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Released: 7-Oct-2022 8:05 AM EDT
Similarities in movie review content by critics and general users impact movie sales, study shows
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By analyzing movie reviews, new research from the University of Notre Dame proposes a “topic consistency” measure to capture the degree of overlap between critic and user review content and finds that it does impact movie sales.

Newswise: Study finds high levels of PFAS in school uniforms
Released: 20-Sep-2022 4:05 PM EDT
Study finds high levels of PFAS in school uniforms
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Scientists at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana University, the University of Toronto and the Green Science Policy Institute analyzed a variety of children’s textiles. Fluorine was detected in 65 percent of samples tested.

   
Newswise: Hurricane Harvey’s hardest hit survivors five times as likely to experience anxiety from COVID-19 pandemic
Released: 12-Sep-2022 9:35 AM EDT
Hurricane Harvey’s hardest hit survivors five times as likely to experience anxiety from COVID-19 pandemic
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Researchers at the University of Notre Dame with collaborators at Rice University and the Environmental Defense Fund, deployed new surveys to assess the economic and health impacts of the pandemic nationally, but with a special focus on those hit by back-to-back climate disasters.

   
Newswise: Gender-diverse teams produce more novel, higher-impact scientific discoveries, study shows
Released: 29-Aug-2022 3:15 PM EDT
Gender-diverse teams produce more novel, higher-impact scientific discoveries, study shows
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New research from Notre Dame examines about 6.6 million papers published across the medical sciences since 2000 and reveals that a team’s gender balance is an under-recognized, yet powerful indicator of novel and impactful scientific discoveries.

Newswise: In Race Against Hurricane Season, Engineers Launch Survey to Study Incentives for Climate-Resilient Homes
Released: 23-Aug-2022 10:50 AM EDT
In Race Against Hurricane Season, Engineers Launch Survey to Study Incentives for Climate-Resilient Homes
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Notre Dame researchers are racing against time to create a new framework for community recovery from natural disasters, educate homeowners on risks and encourage incentives for climate-resilient homes before the next extreme event hits.

Newswise: Early childhood lead exposure, exacerbated by structural racism, results in lower reading scores
Released: 16-Aug-2022 3:20 PM EDT
Early childhood lead exposure, exacerbated by structural racism, results in lower reading scores
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Notre Dame researchers sought to investigate whether and to what degree early childhood educational outcomes are affected by childhood lead exposure and whether racial residential segregation has a compounding effect.

   
Newswise: Notre Dame partners with 11 universities to address national semiconductor shortage
Released: 4-Aug-2022 2:35 PM EDT
Notre Dame partners with 11 universities to address national semiconductor shortage
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The University of Notre Dame has signed a memorandum of understanding to establish the Midwest Regional Network to Address National Needs in Semiconductor and Microelectronics.

Newswise: Lymphatics Help ‘Seed’ Early Brain Cells in Zebrafish
Released: 19-Jul-2022 1:55 PM EDT
Lymphatics Help ‘Seed’ Early Brain Cells in Zebrafish
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A recent paper in Nature Neuroscience by University of Notre Dame biologist Cody J. Smith demonstrated how lymphatics — which remove waste from the rest of the body — are also associated with microglia and brain development in zebrafish.

   
Newswise: Chloe Gibbs to serve on Council of Economic Advisers
Released: 18-Jul-2022 2:20 PM EDT
Chloe Gibbs to serve on Council of Economic Advisers
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Chloe Gibbs, assistant professor of economics at the University of Notre Dame, has been appointed to a one-year term as a senior economist on the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA).

Newswise: Nanoparticle ‘Backpacks’ Restore Damaged Stem Cells
Released: 7-Jul-2022 10:30 AM EDT
Nanoparticle ‘Backpacks’ Restore Damaged Stem Cells
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Bioengineers at the University of Notre Dame have shown that a new strategy can restore damaged stem cells and enable them to grow new tissues again.

Newswise: First Multigenerational Study of Head Start Shows Significant Gains for Second Generation
Released: 21-Jun-2022 11:20 AM EDT
First Multigenerational Study of Head Start Shows Significant Gains for Second Generation
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When assessing the children of the first generation of Head Start participants, Notre Dame researcher Chloe Gibbs, saw decreases in teen parenthood and criminal engagement and increases in educational attainment, which correspond to an estimated 6 to 11 percent increase in wages through age 50.

Newswise: Multi-Decade Research Links Fathers’ Testosterone Production to Their Adolescent Experiences with Their Own Fathers
Released: 31-May-2022 3:05 PM EDT
Multi-Decade Research Links Fathers’ Testosterone Production to Their Adolescent Experiences with Their Own Fathers
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Notre Dame's Lee Gettler and his collaborators have drawn on data collected over more than 30 years from almost 1,000 men in the Philippines to help shed light on the importance of adolescence and father-son experiences to sons’ adult testosterone patterns.

Newswise: Follow the science? Consumers aren’t always impressed with scientifically developed products, study shows
Released: 9-May-2022 8:05 AM EDT
Follow the science? Consumers aren’t always impressed with scientifically developed products, study shows
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Sometimes consumers like products created with science and other times they do not, and new research from the University of Notre Dame shows that it all depends on what the marketer is trying to sell: sensory pleasure or practicality.

Newswise: Pulte Institute launches Central America Research Alliance
Released: 3-May-2022 2:05 PM EDT
Pulte Institute launches Central America Research Alliance
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The Pulte Institute for Global Development at the University of Notre Dame has launched the Central America Research Alliance (CARA): a network focused on delivering evidence-based advocacy by amplifying the work of Central American scholars and practitioners.

Newswise: Rise in Trust of Institutions Led to Boost in Entrepreneurial Intent, Especially Among STEM Undergraduates
Released: 6-Apr-2022 12:25 PM EDT
Rise in Trust of Institutions Led to Boost in Entrepreneurial Intent, Especially Among STEM Undergraduates
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University of Notre Dame’s Yong Suk Lee studied how former South Korean President Park Geun-hye’s 2016 impeachment due to corruption and abuse of power affected people’s trust in government institutions.

Newswise: Loud and clear: High-energy ads keep viewers tuned in, study shows
Released: 5-Apr-2022 4:00 PM EDT
Loud and clear: High-energy ads keep viewers tuned in, study shows
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More energetic commercials are likely to be tuned in more or avoided less by viewers, according to research from Joonhyuk Yang, assistant professor of marketing at Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business.



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