A group of scientists from across disciplines and academic institutions in North and South America are revisiting places Charles Darwin explored two centuries ago, and, like him, pondering the connections between the evolution of landscape and of organisms.
After years of dumping, more than 180-million litres of raw sewage have ended up in Halifax Harbour every single day. Now that the Halifax plant, the biggest of the three new sewage plants, has been up and running for the past four months, the amount of sewage headed for the harbour has been cut by half, and the water is starting to improve. Along with his team, David Scott, professor of Earth Sciences at Dalhousie, has recently received $200,000 in funding from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) to study the sediments on the harbour floor and match results with water quality data being collected by HRM.
The catastrophic Indian Ocean event in December 2004 that killed 230,000 people in a dozen countries "“ including 15,000 in India "“ was hardly a one freak occurrence. It could happen again.
Relief is now available for 600 people around the world who suffer from a rare genetic condition triggered by exposure to cold. "It's like you're freezing from the inside out," says Rachel Doherty, who took part in a clinical trial. In proving the effectiveness of anakinra, a Dalhousie dermatology team successfully concluded a 20-year quest to find a treatment for Familial Cold Autoinflammatory Syndrome (FCAS).
A Dalhousie University kinesiology student has been leading a dozen Halifax elementary students in a pogo stick fitness regimen, a workout and sports routine with a little extra bounce. The sessions are testing the health benefits of the familiar childhood toy.
The tropical storm, Saxby Gale struck Sackville, New Brunswick on October 5, 1869, leaving widespread destruction in its wake. Storm surges 1.8 metres tall, combined with a high tide, sent water rushing over the dykes at the Tantramar Marsh. According to the Canadian Hurricane Centre, many people and farm animals drowned in the floods and hundreds of boats were beached when the waters receded.
Dr. Thomas-Houston, assistant professor of anthropology and African-American studies at the University of Florida is a Fulbright University Research Chair in Globalization and Cultural Studies at Dalhousie University in Halifax. She is studying commonalities in the lives of black Nova Scotians and African-Americans in the southern US.
Dalhousie University epidemiologist Dr. Louise Parker, says a vitamin D pill could block the development of some cancers, strengthen bones, prevent multiple sclerosis and alleviate winter depression.
Macleans magazine suggests in the wake of the success of Juno and with news of Jamie Lynn Spears' pregnancy, teen pregnancy is suddenly "cool". Dalhousie University professor Don Langille begs to differ.
Nintendo has marketed the Wii as an engaging new way to get people off the couch and into the action. But does it actually have significant fitness value? Dalhousie researchers find out.
Psychologist Pat McGrath had just returned home to Halifax from yet another conference when he was hit with a realization: it's not enough to do research if no one is benefiting by it. Family Help, an innovative program that delivers the latest research and treatments to the families that need it, via handbooks and videos. Trained coaches reinforce treatments and recommended courses of action are reinforced through weekly telephone contact with parents.
Dalhousie Medical School's Kishore Pasumarthi has discovered a way to use cell-cycle proteins to reactivate cell division in adult heart muscle tissue. He has shown this method can repair heart attack damage and restore lost cardiac function.
A Dalhousie health psychologist is leading a major three-year study of why female heart patients are far less likely than their male counterparts to stick to prescribed cardiac rehabilitation exercise programs. Exercise is critical to the health of women with heart disease, who are at greater risk than men of recurrence following a heart attack.
Star Dalhousie professor awarded McNeil Medal for tireless promotion of science. Renowned Dalhousie chemistry professor Mary Anne White has conducted this simple experiment, an oldie but a goodie, to explain the concept of buoyancy.
Dr. Sara Kirk is a former registered dietician and an expert on the management and prevention of obesity. The new Canada Research Chair in Health Services Research is with Dalhousie's School of Health Services Administration and she points to a huge body of literature that says we need to look at the culture and the environment to get to the root causes of obesity.
Dalhousie Industry Liaison and Innovation has unveiled its "Million Dollar Invention Club," a special award given to university faculty whose research has led to over $1 million in commercial revenues.
Two new studies recommend national and local sport governing bodies can do much more to encourage new Canadians to play sports and serve as coaches.
Dal research demonstrates need for speed restrictions to protect North Atlantic Right Whales in Canadian waters.
PhD student, Cottreau-Robins, is delving into the subject of slavery in post-revolutionary Nova Scotia.
Professor Stephen Brooks has developed a technique to transform digital images into mixed media artwork.
Motivation levels influence one's ability to accurately detect dishonesty, according to a new Dalhousie research study. Results also suggest feedback can reduce such error in judgment, so the findings have many useful applications for police investigations, the legal system, border crossings, customs checkpoints and much more.
Dalhousie professor, Jeff Hutchings, reports on the recent findings of the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. He notes that two species on the edge of extinction have recovered, but many more may be added to the list of species at risk.
It's the fourth leading cause of death among North Americans and costs billions of dollars each year in unnecessary hospitalization. A Dalhousie University researcher's efforts to tackle the widespread issue of medication error has led to his selection as a 2007 Harkness Associate. He's broadening the scope of his studies to see the impact of drug policies on safety and quality of medication use.
The absence of an appropriate naval policy is hampering Canada's ability to preserve its national maritime security and sovereignty, particularly in northern waters, says a new report from Dalhousie's Centre for Foreign Policy Studies. Patrolling the north should now be a government priority, given the lengthened shipping season and increased fishing activity due to global warming effects.
Fewer big sharks in the oceans mean that bay scallops and other shellfish may be harder to find at the market, according to an article in Science, tying two unlikely links in the food web to the same fate. A team ecologists has found that overfishing the largest predatory sharks, such as the bull, great white, dusky, and hammerhead sharks, along the Atlantic Coast of the U.S. has led to an explosion of their ray, skate, and small shark prey species.
Victims of traumatic events do not subconsciously repress the memories but rather recall them with great clarity.
Dalhousie University has become the epicenter for international oceans' research that will change how scientists and world leaders understand and manage pressing global concerns such as fisheries management in the face of climate change.
US academics are moving in growing numbers to Canada to work. We look at some of the reasons why in a trend story that looks at three Canadian universities - Dalhousie, McGill and the University of British Columbia.
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