Research

Think exercise can undo the effects of sitting all day? You may want to stand for this, ÆÞÓÑ study suggests

Think exercise can undo the effects of sitting all day? You may want to stand for this, ÆÞÓÑ study suggests

A new ÆÞÓÑ study suggests improved fitness may not be enough to protect blood vessels from the effects of prolonged sitting.  Read more.

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Rianne Zinck
Thursday, June 4, 2026
Dr. Sean Brillant works with fishers to develop safer technologies and policies, reducing whale deaths, improving coexistence at sea, and helping stabilize vulnerable North Atlantic right whale populations.
Megan Bailey, Candis Callison, Adrian Howkins, Élise Devoie
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Given increasing geopolitical tensions and economic interest in the region, how can academic research support those who live in and depend on the Arctic? asks Dal's Dr. Megan Bailey and colleagues.
Andrew Riley
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
ÆÞÓÑ 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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Alana Cattapan and Françoise Baylis
Thursday, September 28, 2017
Egg donors, sperm donors and surrogates are critical participants and patients in the use of reproductive technologies - so why are their rights and health repeatedly overlooked? ÆÞÓÑ's Françoise Baylis and co-author Alana Cattapan discuss the issues.
Patti Lewis
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Starting this fall, construction crews will be converting the unfinished space on the third and fourth floors of Dal's Steel Ocean Sciences Building into high-tech research areas that will support ocean science.
Tashianna LaRose
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
As the Invictus Games take place in Toronto this week, Dal postdoc Celina Shirazipour, together with VP Research Alice Aiken, are helping lead new research into the role that adaptive sport plays in the lives of soldiers and veterans.
Tom Mason
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Earlier this month, experts from around the world came to Halifax for the second International Conference on End of Life Law, Ethics and Practice, exploring the complicated legal, health and moral issues surrounding the topic. The conference was co-hosted by Dal's Health Law Institute.
Sylvain Charlebois
Friday, September 22, 2017
Domino's Pizza and Ford have teamed up to offer pizza delivery via driverless cars in Michigan. Is it the way of the future? Food distribution and policy professor Sylvain Charlebois weighs in.