Research
Creating a mini‑Madagascar: Researchers finally get the elusive lace plant to seed
By better mimicking native conditions on campus, a multidisciplinary team unlocked seed production in an endangered aquatic plant, strengthening long‑term research, student training, and future discoveries. Read more.
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Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Ģą˝AV researchers are tackling a critical climate question—whether the ocean can safely remove carbon dioxide at scale—while positioning Nova Scotia as a global leader in carbon removal innovation.
Thursday, April 9, 2026
Known for rethinking materials production and championing inclusive science, Dr. Blaine Fiss is gaining global recognition and momentum as he moves toward the next stage of his academic career.
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Ģą˝AV is helping to prepare Canada’s defence community for AI-supported command and control, including fast developing Arctic surveillance scenarios, by simulating how humans and intelligent systems make decisions together under pressure.
Archives - Research
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Researchers and students in Dal's Faculty of Agriculture are studying what we eat, how we produce it and why we choose what we do.
Thursday, November 26, 2015
Biomedical Engineering student Hugo Vihvelin used his internship with local startup (and Dal spinoff) company Daxsonics Ultrasound to develop new health-care applications for his high-efficiency electronics research.
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
This week the university celebrated the launch of the Centre for Transformational Nursing and Health Research, a first for the region that will support Dal Nursing’s “rock stars of research.”
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Jennifer Llewellyn, an internationally recognized expert in restorative justice approaches, was presented with the Correctional Service of Canada's Ron Wiebe Restorative Justice Award last week.
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Bioethicist and Philosophy Professor Françoise Baylis is one of 12 international experts appointed to shape the agenda for next week's global summit on controversial advances in human gene editing.