University of Notre Dame

Research shows food-trade network vulnerable to fast spread of contaminants

University of Notre Dame network physicists Mária Ercsey-Ravasz and Zoltán Toroczkai of the Interdisciplinary Center for Network Science and Applications, in collaboration with food science experts, have recently ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jun 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Novel method combats malaria drug resistance

Researchers from the University of Notre Dame's Eck Institute for Global Health developed a "gene chip" to contribute to the identification of malaria drug resistance, an effort that will allow for real-time response in modified ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Expert: Babies can sleep safely next to mothers

(Medical Xpress) -- If practiced safely, co-sleeping with your baby is safe and beneficial, according to James McKenna, University of Notre Dame biological anthropologist and world-renowned expert on sudden ...

Health created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Learning best when you rest: Sleeping after processing new info most effective, new study shows

Nodding off in class may not be such a bad idea after all. New research from the University of Notre Dame shows that going to sleep shortly after learning new material is most beneficial for recall.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Holding a gun makes you think others are too, new research shows

(Medical Xpress) -- Wielding a gun increases a person’s bias to see guns in the hands of others, new research from the University of Notre Dame shows.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Notre Dame's Bengal Bouts participants aid in concussion research

The University of Notre Dame's annual Bengal Bouts student boxing tournament's longtime mantra is "Strong Bodies Fight that Weak Bodies May Be Nourished."

Medical research created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers publish new findings on aging pediatric bruises

A multi-university research group which includes several University of Notre Dame faculty and graduate students, has recently published a paper detailing new work on the analysis and dating of human bruises. The research, ...

Medical research created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Notre Dame researchers report fundamental malaria discovery

A team of researchers led by Kasturi Haldar and Souvik Bhattacharjee of the University of Notre Dame's Center for Rare and Neglected Diseases has made a fundamental discovery in understanding how malaria parasites cause deadly ...

Medical research created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Baby lab reveals surprisingly early gift of gab

From the moment they're born, babies are highly attuned to communicate and motivated to interact. And they're great listeners.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

New paper calls for strong steps to tackle antibiotic resistance

Shahriar Mobashery, a University of Notre Dame researcher, is one of the coauthors of a new paper by a group of the world's leading scientists in academia and industry that calls for strong steps to be taken to control the ...

Medications created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Notre Dame, Purdue and GE Healthcare partner on "ultra low" radiation-dose, high clarity CT technology

Demonstrating their shared legacy of innovative research and commitment to patient-centered medical technology, the University of Notre Dame, Purdue University and GE Healthcare have announced the commercial ...

Cancer created Dec 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Walking through doorways causes forgetting, new research shows

(Medical Xpress) -- We’ve all experienced it: The frustration of entering a room and forgetting what we were going to do. Or get. Or find.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (25) | comments 19 | with audio podcast

Want smarter children? Space siblings at least two years apart, research shows

(Medical Xpress) -- According to a new study by University of Notre Dame economist Kasey Buckles and graduate student Elizabeth Munnich, siblings spaced more than two years apart have higher reading and math scores than ch ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers exploring important new insight into ovarian cancer

Researchers from the Harper Cancer Research Institute, a partnership between the University of Notre Dame and Indiana University School of Medicine-South Bend, have uncovered a key element that plays a role in the spread ...

Cancer created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Controlling gene expression to halt cancer growth

(Medical Xpress) -- NUT midline carcinoma (NMC) is a cancer without a cure, and one that affects all age groups. NMC is a rapid-growth disease with an average survival time of four and a half months after diagnosis, making ...

Cancer created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0