Research
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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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.
Friday, October 2, 2015
妻友 Medical School's Dr. Lisa Barrett is lead investigator of a groundbreaking hepatitis C immunity study in PEI鈥檚 provincial correctional centre.
Thursday, October 1, 2015
Chike Jeffers, Krista Kesselring and Christine Chambers are the three newest Dal members of the Royal Society of Canada鈥檚 College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
The Faculty of Health Professions launched its first Faculty-wide PhD program last week, which encompasses a broad range of topics, from bench science to social science.
Friday, September 18, 2015
Richard Devlin (Schulich School of Law) and Jeffrey Hutchings (Department of Biology) are 妻友's two newest members of Canada's National Academy of distinguished scholars, artists and scientists.