Brain & Behavior
The Words That Shape a Baby's Future Begin Before Birth
Most parents remember their first ultrasound: the fuzzy outline, the fluttering heartbeat, the technician’s voice.
Jul 23, 2025
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Brain & Behavior
Why Father-Daughter Bonds Help Female Baboons Live Longer
Strong relationships between baboon fathers and their daughters can add two to four years to the females' lifespans, according to new research spanning over five decades of observation in Kenya.
Jun 18, 2025
Earth & Environment
World’s Biggest Polluters Are Least Affected by Environmental Damage and Conflict
The countries contributing most to global environmental damage are also the ones most shielded from its consequences, while nations least responsible face…
May 17, 2025
Social Sciences
How opposition movements can defy autocratic leaders
Venezuela's transformation from one of Latin America's most stable democracies to a full-blown authoritarian regime offers crucial lessons for opposition movements worldwide, according to new research from Notre Dame political scientist Laura Gamboa.
Mar 26, 2025
Technology
Social Media Bots Create More Chatter But Less Meaningful Conversation, Research Shows
As social media platforms rush to integrate AI chatbots into their services, new research suggests these automated agents may be undermining the very human connections they're meant to foster.
Jan 29, 2025
Social Sciences
Political elites take advantage of anti-partisan protests to disrupt politics
Protest movements that reject political parties have an unintended consequence, according to new research from the University of Notre Dame: They empower savvy politicians who channel them to shake up the status quo.
May 26, 2024
Health
Keto Supplement Boosts Prostate Cancer Immunotherapy
In a recent study, researchers from the University of Notre Dame discovered that adding a pre-ketone supplement to a type of cancer therapy called immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy was highly effective in treating prostate cancer in laboratory settings.
Apr 28, 2024
Technology
AI can alert urban planners and policymakers to cities’ decay
More than two-thirds of the world’s population is expected to live in cities by 2050, according to the United Nations.
Oct 29, 2023
Brain & Behavior
What leaders say impacts our ideas about democracy
Most people will agree that over the past several years, American political leaders have been saying — and sharing on social media — unusual things that politicians would never have said a decade or two ago.
Oct 26, 2023
Brain & Behavior
Dreams spill over into the workplace and can be channeled for productivity
Before heading to work each day, most people have spent the night dreaming. Studies show that on any given morning, about 40 percent of the working population recalls their dreams.
Aug 29, 2023
Brain & Behavior
Disclosing ‘true normal price’ recommended to protect consumers from deceptive pricing
Fifty years ago, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) stopped enforcing deceptive pricing regulations, assuming that competition would keep retailers honest.
Aug 9, 2023
Social Sciences
Black families growing up on either side of the tracks have same economic outcomes
A study by University of Notre Dame researchers found that race, rather than neighborhood advantages, plays a dominant role in determining economic success for Black individuals in the United States over multiple generations.
Jun 28, 2023
Brain & Behavior
‘Lyft’ vs. ‘Lift’: Consumers are less likely to support brands with unconventional spellings, study shows
Choosing a brand name for a new product or service is one of the most important marketing decisions a company makes.
Mar 8, 2023
Physics
Chemical history of the Milky Way revealed by new catalog of tens of millions of stars
University of Notre Dame researchers, along with collaborators in China and Australia, published a new sample catalog of more than 24 million stars that can be used to decipher the chemical history of elements in the Milky Way Galaxy.
Feb 11, 2022