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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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Jasmine Mah and Kaitlin Sibbald
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Because they help to create a shared understanding, metaphors can play a critical role in navigating the gap between the knowledge patients and health-care providers bring, write Jasmine Mah and Kaitlin Sibbald.
Françoise Baylis and Andrew Fenton
Friday, May 13, 2022
The heart used in the first pig-human transplant was infected with a pig virus. This reveals that using other species as organ donors may not provide a solution for organ shortages, writes Dal researchers Françoise Baylis and Andrew Fenton.
Andrew Riley
Friday, May 13, 2022
Four Dal researchers have been a driving force behind Dartmouth-firm Planetary Technologies’ win of the Musk Foundation’s XPRIZE Carbon Removal award. The firm is one of 15 $1-million (USD) milestone award winners selected from a global pool of more than 1,100 teams.
Andrew Riley
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
New projects funded by SSHRC’s Race, Gender and Diversity Initiative are forging university-community partnerships to examine systemic racism in health care and improve the influence of Indigenous leadership in natural resource management.
Alison Auld
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
A conversation with Martha Paynter — PhD candidate, registered Nurse and author of a new book on reproductive health and justice — about what the U.S. Supreme Court's presumed ruling on abortion could mean for reproductive rights on both sides of the border.