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Dalhousie University neurosurgeon, Ivar Mendez is sharing his knowledge in neurosurgery, medical care and technique with doctors in Rwanda, Bolivia, China, Cuba and remotes parts of Canada.

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Dalhousie University professor Simon Sherry has studied psychology professors working in universities throughout North America, evaluating them on a continuum of perfectionistic traits and correlating this with their research productivity.

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Nathan Pelletier and Peter Tyedmers of the Dalhousie University School for Resource and Environmental Studies have released a paper focusing on the environmental implications of the livestock industry. The paper illustrates a number of worrying statistics that call into question the sustainability of the livestock industry. If we continue to increase our consumption of livestock, we will fatally impact our environment on a local and global scale.

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Dalhousie University's newest academic building, is also the greenest place on campus and sets a new standard for green buildings in the university community.

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Take as Directed is a book for Canadians about the health care system written by Dalhousie pharmacist Neil MacKinnon. Many patients are not aware of the medications they are taking or the doses. This lack of knowledge can lead to adverse drug reactions that are entirely preventable. The book seeks to empower Canadians and to arm them with the knowledge so they know what questions to ask.

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It has long been suspected by scientists that reptiles were the first to make the continental interiors their home. A new discovery of trackways proves this theory.

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In an unprecedented effort that will be published online on the 28th of July by the international journal Nature, a team of scientists mapped and analyzed global biodiversity patterns for over 11,000 marine species ranging from tiny zooplankton to sharks and whales. The researchers found striking similarities among the distribution patterns, with temperature strongly linked to biodiversity for all thirteen groups studied.

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Intein, once thought to be nothing more than a molecular parasite or a harmless hitchhiker, is today an invaluable tool in the ever-important field of protein research says Dalhousie University researcher Paul Liu. It could even be the key to creating man-made spider-silk.

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Tarzan’s creator, Edgar Rice Burroughs, helped invent the modern media blitz says Dalhousie Professor Jason Haslam. He notes that Burroughs was a very canny marketer and publicist and that Tarzan was one of the first – if not the first – mass marketed figures. Dr. Haslam recently edited an Oxford University Press edition of Burroughs’ 1914 novel, Tarzan of the Apes.

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Last year, Jordan Malachi Ray was diagnosed with a form of bone cancer called osteosarcoma. His life-long dream has been to one day be a doctor; accordingly, he has been named an honorary member of the Dalhousie Medical School Class of 2010.

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Renowned Halifax neurosurgeon Dr. Ivar Mendez has been named one this year’s Scotiabank 10 most influential Hispanic Canadians.

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Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia continues to lead on sustainable issues as the university has prepared new anti-idling guidelines for vehicles operating on campus.

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Dalhousie University is celebrating the appointment of Dr. Doug Wallace as the university's first Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Ocean Science and Technology. His appointment will be accompanied by $10 million in federal government funding.

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Despite reduced catches in Canada since 1992, cod are now at such historically low levels that they may no longer be able to replace themselves in their ecosystem, increasing the chances the species could face extinction according to Dalhousie University researcher, Jeffrey Hutchings.

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Dr. Melanie Keats, a professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and a two-time cancer survivor, has embarked on a major research initiative which sets out to optimize the quality of life of childhood cancer survivors by getting them active.

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A Dalhousie University researcher argues that promoting individual learning and innovation over cultural conformity isn’t just valuable to a society’s success, it may be essential to its very survival.

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A Dalhousie University surgeon collaborates with mechanical engineering students to find a femur fix.

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Researchers at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia use animation to shine a light on homeless youth.

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A Dalhousie University researcher is studying how restricting sleep affects the behaviors, cognition and emotions of children aged eight to 12 years old.

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Dalhousie engineering professor Larry Hughes suggests that Atlantic Canada is at severe risk to major changes in global oil trade due to the region's increasing dependence on international supplies of oil.

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As the first student to enroll in Dalhousie University's new master’s of musicology program, Eric Hardiman also aims to bring recognition to heavy metal music.

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After being locked for over 250 years, tectonic plates along the Enriquillo Plantain Garden Fault finally slipped free, triggering a massive earthquake, devastating the nation of Haiti.

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During the Paleozoic era, the evolution of complex land plants forced the evolution of rivers from nothing but vast braided streams to the variety of different forms and sizes we see today according to researchers at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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ACORN-NS, Atlantic Canada Organization of Research Networks in Nova Scotia, and CANARIE Inc. have partnered to bullfrogpower their operations collocated at Dalhousie University in Halifax Nova Scotia, with 100 per cent clean, renewable energy through Bullfrog Power.

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Dr. Donald Weaver, a Halifax researcher with unmatched credentials, received the Prix Galien Research Award at a ceremony in Ottawa last night. Known as the Nobel Prize of pharmaceutical research, this award is the highest distinction worldwide for biopharmaceutical work.

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A Dalhousie researcher is studying methods to help alleviate fears of needles.

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A scholarly article “Avoiding panic in pandemics,” offers the first comprehensive, international baseline evidence about background illness and sudden death rates in healthy populations.

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Dalhousie University researcher Mark Petter has been looking into whether dogs can recognize if humans had the intention of deceiving them. His results have been published in Behavioural Processes magazine.

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The Canadian Aerosol Research Network (CARN) has been started with $15 million in funding. The money will go toward creating infrastructure for the Atlantic Aerosol Research Centre.

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Dalhousie University has developed a new best practices guide for industrial parks on how to reduce water consumption.

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Marine ecologist Boris Worm and fisheries scientist Ray Hilborn go from rivals to friends and team on a global study that shows fisheries management is the key to saving global fish stocks.

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Researchers in Dalhousie University's School of Human Communication Disorders are researching the similarities and differences between dialects in the province, which say a lot about the culture, history and politics of Nova Scotia.

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Researcher Nicole Landry's findings on teenage girl aggression, based on her master's thesis, have just been published in the book, The Mean Girl Motive: Negotiating Power and Femininity (Halifax: Fernwood Publishing).

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The sustainability of fisheries depends on the transparency with which coastal states incorporate scientific advice into policies, reports a study published in the journal Plos Biology.

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Masters student at Dalhousie University wins a national myth-busting competition for his research contending that non-urgent patients are not the main reason why emergency departments are so crowded.

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The Pathways to Resilience Project is comparing kids who thrive with those who struggle. The goal of the three-year study is to learn what patterns of formal service and informal support work best in different cultural contexts to mitigate risk and promote well-being.

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Dalhousie University's Eco-Efficiency Centre, located in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, now offers a cost-free carbon footprint calculator for small- and medium-sized businesses in Canada.

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Researchers from Dalhousie, McMaster, and McGill universities are leading a new study will increase the understanding of common health problems affecting seniors in one of the most comprehensive studies on aging ever undertaken.

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After setting the world on fire with his groundbreaking research that deconstructed the opening chord to The Beatles' A Hard Days Night, Dalhousie matrh professor Jason Brown is now out to apply mathematical principles to determine what makes the blues, "the blues."

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Dalhousie University Biology Professor Ron O'Dor named Environmental Scientist of the Year by Canadian Geographic.

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Dalhousie professor Dr. Jill Grant is setting out to study the suburbs - why are people moving there, what they they hope to find there and what does it mean to urban centres?

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Dr. Tibbo, who holds the Dr. Paul Janssen Chair in Psychotic Disorders at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, says misconceptions around terms like "psychotic" and "psychopath" may actually hinder the recognition, diagnosis and early treatment of people who are experiencing psychosis.

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A student at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia is bringing understanding to the troubling problem of ocean acidification due to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide.

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Every day, pharmacists sidestep potential mix-ups while they're filling prescriptions and in most cases, errors are caught and corrected before that pill bottle ever reaches the customer. But now, for the first time, those near-misses are being reported to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) Canada in a unique pilot project called SafetyNET.

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A newly-published study at Dalhousie University shows why individuals with a high degree of perfectionism are often setting themselves up for a host of physical, emotional and mental problems"“ particularly related to binge eating.

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Leatherbacks are the largest turtles on Earth with evolutionary roots that go back more than 100 million years. But their numbers, particularly in the Pacific, are declining at an alarming rate due to egg harvest, fishery bycatch, coastal development, and highly variable food availability. A Dalhousie University team is conducting leading research on the turtles, including attaching satelite transmitters that are the basis for tracking them in the Great Turtle Race.

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Dalhousie Medical School cancer researcher Dr. Patrick Lee has proven that a common virus can infect and kill breast cancer stem cells. This breakthrough finding is published in the current issue of Molecular Therapy, the prestigious journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy.

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The "˜carbon sink' in the North Atlantic is the primary gate for carbon dioxide (CO2) entering the global ocean and stores it for about 1500 years. The oceans have removed nearly 30 per cent of anthropogenic (man-made) emissions over the last 250 years. However, several recent studies show a dramatic decline in the North Atlantic Ocean's carbon sink.

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Cancer research in Maritime Canada took an important step forward today, with the launch of the Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute in Halifax. The new institute is named in honour of the late Beatrice Hunter of River John, Nova Scotia. Ten years ago, Mrs. Hunter bequeathed $12.5 million to the Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation for cancer research, in memory of her parents, Dr. Owen and Mrs. Pearle Cameron.

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Dr. Anthony Stewart, an Associate Professor of English at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, has penned a pointed critique of the university system and the challenges evident in integration at post secondary institutions.