Dalhousie and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to create a world-class Ocean Studies Centre in Eilat. Dalhousie President Richard Florizone and BGU President Rivka Carmi signed the agreement today in Israel and in the presence of both Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Breaking Bad is wrapping up this week and with Walter White's life collapsing around him, it begs the question: Is "Heisenberg’s" science up to snuff? We put that question to some of Dalhousie's scientific experts.
A massive coordinated ocean sampling effort is being undertaken to map oceanographic properties of the Atlantic shelf from Georgia to Nova Scotia.
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has announced $1.6 million CAD in funding for a new Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) program based at Dalhousie University. The program will support an innovative, transatlantic collaboration with a major German research institute to train the next generation of scientists to tackle oceans challenges across disciplines.
A team including Dalhousie Oceanography Professor Helmuth Thomas and recent Dal Oceanography PhD graduate Elizabeth Shadwick found evidence suggesting that the Arctic Ocean is more vulnerable to human-induced changes than the Antarctic Ocean.
Collecting sediment spanning the past 30,000 years, Dal’s Markus Kienast and an international team of scientists have presented the first global synopsis of available sedimentary nitrogen isotope records from throughout the world’s oceans. Their research provides a bigger picture on the interplay between climate change and ocean biogeochemistry.
Dalhousie University will launch Canada’s first undergraduate degree in Ocean Sciences in the fall of 2013.
Dalhousie has opened a world-class facility that will be the home to some of the world’s leading oceans researchers and projects.
Thanks to unprecedented generosity on the part of alumni, faculty, staff and friends, Bold Ambitions: The Campaign for Dalhousie has exceeded its original $250-million goal. The campaign has raised $280 million, which will directly impact the learning experience for Dalhousie’s students.
Satellite tracking tags used to elucidate the migratory path of American eels from the St. Lawrence River to the Sargasso Sea prematurely detached from the specimens leading investigators to suspect significant predation during the eels' journey. Data from the tags revealed stomach temperatures and dive patterns consistent with porbeagle sharks. In addition to data collected by the satellite tags, only 4% of acoustically tagged eels were detected migrating into the Atlantic Ocean via the Cabot Strait (a major migratory pathway between Nova Scotia and Newfoundland). The study precedes the recent vote by CITES to more strictly enforce protection of five shark species including porbeagle sharks as well as recent international studies on the worldwide decline of sharks.
The world’s shark populations are experiencing significant declines with perhaps 100 million – or more - sharks being lost every year, according to a study published this week in Marine Policy.
Together with an international team of astrophysicists, Dalhousie's Scott Chapman has shed new light on how galaxies formed in the early universe. The discovery suggests that the current model for galaxy formation and evolution needs to be reassessed.
The Archibald Lab at Dalhousie led a team of researchers from across the globe that decoded the genetic blueprints of two tiny organisms, shedding light on a major feat of evolution.
Dalhousie Faculty of Agriculture scientist, Dr. Raj Lada, driven by a commitment to rural sustainability, is providing support and research to innovate the Christmas tree industry in Eastern Canada. Lada has established the first, national (international) Christmas tree Research Centre (CRC) in Truro/Bible Hill.
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and Pratt & Whitney Canada have partnered to award a $1.25 million Industrial Research Chair (IRC) to Dr. Stephen Corbin of Dalhousie's Faculty of Engineering. The Chair will study superalloy bonding as a way to develop stronger, lighter aircraft engine parts using less material and less energy.
Research by Dalhousie University student Katherine Mifflin found that having children watch a video immediately prior to surgery can reduce their anxiety during anesthesia induction, the most stressful time for children throughout the perioperative process. Findings were recently published in the journal Anesthesia and Analgesia.
Two Dalhousie University students from different disciplines come together to design a unique marine-tracking device. The device will collect data by being attached to a fish's tail. By using this technology, which can track up to 500 tail-movements per second, researchers hope to discover more about how a fish's movement relates to its behaviour and growth rate.
The unmanned maritime Wave Glider deployed by Ocean Tracking Network in mid-June returns to Halifax, N.S. after an extended mission in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The technology tested mobile tracking and real time data offload for more comprehensive and efficient data collection.
OTN and IMOS deploy a third and final telemetry array off the coast of Tasmania during an international science collaboration launch at the High Commission of Canada in Canberra on 2 August 2012.
The Canadian Consortium of Ocean Research Universities (CCORU) welcomes the release of Phase 1 of a two phase initiative that identifies the most important research questions that would have the greatest impact on addressing future opportunities and challenges relating to ocean science in Canada.
Wave Glider phase II testing commences in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Researchers monitor trout movement and diet to study causes of declining populations in Norway. The Ocean Tracking Network collaborates on the study by loaning trout monitoring equipment.
The Automotive Partnership Canada (APC) initiative has provided funding to projects at Dalhousie that will "build a better battery" and create ways for Titanium to be more cost-effective and in turn see increased use in the automotive industry, reducing vehicle weight and improving fuel economy.
General Romeo Dallaire has been chosen by Delta Air Lines Inc. and The University of Georgia as the 2012 recipient of the Delta Prize for Global Understanding, donating the cash portion of the prize to Dalhousie University's Child Soldier Initiative
With World Sleep Day around the corner Dalhousie resesrcher Dr. Penny Corkum is encouraging us to think about sleep as an important part of our health cycle. She's the leader of a team of researchers from across Canada who have set out to develop web-based tools for children struggling with behavioural sleep problems. Tools that will help parents and their children have better nights and, in turn, better days.
Dalhousie University researcher Heather Castleden has been invited by the Pictou Landing Native Women's Association (PLNWA) to engage in community-based participatory health research in the area in search of a definitive answer to the question; "Are we getting sick from Boat Harbour?"
Romantic partners are a powerful influence. But a new study conducted by Dalhousie University researchers has revealed that dating couples may have more influence over each other than you think – especially when it comes to binge drinking.
Dalhousie University students will have a new common area, for everything from studying to actively considering new issues and different perspectives thanks to an $8-million gift from Margaret and the late Wallace McCain.
Through a $3-million gift to Dalhousie University's Bold Ambitions Campaign, John McCall MacBain has established the MacBain Chair in Health Law and Policy to honour his late father.
Since the beginning of May, architecture students from Dalhousie University have been working away at a structure in Cheverie, Nova Scotia designed to accommodate a camera obscura which will make a projection of the tide moving the water in and out of the Bay of Fundy.
Researchers at Dalhousie University in Halifax and Stanford University in California concluded a two year study called “Tracking apex marine predator movements in a dynamic ocean” published in the science journal Nature released June 22.
Beer undergoes a lot research before the glass touches your lips, and one of the few Canadian scientists to pursue such research is Dalhousie professor Alex Speers. With a PhD from the University of British Columbia in brewing science, Dr. Speers is only the second person in Canada to be recognized as a Fellow by the Institute of Brewing and Distilling.
A groundbreaking collaborative marine research and innovation vehicle that brings together a number of partners from industry, government and the post secondary education system has been launched on Canada's east coast.
Dr. Sara Iverson from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia is able to determine what predators at the top of the food chain are eating, and by extension, how their diet has changed due to changes in ecosystems.
A group of marine researchers and scientists have banded together for one purpose: to fight for protected areas of the ocean to ensure they are free of harmful industrial activities.
Dr. Afua Cooper was officially announced as the new James R. Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology. This is Dalhousie’s third appointment to the chair.
Dalhousie PhD student Shane Gero has recently returned from a seven-week visit to Dominica. He has been travelling to the Caribbean island since 2005 to study families of sperm whales, usually spending two to four months of each year working on the Dominica Sperm Whale Project. One of the goals of this project is to record and compare whale calls over time, examining the various phrases and dialects of sperm whale communities.
A new research paper from an international and interdisciplinary team, published in the journal Ecography, has uncovered the mystery behind the relationship between the duration of the open water period and the geographic coverage of marine species.
Royal wedding dresses have a long and storied history - top of mind as the world speculates on what Kate Middleton will wear as she walks down the aisle, says writer Marilyn Smulders.
Using the arts and humanities to inspire multi-layered understandings of the experience of illness and health is the primary focus of Dalhousie University Medical School’s Medical Humanities Program. For the past five months, the Program’s Artist in Residence, Julie Adamson Miller has embraced this challenge by engaging the hearts and minds of Dal medical students in a variety of innovative ways.
In an unprecedented collaborative analysis published in the journal PlosBiology, scientists from 49 nations demonstrated that the ability of reef fish systems to produce goods and services to humanity increases rapidly with the number of species. However, growing human populations hamper the ability of reefs to function normally, and counterintuitively, the most diverse reef fish systems suffer the greatest impairments from stressors triggered by human populations.
Dalhousie University math professor Jason Brown attracted international attention in 2008 when he solved the mystery behind the opening chord of A Hard Day’s Night using mathematical calculations. Now, he's plumbing the secrets of Strawberry Fields Forever in a new paper published by the Canadian Mathematical Society.
Researchers have developed a device to help reduce the occurrence of post-operative cognitive decline, a condition that affects memory and concentration.
Canada's national parks have seen many changes in the 100 years they have been around. Our national parks and Canadians' connections to them have helped shaped Canada's national identity.
Dalhousie University researchers have completed a study, published in the Drug and Alcohol Review, that investigates drinking patterns when alcohol and caffeinated energy drinks were combined. They have found that energy drinks basically doubled the amount that people reported drinking alcoholic beverages.
A brand-new bacterial species has been found aboard the RMS Titanic, which is contributing to its deterioration. The discovery by a team led by researchers at Dalhousie University reveals a potential new microbial threat to the exterior of ships and underwater metal structures such as oil rigs.
Rob Adamson will be speaking at this year’s Major Acoustical Science and Technology Conference in Cancun, Mexico from November 15-19. The conference is hosted by the Acoustical Society of America (ASA), the Mexican Institute of Acoustics (IMA), and the Iberoamerican Federation of Acoustics (FIA). The conference is focused on the latest innovations in the field of acoustics, also known as the science of sound. A broad range of topics will be discussed including architecture, animal communications, engineering, oceanography, medicine, music and psychology.
Dalhousie researchers are studying and learning more about the endangered species of the Northern Bottlenose Whale. This population is important to study because of the potential for negative impacts on the species from offshore oil and gas exploration. The Northern Bottlenose Whale is somewhat elusive due to their habitat and behaviors.
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