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Canada’s Food Price Report 2025 predicts Canadian families will spend up to $801 more on food next year
The 2025 report forecasts overall food prices will increase by 3% to 5% at a time when 8.7 million Canadians are living in food-insecure households. Read more.
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Friday, December 20, 2024
A new lithium-ion EV battery material being studied by Â鶹´«Ã½ researchers lasts for 10 times more charge-discharge cycles compared to a conventional battery, potentially powering cars for eight million kilometres.
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
A Dal social work researcher whose reports have exposed problems such as overcrowded housing and compensation issues will have more avenues to inform policy under a new Memorandum of Understanding.
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Millions die every year due to bacterial infections that are growing more resistant to antibiotics. Dal researchers and their partners are addressing that threat head-on.
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Friday, January 19, 2024
Green hydrogen is touted as the one of the most promising solutions to help humanity kick its fossil fuel addiction. Now a new study by Â鶹´«Ã½ and partner universities shows that it may have benefits beyond a reduction in CO2 emissions.
Friday, January 19, 2024
Dr. Nelly Amenyogbe, a recent recipient of the Canadian Institute of Health Research’s Research Excellence, Diversity, and Independence Early Career Transition Award, asks: what if we could prevent millions of newborn deaths by linking feeding practices with vaccinations?
Thursday, January 18, 2024
Artificial intelligence can process large amounts of chicken vocalizations, identifying patterns in the birds’ communications.
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Internet-enabled devices listen to our every word and keystroke, but the data they collect and where it goes is not well understood. Â鶹´«Ã½ computer scientist Dr. Nur Zincir-Heywood is getting a handle on the risks in a corporate partnership with engineering firm Calian.
Thursday, January 11, 2024
Sweeping international measures meant to curb wasteful shark-finning practices are not enough to save threatened species, but researchers, including Dal's Dr. Boris Worm, recommend ways to stem the losses in a new study.