Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a chronic condition that causes increasing difficulty in breathing as it progresses, is the third leading cause of death worldwide. The clinical diagnosis and monitoring of COPD and other pulmonary diseases can be taxing, often requiring blood testing, …
Dafei Jin, associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the College of Science at the University of Notre Dame, is one of 21 researchers who received grants from the 2026 Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation’s Experimental Physics Investigators Initiative. Jin will join …
Since coming to Notre Dame, Patricia J. Culligan, the Matthew H. McCloskey Dean of the College of Engineering, has “dreamed of doing a challenge like this.” On August 31, 2026, that vision came to life as students packed the Dahnke Family Ballroom for the kickoff of the inaugural Notre Dame …
Before the Industrial Revolution, the world’s oceans exchanged roughly equal amounts of carbon dioxide with the atmosphere. Today, by absorbing a significant share of human-generated CO₂ emissions, they play a vital role in slowing the buildup of this greenhouse gas in the …
Jennifer Schaefer, the Sheehan Family Collegiate Professor of Engineering in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Notre Dame, studies how materials behave at the molecular and mesoscale levels and how those properties can be harnessed to develop new technologies. Her research …
At the University of Notre Dame, Margaret McGuinness — assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace and …
James Schmiedeler, a professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering and associate dean for faculty advancement and …
For this edition, we’re trading our usual Month in Photos for a look back at an entire season: Summer in Photos. …
What if a material’s very nature predisposed it to generating powerful terahertz radiation (THz)—a form of …
Every year, nearly 5 million people die from causes related to antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the phenomena by which …