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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover sits on a rocky, dusty Martian landscape beneath a hazy orange sky

Notre Dame scientist part of NASA team unlocking Mars’ chemical past

Today, Mars is a radioactive icebox covered in rust, but billions of years ago, it was warm, wet and blue-skied. Could …

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Notre Dame researchers to advance quantum microscopy, biosensing technology, and electronics fabrication with support from NDnano

Notre Dame Nanoscience and Technology (NDnano) has announced the awardees of the inaugural Notre Dame …

Clive Neal

Clive Neal Awarded NASA’s 2026 Shoemaker Distinguished Scientist Medal

Clive Neal, professor of civil and environmental engineering and earth sciences at the University of Notre Dame, has …

University of Notre Dame launches Morphogenetic Bioengineering Initiative to advance research in healing and disease

The University of Notre Dame has launched the Notre Dame Morphogenetic Bioengineering Initiative (ND-MBI), a …

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How big is your laptop’s carbon footprint? 

Your laptop might politely sip electricity at your desk, but it has already feasted on a banquet of fossil …

Meenal Datta, a woman with long black hair, wearing a blue blazer and patterned blouse, stands in a laboratory with scientific equipment and glassware in the background. She has a confident and professional expression.

Meenal Datta receives NSF CAREER award to advance her research on how mechanical forces can disrupt the immune system

Meenal Datta, the Jane Schoelch DeFlorio Collegiate Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, has received a …

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Ink-based thermoelectric technology could be solution for replacing problematic refrigerants

Today’s refrigerants, which are specialized working fluids used in air conditioners, refrigerators, and heat pumps, …

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Engineering in Photos: May 2026

Engineering in Photos highlights the people, accomplishments, and experiences that shaped the College throughout May …

Tim Weninger

Tim Weninger selected for the newest class of U.S. Defense Science Study Group

Tim Weninger, professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has …