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New molecules created at Notre Dame to reduce cost, environmental impact of mining precious metals

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have invented a new class of molecules that can be used to simplify...

June 05, 2018
Engineered polymer membranes could be new option for water treatment

The global applications are significant when considering those populations without suitable drinking water and limited resources.

May 04, 2018
Researchers uncover most complex mineral on Earth

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame found that the complexity of a uranium-based mineral, dubbed ewingite, is nearly twice...

March 07, 2018
Notre Dame to lead $26 million multi-university research center developing next-generation computing technologies

The new center led by the University of Notre Dame will focus on conducting research that aims to increase the...

January 15, 2018
Notre Dame to lead NNSA-funded center focused on nuclear chemistry

The University of Notre Dame will lead a National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Actinide Center of Excellence (ACE) to conduct...

November 08, 2017
New Engineering Research Center to focus on Challenges of Upgrading Shale Gas

Chemical engineers at the University of Notre Dame will contribute their expertise in materials development and modeling to a new...

September 12, 2017
Notre Dame Research Funding reaches Record-breaking Levels

The University of Notre Dame has received $138.1 million in research funding for fiscal year (FY) 2017, surpassing the previous...

July 17, 2017
Notre Dame Researchers receive Prestigious National Science Foundation Awards

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has recognized 10 University of Notre Dame faculty members for their excellence in research with...

May 17, 2017
Scientists Reveal New and Improved Genome Sequence of Daphnia Pulex

By understanding how they respond to toxic elements, scientists can look at how environmental changes caused by agriculture and road...

May 05, 2017
Funding Scientific Research fuels Job Creation

A study conducted by The Science Coalition identifies more than 100 companies that exist due to funding received by academic...

April 25, 2017
Four Arts and Letters Faculty Members win ACLS Fellowships

Mariana Candido, Deborah Tor, Evan Ragland and Katherine Brading were awarded fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies.

April 18, 2017
Tracy Kijewski-Correa and Steve Reifenberg to lead Integration Lab (i-Lab) in Keough School of Global Affairs

The Integration Lab (i-Lab) is an innovative feature of the new Keough School of Global Affairs that engages students, faculty...

April 04, 2017
2017 Women Lead

Tomorrow belongs to the bold. Notre Dame is proud to celebrate women whose scholarship and leadership are empowering change in...

March 06, 2017
Super Speed

In 1882, an ambitious Notre Dame student named Albert Zahm built what might have been the first wind tunnel in...

February 15, 2017
Notre Dame Scientists Study the Past to Predict Climate Change

A chance meeting a decade ago in a graduate school hallway led paleoecologist Jason McLachlan to create a Jurassic Park-like...

January 31, 2017
Notre Dame Turbomachinery Laboratory to Partner with Doosan Heavy Industries on $2.5 Million Compressor Test Agreement

The compressor test will study aerodynamic phenomena that even the most powerful computers cannot simulate.

January 23, 2017
Bryan Ritchie Appointed Vice President for Innovation at Notre Dame

In this role, Ritchie will lead the University’s new IDEA Center initiative and coordinate the University’s innovation and entrepreneurship programs.

December 16, 2016
‘The Frankenstein Effect’ Of Working Memory: Researchers Examine How Brain Stimulation Affects Memory Reactivation

A new study from Nathan Rose, assistant professor of psychology, examined a fundamental problem your brain has to solve, which...

December 02, 2016
Of Synergy and Science

Change sometimes happens slowly, then all at once. On the northeast side of Notre Dame’s campus, a new quadrangle has...

October 24, 2016
Notre Dame Enhancing Data Sciences Infrastructure for Social Sciences Research

Notre Dame Research has embarked on an initiative in this academic year to identify the infrastructure support needs for social...

September 28, 2016
IDEA Center Created to Catalyze New Research, Innovation, Commercialization Initiatives

The University of Notre Dame will create new innovation and commercialization initiatives under a new entity to be known as...

September 15, 2016
Annual Research Funding at Notre Dame Tops $128 Million

The University of Notre Dame has received $128 million in research funding for fiscal year 2016 — the second highest...

September 07, 2016
Steps: How a Tilt can Help Spinal Cord Patients Walk Again

Off to one corner of a cavernous gymnasium, Aaron Wolfe prepares to take his place on a treadmill. It’s a...

September 01, 2016
Notre Dame Partnership Widens Research Enterprise

The University of Notre Dame Eck Institute for Global Health has partnered with AIDS Free World, an international advocacy organization,...

August 22, 2016
Emergency Financial Aid from Call Centers Effectively Prevents Homelessness

Homelessness in the United States is a persistent and complex problem. Nearly every major U.S. city offers a hotline for...

August 11, 2016
Preventing Infections in Prosthetic Hip Joint Replacements

Gail Weaver, post-doctoral research associate of civil and environmental engineering and earth sciences (CEEES) who works with works with Joshua Shrout,...

August 04, 2016
Holding the Key to Affordable Biotherapeutics

Malcolm Fraser Jr., the University of Notre Dame’s Rev. Julius A. Nieuwland, C.S.C., Professor of Biological Sciences and Eck Institute...

July 26, 2016
Forcing Evolution on the Great Salt Lake Ecosystem

New research completed at the University of Notre Dame’s Environmental Research Center (UNDERC) – West indicates that as sinking brine...

July 21, 2016
Collecting Compounds for the Treatment of Rare Genetic Disorders

As Richard Taylor completes a three-year term as associate vice president for research in June of this year, he will continue his...

July 01, 2016
Whole Tale enables New Discovery by Bringing ‘Life’ to Research Articles

Scientists at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in collaboration with the Center...

June 23, 2016