Research
Think exercise can undo the effects of sitting all day? You may want to stand for this, Dalhousie University study suggests
A new Dalhousie University study suggests improved fitness may not be enough to protect blood vessels from the effects of prolonged sitting. Read more.
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Thursday, June 4, 2026
Dr. Sean Brillant works with fishers to develop safer technologies and policies, reducing whale deaths, improving coexistence at sea, and helping stabilize vulnerable North Atlantic right whale populations.
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Given increasing geopolitical tensions and economic interest in the region, how can academic research support those who live in and depend on the Arctic? Dal's Dr. Megan Bailey and colleagues consider.
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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Wednesday, April 15, 2009
By closely following the daily activities of a large group of undergraduates, psychology professor Simon Sherry believes he's identified why perfectionism results in binge eating.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Patrick Lee, the Cameron Chair in Basic Cancer Research at Dalhousie Medical School, announces breakthrough in breast cancer research.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Dalhousie students are testing the health benefits of Wii and another video game prototype called MOVES.
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.”