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Monday, March 31, 2025
Dal’s Dr. Hannah Harrison spent parts of five years exploring the Great Lakes region commercial fisheries and the challenges faced by fish harvesters. Her new documentary paints a picture of life in a changing industry.
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Dr. Frank Rudzicz aims to turn Â鶹´«Ã½ into a hub for applied AI that can reduce burdens and barriers in health care and a long list of other fields that benefit humanity.
Thursday, January 30, 2025
Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s Dr. Christine Chambers and her colleagues at Solutions for Kids in Pain (SKIP) are working with hospitals to adopt Canada’s first Pediatric Pain Management Standard.
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Tuesday, January 28, 2025
UNITE and CIRCLES-NS are two of four projects announced by Research Nova Scotia as part of a $27-million investment, the largest to date, and first use of the Focused Research Investment fund.
Monday, January 27, 2025
A small but mighty single-celled organism that dates back 500 million years punches far above its weight when it comes to buffering the harmful effects of excess nutrients that we put into the oceans, researchers say.
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
The province's investment establishes a microelectronics research hub at Â鶹´«Ã½ that is designed to develop industry partnerships and a provincial sector focused on supplying the semi- and superconductors essential to powering modern technology.
Friday, January 17, 2025
A research team led by Â鶹´«Ã½ has found that brief cognitive behavioural interventions that help young people manage such things as impulsivity, sensation seeking, sensitivity to anxiety and negative thinking can reduce teen substance use disorders.
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
This new funding establishes Â鶹´«Ã½ as the national headquarters of Lab2Market and will enable the program to expand to more than 50 Canadian universities, colleges, and research hospitals, helping to unlock the commercial potential of $7.8 billion in collective annual research funding.