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- Companies hide negative news with unrelated press releases alongside SEC filings https://news.nd.edu/news/companies-hide-negative-news-by-issuing-unrelated-press-releases-alongside-sec-filings-study-shows/ 89 comments
- Protest movements that reject political parties have an unintended consequence, according to new research: They empower savvy politicians who channel them to shake up the status quo. https://news.nd.edu/news/new-research-shows-how-elites-leverage-anti-party-protests-to-disrupt-politics/ 13 comments science
- Suppressing boredom at work hurts future productivity, study shows. Trying to stifle boredom prolongs its effects and that alternating boring and meaningful tasks helps to prevent the effects of one boring task from spilling over to reduce productivity on others. https://news.nd.edu/news/suppressing-boredom-at-work-hurts-future-productivity-study-shows/ 6 comments science
- Novel 3D printing method a ‘game changer’ for discovery, manufacturing of new materials https://news.nd.edu/news/novel-3d-printing-method-a-game-changer-for-discovery-manufacturing-of-new-materials/ 2 comments futurology
- Plastic containers can contain PFAS — and it’s getting into food. Analysis of the containers found parts-per-billion levels of PFAS that could migrate into both solvents and food matrices in as little as one week. https://news.nd.edu/news/plastic-containers-can-contain-pfas-and-its-getting-into-food/ 46 comments science
- Chemical history of the Milky Way revealed by new catalog of tens of millions of stars. Containing more than 19 million dwarf and five million giant stars, the new catalog is expected to advance the knowledge of how the Milky Way was formed in a variety of ways https://news.nd.edu/news/chemical-history-of-the-milky-way-revealed-by-new-catalog-of-tens-of-millions-of-stars/ 3 comments science
- Findings from three national datasets show that gay men earn undergraduate and graduate degrees at the highest rate of any gender/sexuality group in the US https://news.nd.edu/news/gay-men-earn-the-most-undergraduate-and-graduate-degrees-in-the-us-study-shows/ 73 comments science
- Researchers use AI to unlock the secrets of ancient texts https://news.nd.edu/news/researchers-use-ai-to-unlock-the-secrets-of-ancient-texts/ 4 comments science
- Large-scale land acquisitions by foreign investors, intended to improve global food security, had little to no benefit, increasing crop production in some areas while simultaneously threatening local food security in others, according to researchers who studied their effects. https://news.nd.edu/news/land-deals-meant-to-improve-food-security-may-have-hurt/ 9 comments science
- COVID-19 lockdowns in China, Europe averted tens of thousands of premature deaths related to air pollution, study finds. https://news.nd.edu/news/covid-19-lockdowns-in-china-europe-averted-tens-of-thousands-of-premature-deaths-related-to-air-pollution-study-finds/ 70 comments science
- Research on the enduring effects of the Original Earth Day: communities with more participation experienced lower pollution, better infant health, and more pro environmental attitudes decades later https://news.nd.edu/news/study-of-earth-day-at-50-good-weather-increases-commitment-to-environmental-activism-can-lower-birth-defects/ 4 comments science
- Female directors are quicker to recall dangerous medical products, study shows https://news.nd.edu/news/female-directors-are-quicker-to-recall-dangerous-medical-products-study-shows/ 922 comments science
- Inconsistency may increase risk to cardiovascular health. Researchers have found that individuals going to bed even 30 minutes later than their usual bedtime presented a significantly higher resting heart rate that lasted into the following day. https://news.nd.edu/news/past-your-bedtime-inconsistency-may-increase-risk-to-cardiovascular-health/ 650 comments science
- New research introduces the concept of financial infidelity — engaging in any financial behavior likely to be frowned upon by a romantic partner and intentionally failing to disclose that behavior. It may involve secretive purchase options, ambiguous packaging and shopping at inconspicuous stores. https://news.nd.edu/news/love-lies-and-money-study-introduces-defines-and-measures-financial-infidelity/ 2 comments science
- New research introduces the concept of financial infidelity — engaging in any financial behavior likely to be frowned upon by a romantic partner and intentionally failing to disclose that behavior. It may involve secretive purchase options, ambiguous packaging and shopping at inconspicuous stores. https://news.nd.edu/news/love-lies-and-money-study-introduces-defines-and-measures-financial-infidelity/ 19 comments science
- Your circle of friends, not your Fitbit, is more predictive of your health. The machine learning model achieved a 65 percent improvement in predicting happiness, 54 percent improvement in predicting one’s self-assessed health prediction, https://news.nd.edu/news/your-circle-of-friends-not-your-fitbit-is-more-predictive-of-your-health/ 4 comments science
- People can sidestep the pitfalls of overconfidence by expressing confidence nonverbally through making eye contact, gesturing, adopting an expansive posture or speaking in a strong voice. This allows people to enjoy its social benefits while reducing the risk they’ll be punished for it. https://news.nd.edu/news/sidestepping-the-pitfalls-of-overconfidence-with-plausible-deniability/ 10 comments science
- A study has found dads whose cortisol levels were elevated while they held their newborns on the day of their birth -- either skin-to-skin or clothed -- were more likely to be involved with indirect care and play with their infants in the first months of their lives. https://news.nd.edu/news/notre-dame-study-shows-fathers-postnatal-hormone-levels-predict-later-caregiving/ 19 comments science
- A new study has found that historically, black colleges and universities (HBCUs) pay higher fees to issue tax-exempt bonds than non-HBCUs. And the evidence points to racial discrimination as the cause. https://news.nd.edu/news/historically-black-schools-pay-more-to-issue-bonds-researchers-find/ 10 comments science
- A new study reports prenatal interpersonal violence can affect emotional regulation by toddlers toward their mothers. Researchers report children of mothers who were victims of domestic abuse during pregnancy, are more likely to exhibit aggression toward their moms in toddlerhood. https://news.nd.edu/news/prenatal-exposure-to-violence-leads-to-increased-toddler-aggression-toward-mothers-study-finds/ 5 comments science
- Economic benefits of admitting refugees outweigh costs https://news.nd.edu/news/economic-benefits-of-admitting-refugees-outweigh-costs/ 31 comments economy
- Flourishing under an abusive boss? You may be a psychopath, study shows. Primary psychopaths benefit under abusive supervisors. Relative to their peers low in primary psychopathy, they felt less anger and more engagement and positive emotions under abusive supervisors. https://news.nd.edu/news/flourishing-under-an-abusive-boss-you-may-be-a-psychopath-study-shows/ 22 comments science
- Exposure to just 10 minutes of light at night suppresses biting and manipulates the flight behavior of Anopheles mosquitoes. https://news.nd.edu/news/researchers-use-light-to-manipulate-mosquitoes/ 3 comments science
- Tea Party support linked to educational segregation, new study shows http://news.nd.edu/news/49416-tea-party-support-linked-to-educational-segregation-new-study-shows/ 28 comments politics
- Chemists have discovered a new class of antibiotics to fight bacteria such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other drug-resistant bacteria that threaten public health http://news.nd.edu/news/46745-notre-dame-chemists-discover-new-class-of-antibiotics/ 10 comments science
- Researchers has discovered how MRSA regulates the critical crosslinking of its cell wall in the face of beta-lactam antibiotics. In other words, they know how it became so resistant to antibiotics http://news.nd.edu/news/43262-notre-dame-researchers-uncover-keys-to-antibiotic-resistance-in-mrsa/ 6 comments science
- The University of Notre Dame will admit Undocumented Students http://news.nd.edu/news/41844-notre-dame-will-admit-undocumented-students/ 7 comments politics