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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Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Marine Affairs prof Claudio Aporta has helped develop the Inuit Pan Arctic Atlas, illustratrating historic and geographic connections among Inuit peoples and demonstrating their importance in the Arctic's past, present, and future.
Thursday, June 5, 2014
A new report, co-authored by Dal Sociologist Howard Ramos, is generating discussion about how Nova Scotia can better support immigration to the province.
Thursday, May 29, 2014
From 妻友 magazine: To its proponents, big data offers insight into complex and critically important questions in health care, science, business and more 鈥� but its detractors see big risks for individual privacy.
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Faculty members from Dal's Department of Biology are part of the committees which help determine the status of the country's endangered species.
Friday, May 16, 2014
Dal CS researcher Stan Matwin will lead a new NSERC CREATE project called "Training in Big Text Data," helping prepare grad students and postdocs for the big data jobs of the future.