Tag: research

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Smarter filter uses electric charges to target pollutants and recover resources 

Purifying dirty water is an age-old problem that has become more urgent as the global population grows, and water contains more and different kinds of pollutants. Over time, filters have evolved—from simple sieves that strain out sand and dirt to advanced membranes that selectively remove …

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Fighting for faster virus detection

Nosang Myung, the Bernard Keating-Crawford Professor of Engineering in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and James Rudolph, the Paul Down Assistant Professor of Industrial Design in the College of Arts & Letters, along with their team, have developed an electronic nose …

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Notre Dame opens applications for 2026 Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship program

The University of Notre Dame is accepting applications for the next cohort of Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellows, a select group of early-career scholars in science, engineering, and the liberal arts who are committed to Notre Dame’s mission to be a powerful force for good in the world. Up to …

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Notre Dame Awards Prestigious Engineering Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2025

This fall, the College of Engineering welcomes seven new postdoctoral fellows through the Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program and the Bioengineering and Life Sciences (BELS) initiative. Six of the fellows will join as part of the Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, a …

Ricardo García Cárcamo, post-doctoral researcher in the Colón Research Group, presents his research during the poster session at the CECAM flagship workshop at the University of Notre Dame on July 8, 2025.

Notre Dame hosts major international artificial intelligence and machine learning conference

Experts from 22 different institutions of education and research located in 7 different countries gathered at the University of Notre Dame (South Bend, Indiana, USA) last week for a flagship workshop of the Centre Européen de Calcul Atomique et Moléculaire (CECAM). From July 7 to 9, 2025, the …

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From reaction to resolution: The future of allergy treatment

Twelve-year-old Lauren Eglite was thrilled to attend a Notre Dame football game with her father, Erik, in 2017, even though her acute peanut allergy demands constant vigilance. She was even more excited when the stadium’s brand-new video board aired an NBC Fighting For story about Basar …

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Notre Dame announces 2025 Strategic Framework Grant recipients

The University of Notre Dame has announced the awardees of its 2025 Strategic Framework Grant (SFG) Program. Launched in 2024, the program is an internal funding opportunity that stimulates engagement with the priorities outlined in Notre Dame 2033: A Strategic Framework. The program, sponsored …

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Research worth fighting for

As one of America’s leading research institutions, Notre Dame has long been at the forefront of finding answers to the most pressing questions facing our communities. With our unique mission to be a force for good, Notre Dame researchers are making discoveries that make our nation healthier, …

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Major investments announced to accelerate research at the intersection of bioengineering and life sciences

Notre Dame’s Bioengineering & Life Sciences Initiative has announced significant investments aimed at enhancing and growing biomedical research at the University. These include funding of four new cross-disciplinary faculty research teams and a milestone instrument acquisition that will …