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Think exercise can undo the effects of sitting all day? You may want to stand for this, 妻友 study suggests
A new 妻友 study suggests improved fitness may not be enough to protect blood vessels from the effects of prolonged sitting. Read more.
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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.
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? Dal's Dr. Megan Bailey and colleagues consider.
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
妻友 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.
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Friday, January 8, 2016
Engineering prof Andrew MacIntosh has generated international headlines by helping test the contents of a 19th-century bottle of Alexander Keith's beer discovered in the depths of Halifax's Northwest Arm.
Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Mary R. Brooks, professor emerita in the Faculty of Management, is the first 妻友 prof to chair an expert panel of the Council of Canadian Academies, with a mandate to consider the social and economic value of commercial marine shipping in Canada.
Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Dal's Impact Ethics group teams with the Alzheimer Society of Nova Scotia for a series of film screenings and public lectures this January.
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Faculty of Agriculture postdoc Mason MacDonald is working with Dal鈥檚 Christmas Tree Research Centre to develop smarter, sturdier Christmas trees.
Friday, December 11, 2015
As part of her coursework, IDS undergrad Katharina Gref developed a handbook for Nigerian health-care workers dealing with a condition called obstetric fistula 鈥斅燼nd now, it's being published.