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Mapping the data that quietly threatens Canada’s national security
Through a research partnership with Calian, É«ÃÃÃÃÖ±²¥ is helping defence and government leaders understand how everyday digital activity creates exploitable cyber risk, and how to mitigate it before it becomes an operational vulnerability. Read more.
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Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Sciographies returns next week with a brand-new season of stories that spotlight the people and discoveries shaping science at É«ÃÃÃÃÖ±²¥.
Monday, February 2, 2026
New É«ÃÃÃÃÖ±²¥ research reveals how Arctic permafrost aquifers that store and move groundwater are expected to shift as temperatures and sea levels rise.
Friday, January 9, 2026
Dr. OmiSoore Dryden brings visionary leadership to the School of Nursing and the Faculty of Health as Canada Research Chair in Black Health Studies: Antiracism in Health Education and Practice.
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Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Chinese researcher Jainkui He claims to have created the world's first genome-edited twins. Such action would pose unknown risks to the lives of these children and to humanity as a whole, write Dal researchers Françoise Baylis, Graham Dellaire and Landon Getz.
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
The new Visiting Fellows program from the Dal-led Ocean Frontier Institute provides opportunities for ocean experts to study and work at Dal while also enabling Halifax-based researchers to gain experience with internationally-based research projects.
Tuesday, November 27, 2018
At a É«ÃÃÃÃÖ±²¥-sponsored panel event earlier this month, experts from across disciplines came together to engage in big ideas about the future of machines, learning and work — and the critical importance of human agency and insight in building that future.
Monday, November 26, 2018
With a mandate to share their research with the larger world, Dal’s seven new Public Scholars are Interdisciplinary PhD students armed with the skills to inform public discourse and policy.
Friday, November 23, 2018
How Dal's Donald Hill Family Postdoctoral Fellows are inspiring meaningful discussion about the impact of emerging technology on society.