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Prettiest things we've ever seen ✨
06/03/2026

Prettiest things we've ever seen ✨

A research team led by Notre Dame physicist Dafei Jin has demonstrated that a novel qubit platform they invented — a sin...
06/01/2026

A research team led by Notre Dame physicist Dafei Jin has demonstrated that a novel qubit platform they invented — a single electron trapped on the surface of frozen neon — is 10 to 10,000 times quieter than traditional qubits, addressing one of quantum computing’s biggest challenges: noise.

Published in Nature Electronics, the study offers new evidence that ultraclean frozen neon may provide a more stable, scalable, and even lower-cost path forward for next-generation quantum technologies.

Read more: https://bit.ly/4nFApfc

Image description: An electron (represented by the ball) is controlled by a resonator (red wires) above a solid neon surface (the transparent square piece under the ball). Noise (disturbances) in the environment (represented by the distortion) becomes quiet around the electron and neon (clear area). Image by Xu Han/Argonne National Laboratory.

Can you walk past the Golden Dome without taking a picture? ✨
05/29/2026

Can you walk past the Golden Dome without taking a picture? ✨

The University of Notre Dame College of Science is expanding its leadership in rare disease advocacy, research, and ethi...
05/29/2026

The University of Notre Dame College of Science is expanding its leadership in rare disease advocacy, research, and ethics-informed healthcare education.

Christopher J. Ostertag, Ph.D., has been appointed as the Bill & Lisa Powers Collegiate Associate Professor of the Practice in Preprofessional Studies and Director of Ethics for the Institute for Rare Diseases.

A nationally recognized healthcare ethicist and rare disease advocate, Ostertag brings both professional expertise and lived experience to Notre Dame’s Patient Advocacy Initiative.

His work will help prepare the next generation of leaders to advocate for patients and families affected by rare diseases — advancing compassionate, ethics-informed care at the intersection of science, medicine, and human dignity.

Ostertag most recently served as Regional Director of Clinical Ethics at Intermountain Health in Colorado.

Read more: https://bit.ly/4dDGjKr

Summer Scenes ☀️
05/28/2026

Summer Scenes ☀️

05/27/2026

just blowing off some (liquid nitrogen) steam 🧯

A lion, an antelope, and a leopard walk into Jordan Hall . . . No punchline. Just new taxidermy specimens for the Museum...
05/26/2026

A lion, an antelope, and a leopard walk into Jordan Hall . . .

No punchline. Just new taxidermy specimens for the Museum of Biodiversity!

05/26/2026

See what the Class of 2026 is doing next 🎓 (We're especially proud of those gold tassels!)

05/26/2026

Statement from Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., on the papal encyclical "Magnifica Humanitas:"

In "Magnifica Humanitas," Pope Leo XIV has given us a profound gift: a teaching that reminds us that every human life possesses an inviolable dignity and that safeguarding this dignity must be the foundation of every decision we make as we develop and apply artificial intelligence.

Signing this encyclical on the 135th anniversary of "Rerum Novarum," Pope Leo XIII’s historic letter on the rights of workers, is a deliberate choice. Just as Leo XIII addressed the disorientation of the industrial revolution, Leo XIV calls us to moral clarity and solidarity in the midst of this latest societal transformation, underscoring the urgency of the questions humankind faces.

At Notre Dame, our mission as a global Catholic research university compels us to advance Pope Leo XIV’s historic contribution to Catholic social tradition through our research, our teaching, and all of our work in service of the common good. The Holy Father has highlighted the critical role that Catholic scholars and researchers — and all those of goodwill — must play in raising moral questions and actively shaping new technologies to ensure they serve the entire human family.

Congratulations to the outstanding students in the Class of 2026 who were named award recipients by the Dean's Office an...
05/22/2026

Congratulations to the outstanding students in the Class of 2026 who were named award recipients by the Dean's Office and their respective departments! 🎓

See the list of awardees here: https://bit.ly/4eXnQcX

Photos by Adam Raschka

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