Research
Capturing the stars from the roof of the world: Dal‑built camera provides new perspective on the universe
A new telescope located 5,600 meters above sea level in the Chilean Andes will give scientists new insights into how galaxies formed beginning in the early universe and how stars are born in our own galaxy. Read more.
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Thursday, April 2, 2026
In this special alumni episode of Sciographies, we sit down with Tina Simpkin (BSc’94, DMet’95), a familiar voice to many Nova Scotians as a meteorologist with CBC.
Monday, March 30, 2026
Connected barns and automated livestock systems are boosting efficiency but also opening the door to cyber threats, writes Dr. Suresh Neethirajan, a Dalhousie researcher working to secure Canada’s digital farms
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.
Archives - Research
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Family physician Rhonda Church and pharmacist Neil MacKinnon have collaborated to demystify the Canadian health-care system.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Oceanography professor Anna Metaxas is part of a scientific cruise investigating the Northeast Channel, Brown's Channel, Jordan Basin, German Bank and Northeast Fan.
Friday, August 6, 2010
Dal's Chris Helland is part of a seven-year research study, the Religion and Diversity Project.
Friday, August 6, 2010
It has long been suspected by scientists that reptiles were the first to make the continental interiors their home. A new discovery of fossilized trackways proves this theory.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Dalhousie researchers show phytoplankton have been in decline globally over the past century.