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Discovery Reveals Planet Almost as Hot as the Sun

A newly discovered planet almost three times the size of Jupiter is fascinating scientists with a unique orbit, atmospheric features...

June 05, 2017
Restoring a Piece of 20th Century Popular Culture

One of the most innovative and new pieces of popular culture emerged in 1914 when Winsor McCay, a famous cartoonist...

June 05, 2017
Perdigão: Capturing the Complexities of Mountain Winds

Researchers at the valley are collecting data on multiple aspects of wind flow patterns shaped by meteorological forcing on intricate...

June 01, 2017
Results of New Research on Organ Transplants Can Lead to New Cancer Treatments

Biochemist Brian Baker was struck with an idea for potentially treating cancer.

May 30, 2017
2017 Global Gateway Faculty Research Award Recipients Announced

Notre Dame Research and Notre Dame International have provided four research groups with grants from the Global Gateway Faculty Research...

May 30, 2017
The Power of Computational Modeling to Combat Diseases

For people living in the US, the Zika epidemic of 2016 seemed to have come out of nowhere and to...

May 26, 2017
Record 38 Students and Alumni receive Fulbright Awards for 2017-2018

A record 38 current students and alumni have been awarded grants by the Fulbright U.S. Student Program to study abroad...

May 25, 2017
New Frontiers: First Female Dean expanded Notre Dame's Global Footprint

Isabel Charles wanted others to see the world as a bigger place than they’d known — and to see that...

May 11, 2017
How Focusing on Parent-child Relationships can prevent Child Maltreatment

Kristin Valentino’s research on evaluating the effectiveness of a brief relational intervention for maltreated preschool-aged children and their mothers is...

May 10, 2017
Uncovering the History of Currency and Counterfeiting in Colonial America

Legitimate and counterfeit currency played a significant role in the Revolutionary War – either as a justification to start it...

May 08, 2017
Researchers Shed New Light on Influenza Detection

Researchers have discovered a way to make influenza visible to the naked eye, by engineering dye molecules to target a...

May 05, 2017
Notre Dame Philosopher Alvin Plantinga awarded 2017 Templeton Prize

Over his 50 years of research in philosophy of religion, epistemology and metaphysics, Plantinga has advanced landmark arguments for the...

April 25, 2017
Majority of Persecuted Christian Communities Build Resilience through Adaptive Strategies, Study Finds

“In Response to Persecution,” a report on the UCS project’s findings, will be launched April 20 in a day-long symposium...

April 21, 2017
VIDEO: Rooted in the Midwest, Notre Dame attracts Top Topology Researchers from around the Globe

Within the Department of Mathematics at the University of Notre Dame, researchers are exploring the intersection between math and physics,...

April 19, 2017
33 Students and Alumni win Prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Awards and Honorable Mentions

The NSF GRFP recognizes and supports outstanding graduate and graduating undergraduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and...

April 17, 2017
Research Supported by the Ara Parseghian Medical Research Fund Reaches Important Milestone

Niemann-Pick Type C (NPC) disease is a rare, genetic, cholesterol storage disorder that is always fatal, primarily striking children before...

April 12, 2017
Researchers develop Predictive Model measuring Nitrous Oxide Emissions in Streams and Rivers

Jennifer Tank, Galla Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences co-authored new research published in the journal Proceedings of the...

April 12, 2017
Theology and Peace Studies Professor wins Luce Fellowship for Research on sub-Saharan Africa

Fr. Emmanuel Katongole, a Notre Dame associate professor of theology and peace studies, will spend a year studying three predominant...

April 11, 2017
Tuberculosis Research Sheds Light on Disease-related Protein

The WHO names Tuberculosis (TB) as one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide and over 95 percent of...

April 07, 2017
2017 Kobayashi Travel Fund Awardees Announced

Notre Dame Research has provided four researchers with awards from the Francis M. Kobayashi Travel Fund (KTF) program for 2017.

April 03, 2017
Sociologist uses Technology to Track How People Connect—and How Those Connections Impact Behavior

Omar Lizardo, a professor of sociology, is seeking to answer those questions as he researches whether people with similar health habits...

March 30, 2017
Researchers track Perfluorinated Chemicals in the Body

New research in the journal Environmental Science & Technology Letters shows scientists have developed a method to track perfluorinated alkyl...

March 30, 2017
New, Viable Female Politicians become Role Models for Women, Study Finds

Professors Christina Wolbrecht and David Campbell studied female candidates for major offices — U.S. House, U.S. Senate and governor —...

March 30, 2017
Coca-Cola’s Curtis Etherly to deliver Keynote at 2017 Notre Dame Global Pathways Forum

Curtis L. Etherly, Jr., the director of federal affairs and international stakeholder relations for The Coca-Cola Company, will deliver the...

March 29, 2017
Researchers propose New Diagnostic Model for Psychiatric Disorders

A consortium of 50 psychologists and psychiatrists, including Notre Dame professors Lee Anna Clark and David Watson, has outlined a...

March 24, 2017
Tuberculosis: The Disease of Antiquity

Jeff Schorey, a world-renowned expert with pioneering work on the role of exosomes in infectious diseases, has been studying mycobacterial...

March 24, 2017
2017 Equipment Restoration and Renewal Grant Awardees Announced

Notre Dame Research has provided eight researchers or research groups from three Colleges and Schools with awards from the Equipment...

March 20, 2017
Professor offers Options to Counter Escalating Crackdowns on NGOs

Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer’s paper, titled “Globalization Without a Safety Net: The Challenge of Protecting Cross-Border Funding of NGOs,” will be...

March 16, 2017
VIDEO: Notre Dame Researchers are taking Advanced Circuits to a Higher Level

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame are active in many areas of modern electronics research, including materials, devices, architectures,...

March 08, 2017
Developing Tools for Research Reproducibility

Notre Dame researchers at the Center for Research Computing (CRC) are developing several tools that can be used to save...

March 07, 2017