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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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Cheryl Bell
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Biofix Medical Technologies, a start-up company founded by Dentistry postdoc Caitlin Pierlot and her Dal colleagues, is the winner of the 2015 BioNova BioInnovation Challenge.
Paige Black
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
In a new book, Brenda Beagan of Dal's School of Occupational Therapy shares research into the relationship between gender and how we think about and choose our food.
Ryan McNutt
Monday, November 16, 2015
Jeremy Schmidt, who spent the past year as a Banting Fellow with Dalhousie's Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, is the 2015 recipient of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada's Talent Award.
Ryan McNutt
Monday, November 2, 2015
As the oneNS Coalition rolls out its action plan, we look at how Dalhousie is positioning itself to play a crucial part in shaping the development of a stronger province.
Ryan McNutt
Friday, October 30, 2015
English Professor Julia Wright explores how it is that uncanny monsters, creepy houses and other Gothic motifs continue to dominate popular fiction.