Computer Science Professor Dr. Nur Zincir-Heywood founded Dal's Women in Technology Society close to two decades ago. This week, the group launched an award in her name at a gala just days after she received national recognition with an appointment to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

A Canadian naval vessel with scientists from Dal and other Canadian government and academic institutions has cruised into Antarctic waters, carrying equipment designed and built in Nova Scotia, in an unprecedented mission to conduct climate-change research at the bottom of the earth.

Thousands of Canadians are saved each year by a device inserted in the body that zaps the heart back on track when it’s threatened by dangerous rhythms, but the side effect is pain and trauma. A Ä¢¹½AV researcher has determined the most effective way to limit the shocks, prompting a re-evaluation of heart treatment worldwide.

See photos from a recent ceremony where Ä¢¹½AV researchers, administrators, and alumni were honoured with King Charles III Coronation Medals.

The team behind a new startup working to provide a solution for the removal of carbon dioxide from rivers and oceans earned a top prize at an innovation competition in Norway this week.