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Popular workout supplement may blunt heart benefits of exercise in females, Dalhousie study finds

Popular workout supplement may blunt heart benefits of exercise in females, Dalhousie study finds

Dalhousie research suggests a popular nitrate supplement may hinder key exercise-driven heart improvements in females, highlighting overlooked sex differences and raising questions about long-term cardiovascular effects.  Read more.

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Kenneth Conrad
Friday, May 1, 2026
By better mimicking native conditions on campus, a multidisciplinary team unlocked seed production in an endangered aquatic plant, strengthening long‑term research, student training, and future discoveries.
Andrew Riley
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Dalhousie researchers are tackling a critical climate question—whether the ocean can safely remove carbon dioxide at scale—while positioning Nova Scotia as a global leader in carbon removal innovation.
Andrew Riley
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Dalhousie 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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Ken Conrad
Monday, March 30, 2020
Earlier this month, Interdisciplinary PhD student Mehrnaz Ashrafi became the first ever Dalhousie PhD student to defend their thesis remotely after her defence was moved online due to COVID-19. Learn what advice she has for other students who will be doing the same in the coming weeks.
Emma Geldart
Thursday, March 12, 2020
PhD student Sopie Watts is spending a semester in Auckland, New Zealand developing and testing gene-editing tools to help improve and transform apple crops.
Niecole Killawee
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Student Ashley MacDonald studies why Canadians are throwing away so much food — and how food waste prevention and management strategies can be improved to address the problem.
Claire Bodkin, Matthew Bonn, Sheila Wildeman
Monday, March 9, 2020
Urgently needed treatment for opioid use disorder is often denied to incarcerated people, feeding the crisis in prisons and jails, according to Dal researchers.
Alison Auld
Friday, March 6, 2020
Three Dalhousie projects have received a total of $1.9 million through CIHR's Novel Coronavirus Rapid Research Funding Opportunity — an initiative supporting development, testing and implementation of measures to address the global outbreak. Learn how Dal researchers are working to provide better support for emergency room doctors, examine public policy impacts and address stigmas and misinformation.