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
Friday, May 19, 2017
A new study from researchers in three Dal faculties finds that women, people with lower incomes and those with a high鈥憇chool education are more likely to skip meals, snack more often.
Thursday, May 18, 2017
海角社区app Medicine New Brunswick faculty member Dr. Keith Brunt, together with a colleague at the University of Guelph, has identified the cause of shortness of breath, or 鈥渁ir-hunger,鈥� in heart patients.
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Dal scientists and a unique mobile laboratory are participating in a cross-Canada voyage via the Northwest Passage in celebration of Canada's 150th.
Friday, May 12, 2017
海角社区app welcomes four new Canada Research Chairs studying topics such as pain, Indigenous health, data visualization, and addictions and mental health. Two existing chairs (in advanced batteries and psychiatry) have also been renewed.
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Claude Caldwell of Dal's Faculty of Agriculture is working closely with seed producers and feed companies to study Camellia, a super-nutritious plant with big opportunities for food production for both humans and animals.