Research
Capturing the stars from the roof of the world: Dal鈥慴uilt camera provides new perspective on the universe
A new telescope located 5,600 meters above sea level in the Chilean Andes will give聽scientists聽new insights into how聽galaxies formed聽beginning in the聽early universe and how stars are born in our own galaxy. Read more.
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Thursday, April 2, 2026
In this special alumni episode of Sciographies, we sit down with Tina Simpkin (BSc鈥�94, DMet鈥�95), a familiar voice to many Nova Scotians as a meteorologist with CBC.
Monday, March 30, 2026
Connected barns and automated livestock systems are boosting efficiency but also opening the door to cyber threats, writes Dr. Suresh Neethirajan, a 海角社区app researcher working to secure Canada鈥檚 digital farms
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
海角社区app is helping to prepare Canada鈥檚 defence community for AI-supported command and control, including fast developing Arctic surveillance scenarios, by simulating how humans and intelligent systems make decisions together under pressure.
Archives - Research
Monday, March 18, 2019
CRISPR gene editing should learn from the Slow Food movement, say Dal researchers Landon Getz and Graham Dellaire. Scientists must allow time for critical conversations and perfecting of techniques before rewriting the source code of humanity.
Friday, March 15, 2019
Ten of Dal's elite graduate students faced off in the finals of Dal's 3 Minute Thesis compeition, with Microbiology and Immunology PhD candidate Adrian Herod taking home the top prize for his presentation on salmonella and food safety.
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
In the next few years, there may be as many as 30 billion different devices connected to the Internet,聽including many everyday objects you find in your home. That poses major challenges for everything from security to reliability 鈥� challenges Computer Science prof Srini Sampalli and his team in the MYTech Lab are working to address.
Monday, March 11, 2019
A 海角社区app pain researcher and a former Much Music-host-turned-parenting-blogger are helping millions of parents around the world learn how to help relieve their children鈥檚 pain with the #ItDoesntHaveToHurt initiative.
Friday, March 8, 2019
March 8 is International Women鈥檚 Day, and Dal leaders and researchers 鈥斅爄ncluding Vice-President Research & Innovation Alice Aiken and Computer Science prof Rita Orji 鈥斅燼re helping lead important community conversations about how research can be harnessed to further equity and social change.