Media Mentions
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AI Tool Helps Predict Research Reproducibility
February 14, 2023
Undertaken in partnership with the University of Notre Dame, France, and Northwestern University, US, the study identifies several factors that increased the likelihood of research replicability – that is, the likelihood that if a study is conducted a second time using the same methods, the results would be the same.
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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Time
PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Are Turning Up in Menstrual Products. Here's What You Need to Know
February 10, 2023
“It assumes you have a lifetime of drinking water,” says Graham Peaslee, professor of physics at the University of Notre Dame, who is also active in PFAS research and whose lab conducts regular tests of products for the substances.
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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WSBT TV
Severe peanut allergy breakthrough by Indiana University and Notre Dame researchers
February 10, 2023
Professor Basar Bilgicer and his students have been hard at work on this project. It's one he's been invested in since 2008 and it's not a program that could've been rushed.
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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Notre Dame research is helping usher in a new era of hypersonic flight
February 08, 2023
A team of engineers at Notre Dame is testing an engine for hypersonic flight.
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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Here's Why It's So Hard to Know If Your Period Underwear Is PFAS-Free
February 02, 2023
While Thinx advertised its products were free of harmful chemicals, Sierra reporter Jessian Choy was able to prove otherwise back in 2020 with the help of Graham Peaslee, PhD, a physics professor at the University of Notre Dame.
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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Experts and Advocates Testify in Support of Bill Protecting Marylanders from Dangerous PFAS in Common Pesticides
February 02, 2023
Two nationally renowned scientists are testifying and available for interviews before or after the hearing: Dr. Graham Peaslee, a nuclear chemist and a professor at Notre Dame who has been working on PFAS since 2014 and is now considered one of the world’s top experts.
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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The Power of Citizen Science
February 02, 2023
Choy decided to get the products tested herself. She sent samples of two brands to a lab at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana run by Graham Peaslee, PhD, a leading PFAS researcher.
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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Can coastal marshes withstand future sea level rise?
January 30, 2023
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame evaluated the role evolution plays in the Chesapeake Bay by studying a type of grass-like plant called chairmaker’s bulrush.
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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phys.org
Rapid plant evolution may make coastal regions more susceptible to flooding and sea level rise, study shows
January 26, 2023
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame and collaborators have demonstrated this in a recent publication in Science.
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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‘A Plurality of Voices’: Building Multi-faith Engagement at Notre Dame
January 26, 2023
In many religions — including the Islamic and Jewish traditions — the heart is the center of thought and the seat of wisdom. And for a growing number of faculty and students of these faiths, their hearts are leading them to the University of Notre Dame.
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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Lack of data, info leaves Indiana doctors unprepared for more tick diseases
January 19, 2023
Purdue University, Indiana University and the University of Notre Dame are all working to track how ticks and their diseases move across the state.
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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English Architect Ben Pentreath Named 2023 Driehaus Prize Laureate
January 18, 2023
Ben Pentreath, a London-based architectural and interior designer, author, and educator best known for his work at experimental planned communities including Charles III’s Poundbury in Dorset, England, has been named as 2023 recipient of the Richard H. Driehaus Prize at the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture.
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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Inside Indiana Business
Notre Dame appoints VP for research
January 18, 2023
The University of Notre Dame has appointed mechanical engineering researcher Jeffrey Rhoads to the position of vice president for research.
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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Associated Press
Moving species emerges as last resort as climate warms
January 17, 2023
The proposal, which federal officials expect to finalize in June, reflects a “fundamental shift in the way we think of species protection and conservation,” said University of Notre Dame biologist Jason McLachlan.
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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How do rocky planets really form?
January 12, 2023
Over the past five years, the story has gotten even weirder as scientists—including a team led by Andrew Howard, professor of astronomy at Caltech; Lauren Weiss, assistant professor at the University of Notre Dame; and Erik Petigura, formerly a Sagan Postdoctoral Scholar in Astronomy at Caltech and now a professor at UCLA—have studied these exoplanets and made an unusual discovery: while there exists a wide variety of types of super-Earths, all of the super-Earths within a single planetary system tend to be similar in terms of orbital spacing, size, mass, and other key features.
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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Does Snoozing Your Alarm Really Increase Sleepiness?
January 06, 2023
“I think snoozing might be a sign that people are waking [up] because of important scheduled activities — e.g., school or work — rather than because they have adequately rested,” says Stephen M. Mattingly, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Notre Dame who was involved in the study.
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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Here's how to measure burnout in your team
January 04, 2023
“Because the Matches Measure is a visual measure, it makes assessing burnout as quick and easy as it gets,” says Cindy Muir (Zapata), the Notre Dame management professor who developed the measure, in a release about the tool.
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Quartz
This new visual tool can help assess burnout on your team
December 27, 2022
“Because the Matches Measure is a visual measure, it makes assessing burnout as quick and easy as it gets,” says Cindy Muir (Zapata), the Notre Dame management professor who developed the measure, in a release about the tool.
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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CBS News
University of Notre Dame athletes spread cheer to children fighting cancer
December 17, 2022
University of Notre Dame athletes are typically the ones being cheered on. But a handful of athletes have formed an initiative to do some cheering of their own by providing pep talks to children battling cancer.
Originally published at news.nd.edu.
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Raspberry-Shaped Nanoparticle for Precise Drug Delivery
December 08, 2022
Bradley Smith, who is also the director of Notre Dame’s Integrated Imaging Facility, was perplexed when Canjia Zhai and Cassandra Shaffer, two doctoral students in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, found they had altered the structure of particles of silica—the primary component of sand—at 80 °C, or about the same as the temperature of a cup of coffee.
Originally published at news.nd.edu.