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Researchers develop groundbreaking method for printing blood capillary networks

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 …

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2026 Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellows in Engineering

This fall, the College of Engineering welcomes six new postdoctoral fellows through the Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, a university-wide initiative. Now in its second year, the program supports talented, highly motivated scholars committed to Notre Dame’s mission—to be a powerful …

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Notre Dame and Manufacturing Technology Incorporated receive Federal Railroad Administration award to lead innovation for rail joining technology

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 …

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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 Nanofabrication Facility (NDNF) Support Grants. The grant program is designed to catalyze new research involving the NDNF, a world-class, 9,000 square-foot teaching and research …

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 cross-disciplinary program that links artificial intelligence and mechanistic bioengineering to better understand how cells communicate with each other to build, maintain, and …

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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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Notre Dame engineer receives inaugural ARPA-H Emerging Health Innovators award to power lymphatic disease research

As many as 10 million people in the United States live with lymphedema, a chronic condition causing severe, painful …

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Notre Dame launches Minor in Earth and Planetary Sciences with focus on space exploration

The University of Notre Dame announces the launch of the Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS) minor, a multidisciplinary …

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Cleared for Take-off: Senior Aero RC planes take flight

This spring, powerful gusts and icy crosswinds transformed the skies of northwest Indiana into a high-stakes physics …