Notre Dame Science

The official account of the College of Science at the University of @NotreDame ☘️

[Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society @lucy_institute]

📣 Notre Dame, Holy Cross & Saint Mary’s undergrads! Join us Friday, Nov. 13, at 3 p.m. in Hesburgh Library, Rm. 125, to learn about HDAC and build a team to tackle real-world health challenges.

Register: https://t.co/G7XTqJDNCv

[Notre Dame Science @NDscience]

Gregory Hartland, Collegiate Professor in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at @NotreDame, has been named Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters.

https://t.co/eH21tVL3jV

[University of Notre Dame @NotreDame]

Online harassment in athletics is on the rise, impacting student-athletes like @NDVolleyball’s Lily Fenton. Now, Notre Dame researchers are building an AI defense system to stop it.

By training algorithms to detect and flag abusive content early, Notre Dame is using data science to protect athletes worldwide: https://t.co/sDTw5sGPOR

[Notre Dame Science @NDscience]

@JenMLillie @UniofOxford @MarcusduSautoy ⭐️🎄👏

[Notre Dame Science @NDscience]

What do your favorite games have to do with mathematics?

Join @UniofOxford mathematician @MarcusduSautoy for "Around the World in 80 Games," an interactive, family-friendly Christmas Lecture!

📅 Dec. 12 | 2 p.m.
📍 Century Center, South Bend

https://t.co/iNV0Y9sx4F

[Notre Dame Science @NDscience]

Nirmal Ghimire, associate professor in @NDPhysics, is part of this research team, which directly observed a unique property in an altermagnetic candidate material, delivering key evidence of a new phase of magnetism.

[SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory @SLAClab]

A new form of magnetism! 🧲

A SLAC-led team has found proof of Altermagnetism – a third magnetic phase that combines the properties of ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism.
Learn more: https://t.co/Qnp5JOtBrg

[Notre Dame Research @UNDResearch]

The @UNDResearch community continues bringing new knowledge to bear on contemporary challenges and opportunities — from enhancing city services to bolstering talent pipelines. The 2025-2026 fiscal year brought about new milestones and growth.

https://t.co/fYyZvXfQMg

[Notre Dame Science @NDscience]

At this competition, 12 postdoctoral researchers took on the challenge of sharing their research in just 3 minutes, putting their communication skills—and their ability to make complex ideas accessible—to the test.

[Notre Dame Science @NDscience]

Congratulations to David Gonzalez, postdoc researcher in the Department of Mathematics, who won the 2026 Postdoc Lightning Talk Competition with his talk, “Counting Infinite Sheep.”

[Notre Dame Science @NDscience]

Congratulations to Kevin Lannon, Professor of @NDPhysics and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, on his selection to the @NotreDame All-Faculty Team!

Learn more about Lannon's research and the other members of the 2026 All-Faculty Team: https://t.co/E79nuLqneZ

[University of Notre Dame @NotreDame]

Over 1 million patients get catheter-related infections annually.

A $1 adaptation developed at Notre Dame could save thousands of lives each year.

Fans at Notre Dame Stadium just met Professor Ana Flores-Mireles and her team that have developed a simple silicone-oil coating that keeps bacteria and fungi from sticking to the device entirely.

Learn more: https://t.co/JbDriyVNG2

[University of Notre Dame @NotreDame]

Hospital-acquired infections affect millions each year.

@NDScience researchers have engineered an infection-resistant liquid silicone coating for catheters that stops bacteria from attaching to medical devices: https://t.co/HyxsqDBN26

[Notre Dame Science @NDscience]

Prashant Kamat (@KamatlabND) has been awarded the 2026 Nicholas J. Turro Award from the Inter-American Photochemical Society.

This award recognizes sustained contributions in photochemical sciences that have transformed or developed the field.

https://t.co/qkboH0On31

[Notre Dame Science @NDscience]

Physicist Dafei Jin is one of 21 researchers who received grants from the 2026 Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation’s Experimental Physics Investigators Initiative.

https://t.co/EhLpgtQDLe

[Notre Dame Science @NDscience]

The College of Science Academic Series at @uNDLondon begins on Oct. 2 with a one-day international symposium.

This event will explore the future of biologically-inspired computation and how it informs the design of artificial intelligence.

https://t.co/jV7aIXdAst

[Notre Dame Science @NDscience]

Announcing the 2026 Christmas Lecture, featuring @MarcusduSautoy, Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at the @UniofOxford.

⭐️ https://t.co/DI1Onnd3dL

[Notre Dame Science @NDscience]

The @AmerChemSociety has awarded Kate Biberdorf, professor for the public understanding of science at @NotreDame, with the James T. Grady–James H. Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry for the Public.

https://t.co/4e5CNI9HFd

[Notre Dame Science @NDscience]

The Patient Advocacy Initiative will host its annual Brumm Patient Advocacy Summit on Oct. 9.

The 2026 summit will focus on the rare disease family journey, exploring the experiences, challenges, and support systems that shape life with rare disease.

https://t.co/JVmo35lb5a

[Notre Dame Science @NDscience]

Attend the annual Gold Mass for Scientists and Engineers on Thursday, Sept. 17.

Following the Mass and reception, Sr. Damien Marie Savino will explore what it means to “learn the language of creation” — and why that pursuit matters in an increasingly technological age.

[Notre Dame Science @NDscience]

New research from Professor Xin Lu and collaborators, published in @PNASNews, found that combining the FDA-approved drug belzutifan with a laboratory-produced protein called TRAIL significantly increased tumor cell death in laboratory tests.

[Notre Dame Science @NDscience]

A genetic vulnerability in clear cell renal cell carcinoma, the most aggressive type of kidney cancer, may lend itself to a combination treatment strategy that causes the cancer cells to self-destruct.

Read more: https://t.co/009TBXYgoa