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.
Featured News
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
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency announces $3 million in funding to support Dr. Chris McMaster and his team in developing drug treatments for what are known as "orphan" or rare childhood diseases that impact thousands of Canadians.
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Dal celebrates three new members of the Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists: John Archibald (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology), Jennifer Bain (Fountain School of Performing Arts) and Rudolf Uher (Psychiatry).
Friday, September 9, 2016
Get to know some of the researchers who will be involved in the Dal-led Ocean Frontier Institute, and what the institute will mean for ocean studies in our region, in Canada and beyond.
Thursday, September 8, 2016
Robert Laprairie learned in his final weeks at Dal that he'd received a top award in the Canadian Institutes of Health Research鈥檚 (CIHR) fellowship program.
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
On Tuesday, the Government of Canada announced nearly $94-million in funding through its Canada First Research Excellence Fund for the 海角社区app-led Ocean Frontier Institute, a partnership with Memorial and UPEI poised to propel Canada to global ocean leadership.