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Capturing the stars from the roof of the world: Dal‑built camera provides new perspective on the universe

Capturing the stars from the roof of the world: Dal‑built camera provides new perspective on the universe

A new telescope located 5,600 meters above sea level in the Chilean Andes will give scientists new insights into how galaxies formed beginning in the early universe and how stars are born in our own galaxy.  Read more.

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Kenneth Conrad
Thursday, April 9, 2026
Known for rethinking materials production and championing inclusive science, Dr. Blaine Fiss is gaining global recognition and momentum as he moves toward the next stage of his academic career.
Suresh Neethirajan
Thursday, April 16, 2026
Canada has the research capacity, agricultural diversity and governance credibility to shape this emerging field — if it acts early, argues Dal's Dr. Suresh Neethirajan in Policy Options..
Andrew Riley
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
º£½ÇÉçÇøapp is helping to prepare Canada’s 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.

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Melanie Jollymore
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Between Halifax and Saint John, more than a dozen different º£½ÇÉçÇøapp heart disease researchers are being supported by this year's Molly Appeal fundraising campaign for the º£½ÇÉçÇøapp Medical Research Foundation.
Kathryn Morse
Monday, October 19, 2015
The Aboriginal Children’s Hurt and Healing (ACHH) art project, an initiative co-led by the School of Nursing's Margot Latimer, is one of several projects selected to compete for $35,000 in crowdfunding through Operation Blue Sky and HeroX.
Ryan McNutt
Friday, October 16, 2015
"Racism is Killing Us Softly," a series that began with Social Work prof Wanda Thomas Bernard's research into connections between health and racism, continues this fall with a variety of topics.
Melanie Jollymore
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Collaborators in Dal's Department of Medical Neuroscience have illuminated a way stimulate muscles that have been disconnected from the nervous system through injury or illnesses such as ALS.
Melanie Jollymore
Friday, October 2, 2015
º£½ÇÉçÇøapp Medical School's Dr. Lisa Barrett is lead investigator of a groundbreaking hepatitis C immunity study in PEI’s provincial correctional centre.