Research
Meet ÃÀÅ®×ö°®â€™s most recent Royal Society of Canada inductees
Three ÃÀÅ®×ö°® researchers—Jennifer Bain, Mark Stradiotto, and Finlay Maguire—join the Royal Society of Canada, honoured for groundbreaking work in musicology, sustainable chemistry, and infectious disease genomics. Read more.
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Thursday, November 6, 2025
Global bioethics leader steps into a pivotal national role, aiming to deepen public trust in research, amplify Canadian voices on the world stage, and champion science for societal good.
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Canada’s fragmented approach to mining assessments has left regulators, communities and industry working with incomplete information as they head into a modern mining rush, write Dal's Alana Westwood and Ben Collison in a new commentary piece for Policy Options.
Monday, October 20, 2025
Science student May Engelhardt visited Sable Island this month, where she spent the day carrying out research to support conservation efforts.
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Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Through hard work and perseverance, Medical Sciences student Diana Adamo has overcome substantial challenges in her own family life to carve a path forward to academic success and community impact.
Monday, November 20, 2023
As seas rise, it is clear that traditional coastal defence approaches are unable to keep pace. Nature-based solutions offer considerable potential to protect coasts, people and biodiversity.
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Dal PhD candidate Joseph Bedard won the prestigious Falling Walls global competition in Berlin, Germany last week for his pitch on using air to create plastics. Read our Q&A with this researcher on the rise.
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Wild Atlantic salmon and fish friends cool off in engineered thermal refuges during lengthy trek to spawning grounds in rivers that are becoming warmer and less hospitable to cold-loving species.
Thursday, November 9, 2023
A ÃÀÅ®×ö°® lab built a mock MRI machine to prepare kids to participate in their reading comprehension study. Now, they’re offering the equipment up for use by other researchers who need to build kids’ capacity for ‘lying-still-time.’