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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Friday, March 4, 2022
Rita Orji, Canada Research Chair in Persuasive Technology and an associate professor in the Faculty of Computer Science, is one of 39 new Global Young Academy members — and one of only two new members from a Canadian institution this year.
Thursday, March 3, 2022
Sarah Fortune, who has built her career investigating some of the world's largest mammals and how changing environmental conditions affect their behaviour, is the recipient of the new Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) Chair in Large Whale Conservation — a partnership between CWF and Dal.
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
A team of researchers from Dalhousie and other Canadian organizations has discovered what could be the first link between a case of COVID-19 in deer and humans, suggesting in a new paper that the virus can be transmitted from wildlife to people.
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
The 2022 cohort of the OpenThink Initiative consists of 15 PhD students from across Dalhousie with varying research interests and an enthusiasm for sharing their ideas with the public.
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
The Food Lab, refreshed and enhanced during re-construction after a 2018 fire, offers an upgraded space for everything from a course on wine preparation to experiments in darkening potatoes.