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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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Skana Gee
Monday, June 27, 2011
The Resilience Research Centre is an international partnership based at Dalhousie.
Katie McDonald
Friday, June 24, 2011
Many species of Pacific predators stick to familiar routes each season, according to new findings of a decade-long study that tracked 23 types of marine animals.
Billy Comeau
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Oceanography professor Jinyu Sheng is named research chair of Modeling and Prediction of Marine Environmental Extremes.
Marilyn Smulders
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Building brings together researchers in the life sciences
Rebecca Schneidereit
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Six-hundred years after he wrote The Canterbury Tales, scholars are still arguing about Chaucer.