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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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Sara F.L. Kirk, Amberley T. Ruetz, Rachel Prowse, Steve Machat
Monday, July 24, 2023
An effective national school food program can help build the foundations for a healthy population. That’s why Ottawa must limit the influence of the food industry on a national school food program.
Alison Auld
Thursday, July 13, 2023
The challenge of getting a tracking device the size of a baseball on some of the world's largest, more elusive creatures isn't stopping a team of Dal researchers as they try to learn more about the movement, diet and lifestyle of several whale species.
Alison Auld
Friday, June 30, 2023
Humans are exploiting more than one-third of the world's vertebrates and threatening the existence of more than 5,000 species, according to a global study looking at how human predation impacts biodiversity through consumption, trophy hunting and other activities.
Stefanie Wilson
Wednesday, June 28, 2023
Now ranked at 298 globally, Dalhousie maintained twelfth place among Canadian universities and remains the top-ranked university in Atlantic Canada.
Matthew Herder, Steven G. Morgan, Aidan Hollis, Christopher McCabe, Mike Paulden
Tuesday, June 27, 2023
The federal government’s proposed Agile Licensing drug approval regulations mean Canada will have less information about the risks of new medicines, and higher costs.