May 3, 2024

UBC trekking to heights of Everest

This April, two-dozen scientists from around the world will ascend more than 5,000 metres to Mount Everest’s Pyramid laboratory as part of a UBC-led project to study the effects of oxygen deprivation on human health. The team will spend six weeks performing experiments at high altitudes, each aimed at illuminating a different aspect of hypoxia, a … [Read more...]