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Friday, March 13, 2026
Dal research teams are receiving more than $7.3M in Canada Foundation for Innovation support to expand labs and tools driving breakthroughs in water resilience, ocean science, marine tracking, and digital stewardship of Canada’s past
Thursday, March 19, 2026
In this episode of Sciographies, we talk to Maxine Westhead — marine biologist, marine spatial planner, and director of Dalhousie’s Marine Affairs Program (MAP).
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Dr. Kimberley Hall’s Killam fellowship will accelerate her collaboration with NRC partners as they work to advance quantum hardware and strengthen Canada’s future secure‑tech capabilities.
Archives - Research
Thursday, August 8, 2019
It was the sort of finding that was hard to accept, given Dr. Andrew Makrigiannis’s training. But his team’s groundbreaking research on natural killer cells did, in fact, seem to offer a path towards potentially lifesaving cancer treatments.
Tuesday, August 6, 2019
Political Science PhD candidate Andrea Lane is shining a light on women in the Canadian Armed Forces, with research examining how female soldiers integrate into a traditionally male-dominated military culture.
Tuesday, August 6, 2019
Sightings of tropical and subtropical species in local waters are happening more and more often — one of the many indicators of the ongoing effects of climate change, according to Dal researchers.
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Scientists are gathering data on a flea-sized, fat-rich organism that could be key to predicting where North Atlantic right whales search for food, better protecting them against threats like ship strikes and fishing gear entanglements.
Monday, July 22, 2019
Four Dal medical scientists, as well as four clincian scientists with Dal's affiliated hospitals, are pushing their groundbreaking research forward thanks to new funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.