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Career Development

Dare to Unplug

In a world where people are increasingly attached to and dependent on technology, Nick Barella and Chris Mire decided to undergo a challenge and dared to “unplug.” The two...

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Dare to Navigate a Complex World

Bats are creatures feared by many humans, but definitely not Laura Kloepper. Laura has dedicated her research to investigating how these animals use their sonar in large groups...

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Health and Society

Dare to Imagine Curing Cancer

More than 100 years ago, New York physician William Coley pioneered methods that relied on the body’s immune system to treat cancer. Although quickly surpassed by advances in...

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Fluid Dynamics May Play Key Role in Evolution of Cooperation

Believe it or not — it’s in our nature to cooperate with one another, even when cheating may be more profitable. Social cooperation is common in every scale of life, from the...

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Hunting for Planets with TESS

Justin Crepp, the Frank M. Freimann Professor of Physics and director of ND’s Engineering and Design Core Facility, talks about the recent TESS space launch and Notre Dame’s...

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Dengue Virus Transmission Dominated by Those with Undetected Infection, Study Finds

People showing virtually no symptoms are likely the primary source of dengue fever, according to new research published in PLOS Pathogens. Nearly 400 million people each year are...

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Cancer Cells Thrive in Stiff Tissue, According to New Study

Stiffer breast tissue creates an environment more prone to cancer by enabling the disease to interfere with the surrounding healthy cells, according to a recent study published...

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Engineered Polymer Membranes Could Be New Option for Water Treatment

The world’s freshwater resources are in short supply. According to the United Nations, water scarcity affects an estimated 1.9 billion people and 2.1 billion people live with...

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Connecting Fields – ACMS and Athletics Collaboration Benefits Students in Sports and Science

To someone who’s not into math, the formula statistician Alan Huebner chalked on the blackboard in Hurley Hall could have looked like the formula to…well, anything. But...

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Study Reveals How Bacteria Communicate in Groups to Avoid Antibiotics

In a new study published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC), researchers from the University of Notre Dame and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have found...

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Ten Years Hence 2018: Dr. Gill Bejerano

Dr. Gill Bejerano, Associate Professor of Developmental Biology, of Computer Science and of Pediatrics, Bejerano Lab, Stanford University, discusses his work on human genomics and...

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Art and History

Professor Uses Cutting-Edge Technology to Conduct ‘Engaged Anthropology’ at Prehistoric Illinois Site

Mark Schurr is committed to conducting engaged anthropology. For Schurr, professor and acting chair of the University of Notre Dame’s Department of Anthropology, that means he...

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