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 …
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 …
What if a material’s very nature predisposed it to generating powerful terahertz radiation (THz)—a form of invisible light being explored for applications ranging from ultrafast communications and imaging to quantum technologies? Most conventional terahertz sources generate these waves …
Every year, nearly 5 million people die from causes related to antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the phenomena by which microorganisms like bacteria evolve to resist the drugs designed to kill them. AMR poses a growing threat to global human health, as it diminishes the ability of common antibiotics …
Scientists used to think that when a cell released a tiny, membrane-covered bubble—an extracellular vesicle (EV)—it was just taking out the trash. Then, in the 1990s and early 2000s, researchers discovered that these circulating microscopic bubbles were actually part of a critical …
Notre Dame’s Center for Environmental Science and Technology (CEST) recently purchased a new x-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy instrument that significantly improves the center’s capabilities in surface chemistry analyses. The new installation builds on the analytical …
More than 100,000 people are awaiting an organ transplant in the United States, with a new candidate added to the list every 10 minutes. Even if the transplant is carried out successfully, recipients must take immunosuppressive medications, elevating their risk of broader infections, and adhere to …
Engineers and researchers at the University of Notre Dame (ND), along with leadership at South Bend company Manufacturing Technology, Inc. (MTI), have entered a partnership to create a new rail joining technology. Together, ND and MTI were awarded a $4.6 million grant from …
Engineering faculty members Diego Gómez-Zará and Karla Badillo-Urquiola are this year's grant recipients of the Jerusalem Research Development Grant. Their proposal builds on Notre Dame Jerusalem’s newly developed ADAM pre-college gap year program. The ADAM pre-college program is …