellness monitoring.
A single drop of blood
The Ring
A small six-person team of scientists and lab technicians are leading a global revolution in medical diagnostics—from right here, in Victoria. Healthy or not, all of us at some time have been subjected to one of the most common forms of medial diagnostics—the dreaded blood test. But what if there was a way to avoid this uncomfortable process?
< Newer
1
Older >
Navigation
Content
Quick links
Return to
global menu
.
Return to
primary navigation
.
Return to
secondary navigation
.
Return to
page content
.