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Mercury’s 400°C Heat May Help It Make Its Own Ice

Mercury’s Vulcan 400°C heat could easily help it produce some of the ice at its polar caps.
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Keeping Them Safe: GTRI Develops and Teaches Tactics to Defend Transport Aircraft
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Think Small: Innovative Technology to Fill the Gaps in Pediatric Research
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Cool Solutions - Science and engineering are collaborating to help address the impacts of climate change.
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Mick Jagger owes some thanks for the fact he’s alive and strutting to Ajit Yoganathan and his lab crew. In fact, millions of people do.
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Getting New Treatments to Patients Can Be Harder Than Landing on Mars
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Create Dedicated Pandemic Clinics Now to Address COVID-19

Posted: March 25, 2020

COVID-19 needs pandemic clinics focused on treating it and keeping it away from non-COVID patients.

Georgia Tech Professor Uses Virtual Reality to Move Major Conference Online

Posted: March 24, 2020

For the first time in its 26-year history, IEEE VR will meet in an all-virtual environment.

Do-It-Yourself Medical Devices and Protective Gear Fuel Battle Against COVID-19

Posted: March 23, 2020

The Georgia Tech community is working together to help meet the needs for personal protection equipment for health care workers.

Five Tips for Moving Courses Online Quickly, from an OMSCS Instructor

Posted: March 17, 2020

Professors across the country are facing the need to quickly produce online courses.

Cyber Hygiene Keeps Your Email Safe from Virtual Viruses

Posted: March 17, 2020

Teleworking can create a new set of risks surrounding email use that require precautions.

App to detect lymphedema in breast cancer survivors

App Detects Harsh Side Effect of Breast Cancer Treatment

Posted: March 16, 2020

Many breast cancer survivors suffer from lymph collection known as lymphedema, and a new phone app detects it early.

Interface between GaN and diamond materials

Room-temperature Bonded Interface Improves Cooling of Gallium Nitride Devices

Posted: March 16, 2020

A new technique for integrating materials such as gallium nitride and thermally conducting materials could improve performance of wide bandgap devices.

STAR particles for treating skin diseases

Microscopic STAR Particles Offer New Potential Treatment for Skin Diseases

Posted: March 9, 2020

A new therapy using a skin cream infused with microscopic STAR particles and a therapeutic drug could facilitate better treatment of skin diseases.

Shriners Hospitals for Children and Georgia Tech Announce Research Affiliation

Posted: February 26, 2020

A new collaborative research effort will help children with cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury and other conditions.

Mercury's North Pole with probable ice deposites highlighted

Mercury’s 400oC Heat May Help It Make Its Own Ice

Posted: March 12, 2020

It is already hard to believe that there is ice on Mercury, where daytime temperatures reach 400 degrees Celsius, or 750 degrees Fahrenheit. Now a new study says that the Vulcan heat on the planet closest to the sun likely helps make some of that ice.

Getting New Treatments to Patients Can Be Harder Than Landing on Mars

Posted: July 1, 2019

Getting New Treatments to Patients Can Be Harder Than Landing on Mars

Mending a Broken Heart

Posted: December 31, 2018

Cardiology researchers at Georgia Tech, Emory University and their partners pursue solutions that detect and fix what ails the human heart.

A minature world with IoT devices emitting waves

Connected New World

Posted: March 8, 2018

The internet of things will soon account for more than half of the world’s connected devices. Georgia Tech researchers are working to ensure IOT security, fuse large IOT data streams, and provide necessary connectivity.

Illustration of a glowing, elevated room of machines with data streaming in and out, and humans outside the room watching

The Minds of the New Machines

Posted: January 25, 2018

New theories and innovative algorithms support computer learning for improved prediction and decision-making

Research Goes Global

Posted: January 11, 2018

Georgia Tech’s research roots extend worldwide, creating international business connections and giving students unique research, education, and work opportunities.