Scientists have known for some time about mercury contamination in ocean fish; alarm bells went off when they discovered some of North America’s highest recorded levels of mercury in freshwater yellow perch and common loons from certain parts of Nova Scotia. “Mercury is a global issue,” says Dr. Linda Campbell, an environmental scientist at Saint […]

The two-way relationship between Dr. Stephen Corbin of Dalhousie’s Faculty of Engineering and his industry partners is one of close collaboration. In the aerospace industry, current manufacturing methods require that jet engine parts are forged out of large blocks of metal, resulting in up to 90 per cent wasted materials — costly and environmentally unfriendly. […]

“Anybody who looks at the ocean knows that it changes from day to day. You can tell by the weather, waves, seaweed on the beach but deeper in the ocean, where the longer-term, chemical and biological changes are happening, they are harder to notice,” explains Dr. Doug Wallace, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Ocean Science […]

Dr. Daniel Boyd is making groundbreaking discoveries in the world of medical devices to treat both osteoporosis and some cancers. Boyd’s work, housed at Dalhousie University, studies applications of biomaterials, which were first considered in dentistry and are now being applied to other parts of the body, thus leading to innovative discoveries. Boyd’s research for patients […]

AMAP Lab Opens in Life Sciences Research Institute   Dr. Robert Brownstone has had a series of moments in his career where the results of his research have made him think, ‘that’s funny’. This has happened even recently in his work studying how the spinal cord controls muscle activity and walking with the Dalhousie University […]

Dr. Rituparna Kanungo, Astronomy and Physics  Saint Mary’s University Saint Mary’s University research team in partnership with Canada’s national laboratory, TRIUMF, is developing a program to examine the unexpected features of unknown isotopes. Research focuses on these rare isotopes that exist briefly naturally, but only in cosmic environments such as supernovae. The research infrastructure has […]

Over the past 10 years, the Government of Nova Scotia, through NSRIT, has contributed approximately $2 Million to 6 Genome Canada/Genome Atlantic-funded projects which helped leverage $34 Million in additional project funding. One of these was the Atlantic Medical Genetics and Genomics Initiative (AMGGI), a $9.2-million project designed to find the genetic cause of some […]

Dr. Vasantha Rupasinghe came to NSAC as an Industry Research chair in the area of tree-fruit bio products for the NS Tree Fruit Growers Association. His initial infrastructure to start this novel program came from a CFI/NSRIT Leaders Opportunity grant. Over his five year term, his research program grew to include numerous industry sponsored projects, […]