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Think exercise can undo the effects of sitting all day? You may want to stand for this, AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ study suggests
A new AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ study suggests improved fitness may not be enough to protect blood vessels from the effects of prolonged sitting. Read more.
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Thursday, June 4, 2026
Dr. Sean Brillant works with fishers to develop safer technologies and policies, reducing whale deaths, improving coexistence at sea, and helping stabilize vulnerable North Atlantic right whale populations.
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Given increasing geopolitical tensions and economic interest in the region, how can academic research support those who live in and depend on the Arctic? Dal's Dr. Megan Bailey and colleagues consider.
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ 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.
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Wednesday, April 29, 2020
The bestselling novel turned film exposes paradoxes of fixing a broken system with its own tools, writes adjunct professor Tom Ue. As we collectively meditate on the world's problems, why not imagine better worlds?
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Susan Kirkland, head of Dal’s Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, is co-lead of a new national study collecting data on aging adults’ experience during COVID-19.
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Drug users are already among the most marginalized and stigmatized populations in times without a pandemic, writes research coordinator Matthew Bonn. Unless we decriminalize drug use, once again they will bear the brunt of another deadly disease.
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Researchers at AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ are using algorithms and machine learning to listen for the distinct calls of one of the world’s most endangered animals in a bid to identify where they are and shield them from one of their greatest threats.
Monday, April 27, 2020
From cholera outbreaks to public health actions, war metaphors have long been used to describe diseases, writes English Professor Julia Wright. They show what we fear and help to explain our world to ourselves.