Research

Some health products haven't been tested for the benefits that they claim to produce. Blue-light blocking lenses are promoted as helping sleep cycles, but there is no evidence to support this, writes PhD candidate Tareq Yousef.

After months of sheltering in place and physical distancing, many school children will be heading back to the classroom next week. Professor Sara Kirk provides perspective on the challenges kids may face and how parents and educators can help.

Dal grad student Stefan Heinze-Milne and colleague Phillip Joy explain how dealized standards for muscular, fat-free male bodies may be fuelling the use of SARMs (selective androgen receptor modulators), unapproved muscle-building drugs that are easily available online.

An enormous amount of fishing gear is cut loose in the ocean each year. The losses cut into fishers' profits and kill marine wildlife. Now, Dal researchers are part of a new project that aims to get ghost gear out of the ocean.

Researchers at Dalhousie are the recipients of $1.5 million in funding through the Canadian Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund that will help acquire the cutting-edge tools they need to push research and innovation forward.