Scott White, a recent hire in Dal's Faculty of Agriculture, has no qualms about getting all tangled up in the weeds. In fact, it's the focus of his research program.

These days, the majority of chemical calculations used by researchers and companies around the world rely on theories and formulas developed in large part by Axel Becke. Now, the impressive career of 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂ's Killam Chair in Computational Science is being celebrated with NSERC's highest honour — the second year in a row the award has been presented to a Dal researcher.

A look at the continuing work of 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂ's James R. Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies, Dr. Afua Cooper, in leading the mission of Canada's only national Black Studies chair.

Dal PhD student Alec Falkenham has developed a new tattoo removal technology that offers an alternative to going under the laser.

Postdoctoral fellow Amarnath Amarasingam, with 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂ's Resilience Research Centre, is quickly becoming one of Canada's go-to experts when it comes to understanding how youth are recruited into radical Islamic groups.