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Inside the lives of Dal's leading scientists: Sciographies launches season six
Sciographies, a popular podcast and radio show, invites listeners to explore the lives, research, and motivations of some of Ä¢¹½AV’s most fascinating scientists returns for a brand-new season. Read more.
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Thursday, September 19, 2024
Dr. Elaine Craig's Mainstreaming Porn: Sexual Integrity and the Law Online explores how law, policy, and social measures can address the harmful consequences of algorithm-driven mainstream porn.
Monday, September 23, 2024
Dal researchers are trying to better understand the potential relationship between cannabis use and brain development in teens, particularly among those who've experienced psychotic-like experiences.
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Artificial intelligence tools are power hungry, generating huge emissions through electricity consumption. Computer Science's Dr. Tushar Sharma is striving to clean them up.
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Thursday, May 2, 2024
Researchers have found that reclusive, deep-sea dwelling beaked whales are exposed to 14 human-made threats despite being found in habitats far from cities, ports and other populous areas.
Thursday, May 2, 2024
Hundreds of members of the Dal community converged on the Weldon Law Building last week for a day of learning, connection, and serendipity.
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
A new $4.3 million NSERC Alliance-Mitacs Accelerate Grant will support a partnership between the Atlantic First Nations Water Authority and Ä¢¹½AV to help the organization in its mission to deliver world-class drinking water and treatment guided by Indigenous knowledge and values.
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
The research team behind the international analysis, including Dal's Dr. Tony Walker, found a clear link between the world's top producers of branded plastic and plastic waste and determined that companies producing single-use consumer goods disproportionately contributed to the problem.
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Fining companies that flout environmental regulations is an effective strategy, if the penalties are severe enough.