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Where ideas meet impact: Startup aims to revolutionize water testing with a digital device

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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Matt Reeder
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
A new lab established at Dalhousie this week has partnered with a local energy provider to explore applications of green hydrogen that could assist Nova Scotia in its efforts to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Enoch Ng
Friday, February 16, 2024
Dalhousie's Dr. Jon Bailey and his team of researchers navigate the world of anesthesia in microgravity, setting out to make surgery and pain management a reality in the cosmic operating room.
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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
A startup spun out of a Dalhousie lab has spearheaded a bold new approach to tissue engineering that's making waves in the burgeoning medical research sector.
Penney Miller
Monday, February 12, 2024
Dalhousie's Dr. Vincent Agyapong leads research with Wellness4MDs, a program aimed at helping Canadian physicians, residents and medical students reduce stress, depression and burnout.
Genevieve MacIntyre
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Carnival From the Ground Up, a new exhibition of 70 photographs and stories on display in New Orleans now, pays tribute to the people who make the city's carnival by hand and who take it to the streets on foot.