/news/media/media-releases.html ÃÀÅ®×ö°® RSS Media Releases and Opportunities Wed, 04 Dec 2024 22:32:18 GMT 2024-12-04T22:32:18Z /news/media/media-releases/2024/11/28/media_opportunity__the_view_from_space___dalhousie_university_researchers_use_satellite_data__ai_to_identify_trends_in_cows__methane_emissions_and_develop_tools_to_tackle_climate_change_in_the_canadian_dairy_industry.html Researchers using satellite data and AI to track methane emissions from dairy farms have identified certain trends on when they peak, how the pandemic affected their release and areas in the country that emitted the highest amounts of the potent greenhouse gas News Thu, 28 Nov 2024 16:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2024/11/28/media_opportunity__the_view_from_space___dalhousie_university_researchers_use_satellite_data__ai_to_identify_trends_in_cows__methane_emissions_and_develop_tools_to_tackle_climate_change_in_the_canadian_dairy_industry.html Communications and Marketing 2024-11-28T16:00:00Z /news/media/media-releases/2024/11/28/media_release__dalhousie_university_researchers__denovamed_inc__develop_new_family_of_antibiotics_that_could_treat_multidrug_resistant_bacterial__superbugs_.html For the first time in over 30 years, researchers at ÃÀÅ®×ö°®, DeNovaMed Inc. and the University of Toronto have developed a new family of antibiotics to treat multidrug-resistant bacteria News Thu, 28 Nov 2024 16:00:00 GMT /news/media/media-releases/2024/11/28/media_release__dalhousie_university_researchers__denovamed_inc__develop_new_family_of_antibiotics_that_could_treat_multidrug_resistant_bacterial__superbugs_.html Communications and Marketing 2024-11-28T16:00:00Z /news/media/media-releases/2024/11/28/media_opportunity__dalhousie_university_researchers_use_polar_bear_poop_to_shed_light_on_the_effects_of_climate_change__dietary_alterations_on_wild_versus_captive_populations.html In one of the first studies of its kind, researchers collected and compared the fecal microbiome of captive 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