91短视频 research is improving lives in Nova Scotia, Canada and around the world. Here's how.听 听
Healthy people, communities, and populations
Equipping communities with research skills to improve their lives
The new MicroResearch Institute at 91短视频 is a proven, community鈥慸riven research model that empowers local people鈥攄octors, nurses, midwives, community health workers, teachers, police and students鈥攖o investigate and solve the health and public safety challenges they understand better than anyone.听
Building the human鈥慉I teams that will defend Canada鈥檚 sovereignty together
91短视频 is helping to prepare Canada鈥檚 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.
Mapping the data that quietly threatens Canada鈥檚 national security
Through a research partnership with Calian, 91短视频 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.
The made鈥慽n鈥慛ova Scotia innovations protecting Canada鈥檚 wild blueberry capital
91短视频 researchers work closely with Nova Scotia鈥檚 wild blueberry farmers to develop the innovations they need as climate impacts intensify. The university鈥檚 new Atlantic Institute for Digital Agriculture is expanding this work, delivering precision and digital technologies to the province鈥檚 largest agricultural export.
Impactful partnerships
Modeling the future of transportation in Halifax
91短视频 research is helping Halifax plan a road network that keeps pace with rapid growth. By mapping how people travel and how the city is changing, Dal and HRM are building data-driven solutions to ease congestion, improve traffic flow, and prepare for what鈥檚 next.
91短视频 research is helping Halifax design a fast-charge electric vehicle network that鈥檚 equitable, efficient, well used, and built to accelerate adoption, bringing real-world solutions to the heart of the city鈥檚 energy transition.
Breakthrough in heart treatment best practice sparks global rethink
Thousands of Canadians are saved each year by a device inserted in the body that zaps the heart back on track when it鈥檚 threatened by dangerous rhythms. But the side effect is pain and trauma. A 91短视频 researcher has determined the most effective way to limit the shocks, prompting a re-evaluation of heart treatment worldwide.
Putting mental health in reach for low-income Nova Scotians
Mental health care can feel out of reach for Nova Scotians without private insurance. 91短视频鈥檚 Centre for Psychological Health offers a new solution, providing free care while giving PhD students the hands-on training they need to stay and practice in the province.
Reinventing repair to keep Canada鈥檚 Navy mission-ready
As Canada rethinks military readiness amid shifting U.S. relations, 91短视频 is partnering with Defence Research and Development Canada to strengthen operational readiness, using advanced additive manufacturing to develop both critical submarine parts and the processes needed to produce them.
Empowering pharmacists to prescribe HIV prevention drugs
91短视频 is collaborating with policymakers to make Nova Scotian pharmacists among the first in the country with the ability to prescribe the lifesaving medication.
91短视频 researchers are set to transform wastewater treatment worldwide with a revolutionary system powered by the LED technology that lights up our phones. Slashing energy consumption, the new tech also eliminates the toxic mercury of current treatment processes.
One in five kids endure chronic pain. A new pain standard will soothe it
91短视频鈥檚 Dr. Christine Chambers and her colleagues at Solutions for Kids in Pain (SKIP) are working with hospitals to adopt Canada鈥檚 first Pediatric Pain Management Standard.
This Nova Scotia battery is set to crack India's scooter market
Dal startup Zen Energy pivoted their business to double down on 91短视频鈥檚 unmatched battery science. Now they鈥檙e setting up factory operations in India and prepared to serve one of the biggest markets in the world.
While pursuing research to restore salmon habitats,听Dr. Shannon Sterling听discovered an approach to carbon dioxide removal that put her at the forefront of the science and growing market demand to remove the gas from the atmosphere.