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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
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
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.
Channeling the power of natural killer cells to beat cancer
Channeling the power of natural killer cells to beat cancer
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.
Research project at Dalhousie’s Aquatron lab aims to make kelp farming more sustainable
Research project at Dalhousie’s Aquatron lab aims to make kelp farming more sustainable
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.
Dal Solutions: Researcher tackling violence against women from inside Nova Scotia’s health‑care system
Dal Solutions: Researcher tackling violence against women from inside Nova Scotia’s health‑care system
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.
Dal Solutions: Bringing a sea change to ocean science with the power of artificial intelligence
Dal Solutions: Bringing a sea change to ocean science with the power of artificial intelligence
Thursday, June 27, 2024
Backed by a $2.5-million grant from Canada’s Ocean Supercluster, the Building Bridges research project, led by Dalhousie, is hardwiring the AI revolution and the ocean sector by empowering researchers and industry with new digital tools to gather, analyze and share data.

 

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