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
Friday, March 27, 2009
Dalhousie’s Atlantic RURAL Centre’s Environmental Health Laboratory is conducting a half-million-dollar study in Halifax to determine what's in the air we're breathing indoors.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
In his new book We Generation, Prof. Michael Ungar says students can help their parents’ generation “rethink some of our own me-thinking ways.”
Monday, March 23, 2009
Biology professor Mike James explores the dangers of plastic ingestion for leatherbacks
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Psychologist Aaron Newman is using motion capture to better understand sign language and other forms of gesture-based communication.
Friday, March 13, 2009
PhD student Emily Burton is exploring the rise of rum in the region from the early 18th century through to around 1830.