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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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Sara Daniels
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
This week, Dal and SSHRC team up for "Connecting Cultures," a series of panels looking at how digital technologies connect with topics such as the environment, education, social policy and the arts.
Misha Noble-Hearle
Friday, February 28, 2014
Think that exercising can compensate for the amount of time we spend sitting each day? Dal postdoc Travis Saunders says: think again.
Ashley Greene
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Earth Sciences student Andrea Christians received the 2013 Energy Innovation Grant for her work on the evolutionary history of salt structures.
Ryan McNutt
Thursday, February 27, 2014
We speak with last year’s winner, Jacob Cookey, about his advice to grad students preparing for competition on March 4 and 5.
Stephanie Rogers
Friday, February 14, 2014
The Faculty of Agriculture's Vasantha Rupasinghe not only works to identify the disease-fighting potential of apples -- he works to help the regional apple industry become more successful and efficient.