Â鶹´«Ã½ RSS Media Releases and Opportunities /news/media/media-releases.html Â鶹´«Ã½ RSS Media Releases and Opportunities Mon, 23 Dec 2024 22:33:59 GMT 2024-12-23T22:33:59Z Media opportunity: New lithium‑ion battery material for EVs and studied by Â鶹´«Ã½ lasts for 10 times more charge‑discharge cycles compared to a conventional battery, potentially powering cars for eight million kilometres /news/media/media-releases/2024/12/18/media_opportunity__new_lithium_ion_battery_material_for_evs_and_studied_by_dalhousie_university_lasts_for_10_times_more_charge_discharge_cycles_compared_to_a_conventional_battery__potentially_powering_cars_for_eight_million_kilometres.html Researchers from Â鶹´«Ã½ used the Canadian Light Source at the University of Saskatchewan to analyze a new type of lithium-ion battery material News Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2024/12/18/media_opportunity__new_lithium_ion_battery_material_for_evs_and_studied_by_dalhousie_university_lasts_for_10_times_more_charge_discharge_cycles_compared_to_a_conventional_battery__potentially_powering_cars_for_eight_million_kilometres.html Communications and Marketing 2024-12-18T16:00:00Z Media release: Â鶹´«Ã½ researchers seek to improve quality of life of long‑term cancer patients after receiving funds from a Terry Fox research program developed by cancer patients for cancer patients /news/media/media-releases/2024/12/17/media_release___dalhousie_university_researchers_seek_to_improve_quality_of_life_of_long_term_cancer_patients_after_receiving_funds_from_a_terry_fox_research_program_developed_by_cancer_patients_for_cancer_patients.html A team of doctors and researchers from Â鶹´«Ã½ will spend the next year finding ways to improve the quality of life of long-term cancer patients News Tue, 17 Dec 2024 16:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2024/12/17/media_release___dalhousie_university_researchers_seek_to_improve_quality_of_life_of_long_term_cancer_patients_after_receiving_funds_from_a_terry_fox_research_program_developed_by_cancer_patients_for_cancer_patients.html Communications and Marketing 2024-12-17T16:00:00Z Media release: Promising new treatment for older adults with depression and anxiety: Canadian study shows older adults experiencing depression, anxiety benefit from cognitive behavioural therapy tailored to their age group /news/media/media-releases/2024/12/16/media_release__promising_new_treatment_for_older_adults_with_depression_and_anxiety___canadian_study_shows_older_adults_experiencing_depression__anxiety_benefit_from_cognitive_behavioural_therapy_tailored_to_their_age_group.html A new study found that cognitive behavioural therapy tailored to older adults significantly improved participants' mood, anxiety and perceived quality of life News Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2024/12/16/media_release__promising_new_treatment_for_older_adults_with_depression_and_anxiety___canadian_study_shows_older_adults_experiencing_depression__anxiety_benefit_from_cognitive_behavioural_therapy_tailored_to_their_age_group.html Communications and Marketing 2024-12-16T16:00:00Z Media opportunity: The serious side of Christmas trees: They bring joy to the holiday season, but your festive tree also plays a serious role in sequestering carbon and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions /news/media/media-releases/2024/12/13/media_opportunity__the_serious_side_of_christmas_trees__they_bring_joy_to_the_holiday_season__but_your_festive_tree_also_plays_a_serious_role_in_sequestering_carbon_and_mitigating_greenhouse_gas_emissions.html A new project led by Â鶹´«Ã½ researchers is hoping to quantify the carbon stores in balsam fir Christmas tree orchard biomass and soils News Fri, 13 Dec 2024 16:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2024/12/13/media_opportunity__the_serious_side_of_christmas_trees__they_bring_joy_to_the_holiday_season__but_your_festive_tree_also_plays_a_serious_role_in_sequestering_carbon_and_mitigating_greenhouse_gas_emissions.html Communications and Marketing 2024-12-13T16:00:00Z Media opportunity: Â鶹´«Ã½ researchers use novel measure to assess effects of vaping on young adults' lungs, finding e‑cigarette users impair lung function /news/media/media-releases/2024/12/09/media_opportunity__dalhousie_university_researchers_use_novel_measure_to_assess_effects_of_vaping_on_young_adults__lungs__finding_e_cigarette_users_impair_lung_function.html A new study by researchers at Â鶹´«Ã½ has found that young people who use electronic cigarettes have worse lung function News Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2024/12/09/media_opportunity__dalhousie_university_researchers_use_novel_measure_to_assess_effects_of_vaping_on_young_adults__lungs__finding_e_cigarette_users_impair_lung_function.html Communications and Marketing 2024-12-09T16:00:00Z Media opportunity: The view from space ‑ Â鶹´«Ã½ researchers use satellite data, AI to identify trends in cows' methane emissions and develop tools to tackle climate change in the Canadian dairy industry /news/media/media-releases/2024/11/28/media_opportunity__the_view_from_space___dalhousie_university_researchers_use_satellite_data__ai_to_identify_trends_in_cows__methane_emissions_and_develop_tools_to_tackle_climate_change_in_the_canadian_dairy_industry.html Researchers using satellite data and AI to track methane emissions from dairy farms have identified certain trends on when they peak, how the pandemic affected their release and areas in the country that emitted the highest amounts of the potent greenhouse gas News Thu, 28 Nov 2024 16:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2024/11/28/media_opportunity__the_view_from_space___dalhousie_university_researchers_use_satellite_data__ai_to_identify_trends_in_cows__methane_emissions_and_develop_tools_to_tackle_climate_change_in_the_canadian_dairy_industry.html Communications and Marketing 2024-11-28T16:00:00Z Media release: Â鶹´«Ã½ researchers, DeNovaMed Inc. develop new family of antibiotics that could treat multidrug‑resistant bacterial 'superbugs' /news/media/media-releases/2024/11/28/media_release__dalhousie_university_researchers__denovamed_inc__develop_new_family_of_antibiotics_that_could_treat_multidrug_resistant_bacterial__superbugs_.html For the first time in over 30 years, researchers at Â鶹´«Ã½, DeNovaMed Inc. and the University of Toronto have developed a new family of antibiotics to treat multidrug-resistant bacteria News Thu, 28 Nov 2024 16:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2024/11/28/media_release__dalhousie_university_researchers__denovamed_inc__develop_new_family_of_antibiotics_that_could_treat_multidrug_resistant_bacterial__superbugs_.html Communications and Marketing 2024-11-28T16:00:00Z Media opportunity: Â鶹´«Ã½ researchers use polar bear poop to shed light on the effects of climate change, dietary alterations on wild versus captive populations /news/media/media-releases/2024/11/28/media_opportunity__dalhousie_university_researchers_use_polar_bear_poop_to_shed_light_on_the_effects_of_climate_change__dietary_alterations_on_wild_versus_captive_populations.html In one of the first studies of its kind, researchers collected and compared the fecal microbiome of captive polar bears with the wild population News Thu, 28 Nov 2024 16:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2024/11/28/media_opportunity__dalhousie_university_researchers_use_polar_bear_poop_to_shed_light_on_the_effects_of_climate_change__dietary_alterations_on_wild_versus_captive_populations.html Communications and Marketing 2024-11-28T16:00:00Z Media opportunity: Â鶹´«Ã½ study aims to expand sexual health services in pharmacies, providing patients with one‑stop testing and treatment /news/media/media-releases/2024/11/14/media_opportunity__dalhousie_university_study_aims_to_expand_sexual_health_services_in_pharmacies__providing_patients_with_one_stop_testing_and_treatment.html An innovative study is hoping to provide a comprehensive suite of sexual health services in pharmacies News Thu, 14 Nov 2024 16:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2024/11/14/media_opportunity__dalhousie_university_study_aims_to_expand_sexual_health_services_in_pharmacies__providing_patients_with_one_stop_testing_and_treatment.html Communications and Marketing 2024-11-14T16:00:00Z Media release: Opioid use disorder practice guideline updated to expand first‑line treatments, include pregnant people /news/media/media-releases/2024/11/12/media_release__opioid_use_disorder_practice_guideline_updated_to_expand_first_line_treatments__include_pregnant_people.html An updated evidence-based guideline aimed at helping clinicians and other health-care providers manage patients with opioid use disorder recommends two drugs as first-line treatments News Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2024/11/12/media_release__opioid_use_disorder_practice_guideline_updated_to_expand_first_line_treatments__include_pregnant_people.html Communications and Marketing 2024-11-12T16:00:00Z Media opportunity: Used tires the secret ingredient in Â鶹´«Ã½ researchers’ low‑cost water desalination device that could help address water scarcity worldwide /news/media/media-releases/2024/10/30/media_opportunity__used_tires_the_secret_ingredient_in_dalhousie_university_researchers__low_cost_water_desalination_device_that_could_help_address_water_scarcity_worldwide.html Â鶹´«Ã½ researchers have developed a low-cost, portable water desalination device powered by solar energy News Wed, 30 Oct 2024 15:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2024/10/30/media_opportunity__used_tires_the_secret_ingredient_in_dalhousie_university_researchers__low_cost_water_desalination_device_that_could_help_address_water_scarcity_worldwide.html Communications and Marketing 2024-10-30T15:00:00Z Media opportunity: Scientists develop tool to predict sepsis in healthy newborns, opening the door to early, life‑saving treatment for critically ill babies /news/media/media-releases/2024/10/28/media_opportunity__scientists_develop_tool_to_predict_sepsis_in_healthy_newborns__opening_the_door_to_early__life_saving_treatment_for_critically_ill_babies.html A molecular signature in newborns can predict life-threatening responses to infections before symptoms even start to appear News Mon, 28 Oct 2024 15:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2024/10/28/media_opportunity__scientists_develop_tool_to_predict_sepsis_in_healthy_newborns__opening_the_door_to_early__life_saving_treatment_for_critically_ill_babies.html Communications and Marketing 2024-10-28T15:00:00Z Media opportunity: Global fleet of undersea robots reveal the phytoplankton hidden beneath the ocean's surface: Â鶹´«Ã½ research /news/media/media-releases/2024/10/28/media_opportunity__global_fleet_of_undersea_robots_reveal_the_phytoplankton_hidden_beneath_the_ocean_s_surface__dalhousie_university_research.html Researchers at Â鶹´«Ã½ are using a global network of underwater robots to quantify phytoplankton abundance News Mon, 28 Oct 2024 15:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2024/10/28/media_opportunity__global_fleet_of_undersea_robots_reveal_the_phytoplankton_hidden_beneath_the_ocean_s_surface__dalhousie_university_research.html Communications and Marketing 2024-10-28T15:00:00Z Media release: Â鶹´«Ã½ breakthrough with industrial partners poised to transform wastewater treatment worldwide /news/media/media-releases/2024/10/27/media_release__dalhousie_breakthrough_with_industrial_partners_poised_to_transform_wastewater_treatment_worldwide.html Â鶹´«Ã½ researchers and their industrial partners have proven UV LED light has the power to treat municipal wastewater News Sun, 27 Oct 2024 15:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2024/10/27/media_release__dalhousie_breakthrough_with_industrial_partners_poised_to_transform_wastewater_treatment_worldwide.html Communications and Marketing 2024-10-27T15:00:00Z Media opportunity: Mexico enters into agreement with Â鶹´«Ã½ to research experiences of seasonal workers, develop policies to improve working conditions in Atlantic Canada /news/media/media-releases/2024/10/24/media_opportunity__mexico_enters_into_agreement_with_dalhousie_to_research_experiences_of_seasonal_workers__develop_policies_to_improve_working_conditions_in_atlantic_canada.html Â鶹´«Ã½ is entering into an agreement with the Mexican government to collaborate on projects looking into the welfare of seasonal workers from the country and ways to improve working conditions at sites in Atlantic Canada News Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2024/10/24/media_opportunity__mexico_enters_into_agreement_with_dalhousie_to_research_experiences_of_seasonal_workers__develop_policies_to_improve_working_conditions_in_atlantic_canada.html Communications and Marketing 2024-10-24T15:00:00Z Media opportunity: Research papers reveal global increase in wildfires and smoke‑related deaths in certain regions due to climate change /news/media/media-releases/2024/10/21/media_opportunity__research_papers_reveal_global_increase_in_wildfires_and_smoke_related_deaths_in_certain_regions_due_to_climate_change.html Climate change is contributing to a rise in both increasingly destructive wildfires around the world and fatalities News Mon, 21 Oct 2024 15:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2024/10/21/media_opportunity__research_papers_reveal_global_increase_in_wildfires_and_smoke_related_deaths_in_certain_regions_due_to_climate_change.html Communications and Marketing 2024-10-21T15:00:00Z Media opportunity: In an epidemic of loneliness, researchers explore the experiences of 'friendless' people and find they both lament and celebrate their disconnection while contending with stigma /news/media/media-releases/2024/10/08/media_opportunity__in_an_epidemic_of_loneliness__researchers_explore_the_experiences_of__friendless__people_and_find_they_both_lament_and_celebrate_their_disconnection_while_contending_with_stigma.html A new study suggests those without close relations have a sometimes positive, yet conflicted experience with friendlessness News Tue, 08 Oct 2024 15:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2024/10/08/media_opportunity__in_an_epidemic_of_loneliness__researchers_explore_the_experiences_of__friendless__people_and_find_they_both_lament_and_celebrate_their_disconnection_while_contending_with_stigma.html Communications and Marketing 2024-10-08T15:00:00Z Media opportunity: Â鶹´«Ã½ acquires one of few simulation devices in Canada to train doctors to remove blood clots quickly, confidently /news/media/media-releases/2024/10/02/media_opportunity__dalhousie_university_acquires_one_of_few_simulation_devices_in_canada_to_train_doctors_to_remove_blood_clots_quickly__confidently.html Trainees across Atlantic Canada will be able to practise performing EVTs in a simulated setting thanks to a $415,000-Mentice digital training device and software acquired by Â鶹´«Ã½ and the QEII News Wed, 02 Oct 2024 15:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2024/10/02/media_opportunity__dalhousie_university_acquires_one_of_few_simulation_devices_in_canada_to_train_doctors_to_remove_blood_clots_quickly__confidently.html Communications and Marketing 2024-10-02T15:00:00Z Media opportunity: Researchers at Â鶹´«Ã½ to explore whether cannabis alters the brains of teenagers and is linked to psychotic‑like experiences /news/media/media-releases/2024/09/19/media_opportunity__researchers_at_dalhousie_university_to_explore_whether_cannabis_alters_the_brains_of_teenagers_and_is_linked_to_psychotic_like_experiences.html Researchers are trying to better understand that potential relationship with an innovative study that will use magnetic resonance imagining (MRI) techniques to examine the brains of different groups of 15- and 16-year-olds. News Thu, 19 Sep 2024 15:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2024/09/19/media_opportunity__researchers_at_dalhousie_university_to_explore_whether_cannabis_alters_the_brains_of_teenagers_and_is_linked_to_psychotic_like_experiences.html Communications and Marketing 2024-09-19T15:00:00Z Media release: Porn’s new program ‑ Dal legal scholar’s new book focuses on the shift to algorithms and legal frameworks to tame them /news/media/media-releases/2024/09/19/media_release__porn_s_new_program___dal_legal_scholar_s_new_book_focuses_on_the_shift_to_algorithms_and_legal_frameworks_to_tame_them.html Dr. Elaine Craig says proposed pornography legislation misses the mark in dealing with the central challenge posed by the online porn industry News Thu, 19 Sep 2024 15:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2024/09/19/media_release__porn_s_new_program___dal_legal_scholar_s_new_book_focuses_on_the_shift_to_algorithms_and_legal_frameworks_to_tame_them.html Communications and Marketing 2024-09-19T15:00:00Z Media release: Seniors in New Brunswick improved their sleep, reduced dependence on sleeping pills with the help of educational packages mailed directly to their homes: Â鶹´«Ã½ research /news/media/media-releases/2024/09/18/media_release__seniors_in_new_brunswick_improved_their_sleep__reduced_dependence_on_sleeping_pills_with_the_help_of_educational_packages_mailed_directly_to_their_homes__dalhousie_university_research.html A new study has shown that seniors taking sleeping pills can significantly reduce their dependence on the medications and improve their sleep with a simple intervention News Wed, 18 Sep 2024 15:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2024/09/18/media_release__seniors_in_new_brunswick_improved_their_sleep__reduced_dependence_on_sleeping_pills_with_the_help_of_educational_packages_mailed_directly_to_their_homes__dalhousie_university_research.html Communications and Marketing 2024-09-18T15:00:00Z Media opportunity: Digging deep: Â鶹´«Ã½ researchers will use historic funding to develop national soil data inventory and online soil portal for farmers, foresters and policy makers /news/media/media-releases/2024/09/16/media_opportunity__digging_deep__dalhousie_university_researchers_will_use_historic_funding_to_develop_national_soil_data_inventory_and_online_soil_portal_for_farmers__foresters_and_policy_makers.html Â鶹´«Ã½ is leading a research program focused on modernizing Canada's soil-data infrastructure News Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2024/09/16/media_opportunity__digging_deep__dalhousie_university_researchers_will_use_historic_funding_to_develop_national_soil_data_inventory_and_online_soil_portal_for_farmers__foresters_and_policy_makers.html Communications and Marketing 2024-09-16T15:00:00Z Media opportunity: Land surface temperatures substantially warmer for 50 years following wildfires, despite cooler winter temperatures: Â鶹´«Ã½ research /news/media/media-releases/2024/09/09/media_opportunity__land_surface_temperatures_substantially_warmer_for_50_years_following_wildfires__despite_cooler_winter_temperatures__dalhousie_university_research.html Wildfires warm the surface of the land substantially for about five decades in the summer and slightly cool land temperatures in the winter News Mon, 09 Sep 2024 15:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2024/09/09/media_opportunity__land_surface_temperatures_substantially_warmer_for_50_years_following_wildfires__despite_cooler_winter_temperatures__dalhousie_university_research.html Communications and Marketing 2024-09-09T15:00:00Z Media release: New collaborative project aims to restore Nova Scotian seagrass meadows with the help of local communities /news/media/media-releases/2024/08/22/media_release__new_collaborative_project_aims_to_restore_nova_scotian_seagrass_meadows_with_the_help_of_local_communities.html A new conservation project will replant eelgrass and regenerate these important meadows throughout Nova Scotia for the long-term News Thu, 22 Aug 2024 15:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2024/08/22/media_release__new_collaborative_project_aims_to_restore_nova_scotian_seagrass_meadows_with_the_help_of_local_communities.html Communications and Marketing 2024-08-22T15:00:00Z Media Release ‑ Six Â鶹´«Ã½ students receive Canada’s largest science, technology, engineering and math scholarship /news/media/media-releases/2024/08/13/media_release___six_dalhousie_university_students_receive_canada_s_largest_science__technology__engineering_and_math_scholarship.html Universities announce their 2024 Schulich Leaders, winning $120,000 or $100,000 scholarships for undergraduate study. 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