Science and Technology
Pathways
A Notre Dame researcher discusses the relationship between the built environment and our habits, especially our eating habits. And, as hundreds seek a path to asylum in Italy...
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Researchers Make Important Discovery for ‘Smart’ Films and Encapsulation
A study from the University of Notre Dame has found that the properties of a material commonly used to create conductive or protective films and encapsulate drug compounds — and...
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The Naturalist
The Rev. Julius A. Nieuwland, CSC, didn’t know how to drive. But in December 1925, he needed to travel far from home to the first national symposium on organic chemistry. He had...
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Euthanasia of Patients with Non-Terminal Mental Disorders
Full title of the talk: “Physician Assisted Suicide & Euthanasia of Patients with Non-Terminal Mental Disorders: An Emerging Ethical Crisis.” The speaker Dr. Mark S. Komrad,...
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Study: Tuberculosis Survives by Using Host System Against Itself
In a new study published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, scientists at the University of Notre Dame have discovered that the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB)...
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Notre Dame Unveils Largest Mach 6 Quiet Hypersonic Test Facility in the US
The University of Notre Dame has completed development of the country’s largest quiet Mach 6 hypersonic wind tunnel. Funded with support from the Air Force Office of Scientific...
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Star of Wonder
The Gospel account of St. Matthew includes a peculiar episode: Magi or wise men who followed a star to the place of Jesus’ birth. A Notre Dame astrophysicist details the...
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Fighting for Life in the Digital Age
This talk features Ernest Morrell. Morrell is the Coyle Professor of Literacy Education and Director of the Center for Literacy Education at the University of Notre Dame. He is an...
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Fighting for the Human Heart
The human heart beats 70 times per minute, 4,200 times per hour and 100,800 times per day. In that day, it pumps more than 2,000 gallons of blood through the body and provides...
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Pilot Program to Create Cyber Infrastructure Model for National Science Foundation Facilities
Researchers from the University of Notre Dame will contribute expertise to a pilot project to create a model and strategic plan for a Cyberinfrastructure Center of Excellence....
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Scientists Neutralize Reactive Nitrogen Molecules to Enhance Cancer Immunotherapy
Immunotherapy — harnessing T-cells to attack cancer cells in the body — has given hope to patients who endure round after round of treatment, including chemotherapy, to little...
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John Donovan, CEO, AT&T Communications
John Donovan, CEO – AT&T Communications, is responsible for the bulk of AT&T’s global telecommunications and video services businesses, including AT&T’s Business,...
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