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Capturing the stars from the roof of the world: Dal‑built camera provides new perspective on the universe

Capturing the stars from the roof of the world: Dal‑built camera provides new perspective on the universe

A new telescope located 5,600 meters above sea level in the Chilean Andes will give scientists new insights into how galaxies formed beginning in the early universe and how stars are born in our own galaxy.  Read more.

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Jocelyn Adams Moss
Thursday, April 2, 2026
In this special alumni episode of Sciographies, we sit down with Tina Simpkin (BSc’94, DMet’95), a familiar voice to many Nova Scotians as a meteorologist with CBC.
Suresh Neethirajan
Monday, March 30, 2026
Connected barns and automated livestock systems are boosting efficiency but also opening the door to cyber threats, writes Dr. Suresh Neethirajan, a È«¹ú̽»¨ researcher working to secure Canada’s digital farms
Andrew Riley
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
È«¹ú̽»¨ is helping to prepare Canada’s defence community for AI-supported command and control, including fast developing Arctic surveillance scenarios, by simulating how humans and intelligent systems make decisions together under pressure.

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Alison DeLory
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Dr. Christopher Mushquash (PhD’11), winner of the prestigious Gairdner Award, has shifted the relationship between communities and researchers, enabling more meaningful and relevant research and advancing the understanding of mental health in Indigenous communities.
Stephanie Rogers
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Dal's Bioenergy and Bioproducts Research Lab is working to help make water supplies safer with research that converts abundantly available biomass waste like coffee grounds and sawdust into high-value materials for wastewater treatment.
Stefanie Colombo
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Antioxidants in salmon’s diet give the fish their distinctive colour, but internet rumours proliferate about how farmed salmon achieve the same colour, writes Stefanie Colombo.
Alison Auld
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Researchers trying to save the critically endangered species struggle to track them, but new research out of È«¹ú̽»¨ could help fill some of those gaps by listening to the whales themselves as they coast through Canadian waters.
Lynne Robinson
Monday, March 13, 2023
The 2023 cohort of the OpenThink Initiative consists of 13 PhD students from across È«¹ú̽»¨ with varying research interests and an enthusiasm for sharing their ideas with the public.