Research
Where ideas meet impact: Startup aims to revolutionize water testing with a digital device
Tech startup Drinkable Water Solutions leveraged various Dalhousie programs in its mission to transform consumer water testing with a handheld digital device that detects a wide range of toxic elements whose presence means the difference between safe and unsafe drinking water. Read more.
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Monday, June 17, 2024
Dr. Jeanette Boudreau's research aims to mobilize natural killer cells to target hard-to-treat cancers, super-charging the immune system to recognize the signals these tumours emit and then destroy them.
Friday, June 21, 2024
Kelp provides habitats for marine creatures and increasingly serves as an important food source globally. Learn how Dal researchers are using Canada’s largest university aquatic research facility to transform how this brown algae is grown.
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Community health researcher Dr. Alexa Yakubovich is addressing Nova Scotia’s high rate of violence against women by embedding within IWK Health to work more closely with front-line health professionals.
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Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Climate and investment laws must align for the global south to get climate justice and achieve net-zero emissions.
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Three exceptional Dalhousie researchers were included by world-leading data analytics company Clarivate in its annual list of Highly Cited Researchers for 2023.
Monday, December 18, 2023
Researchers at Dalhousie and the University of Oxford examined how refugees were received in Canada and the UK, finding low reception rates in both countries and limited pathways for settlement.
Monday, December 18, 2023
Saving those swept into the sea. Distant marine food source clogged with microplastics. Winter offers no defence against Lyme-infected ticks. World's most voracious predators? It's us. Combatting stress linked to cancer.
Monday, December 18, 2023
Dalhousie professor Dr. Paul Bentzen is in a race against time. Supported by a team of researchers and students, he’s breeding and studying the Atlantic Whitefish with the goal of bringing it back from the brink of extinction.