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In a first-of-its-kind advance, a team of UBC Okanagan researchers has developed an artificial adhesion system that closely mimics natural… Read More »DNA designed to mimic biological capture bonds
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Learning French and at the same time developing linguistic skills in your mother tongue is not an easy task. As… Read More »Preschool education: a key to supporting allophone children