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Broad-Based Asymptomatic Testing Program Helps Control Covid-19

Campuswide program helps break chain of transmission to slow virus growth.
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This Supernova in a Lab Mimics the Cosmic Blast’s Splendid Aftermath

A lab machine the size of a double door replicates how the immense blasts paint the astronomical swirls into existence.
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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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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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Graphene Oxide Membranes Could Reduce Paper Industry Energy Costs

Posted: February 22, 2021

Georgia Tech has found a method to engineer energy-efficient filtration membranes to recycle pulping wastewater.

Bioengineering and Bioscience

Study Finds Alligator Hearts Keep Beating No Matter What

Posted: February 15, 2021

Both humans and alligators share a common four-chamber heart structure, but unlike mammals, alligators have built-in antiarrhythmic protection.

Collective Worm and Robot “Blobs” Protect Individuals, Swarm Together

Posted: February 10, 2021

Research into "blobs" formed by worms and robots could help developers of swarm robots better utilize emergent behavior.

Snake Micro Scales Reveal Secrets of Sidewinding and Slithering

Posted: February 1, 2021

The mesmerizing flow of a sidewinder moving across desert sands has captivated biologists for centuries, but questions remained about how the snakes produce their unique motion.

Test cell for studying solid-state batteries

X-Ray Tomography Lets Researchers Watch Solid-State Batteries Charge, Discharge

Posted: January 28, 2021

Using X-ray tomography, a research team has observed the internal evolution of the materials inside solid-state lithium batteries as they were charged and discharged.

BeamMap combines electron beam and electrospray

New Instrument Will Uncover Structure and Chemical Composition on Sub-Cell Scale

Posted: January 11, 2021

A new imaging instrument will be able to simultaneously study both the surface of a biological sample and its chemical composition.

Georgia Tech Names Eric Vogel Executive Director of Institute for Materials

Posted: January 11, 2021

Georgia Tech has named Eric Vogel, professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering, to be executive director of the Institute for Materials.

Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics

Leadership change in Enterprise Innovation Institute

Karen Fite, Interim VP and Director of Enterprise Innovation Institute, Retires

Posted: January 7, 2021

Karen Fite, who has led Georgia Tech's economic development efforts in the Enterprise Innovation Institute, has retired.

Spontaneous Robot Dances Highlight a New Kind of Order in Active Matter

Posted: December 31, 2020

Researchers have proposed a new principle by which active matter systems can spontaneously order, without need for higher level instructions.

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.