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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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By Andy Murdoch
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Dal researcher Daniela Turk discovers that rain turns the Western Equatorial Pacific Ocean into a carbon sink capable of absorbing CO2.
By Melanie Jollymore
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Dalhousie professors Rob Brownstone and Jim Fawcett receive Canada’s top honour for excellence in spinal cord research.
By Amanda Pelham
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Perfectionism is revealed as a double-edged sword among perfectionist psychology professors.
By Marilyn Smulders
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Researching northern bottlenose whales isn't easy because they spend so much of their time far below the surface of the ocean. But that hasn't deterred Hilary Moors.
By Amanda Pelham
Friday, October 29, 2010
A revolutionary approach to ‘reading’ texts can put the knowledge of an entire library at the fingertips of humanist scholars.