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Think Small: Innovative Technology to Fill the Gaps in Pediatric Research
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Keeping Them Safe: GTRI Develops and Teaches Tactics to Defend Transport Aircraft
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Cool Solutions - Science and engineering are collaborating to help address the impacts of climate change.
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Cardiology researchers at Georgia Tech, Emory University and their partners pursue solutions that detect and fix what ails the human heart.
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For decades of making jet engine noise safer for human ears, the National Academy of Engineering will induct Georgia Tech’s Krishan Ahuja
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Getting New Treatments to Patients Can Be Harder Than Landing on Mars
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Shape-Shifting Robot Built from “Smarticles” Shows New Locomotion Strategy

Posted: September 18, 2019

Researchers have built a robot entirely from smaller robots known as "smarticles."

Seung Soon Jang, Faisal Alamgir and Ji Il Choi

Platinum-Graphene Atomically-thin Fuel Cell Catalysts Show Superior Stability Over Bulk Platinum

Posted: September 18, 2019

Films of platinum only two atoms thick supported by graphene could enable fuel cell catalysts with unprecedented catalytic activity and longevity, according to a study published recently by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure

Hyperbolic Paraboloid Origami Harnesses Bistability to Enable New Applications

Posted: September 17, 2019

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Tokyo are looking at hypar origami with to leverage its structural properties.

Stretchy Plastic Electrolytes Could Enable New Lithium-Ion Battery Design

Posted: September 9, 2019

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a promising new cathode and electrolyte system that replaces expensive metals and traditional liquid electrolyte with lower cost transition metal fluorides and a solid polymer electrolyte.

Bioengineering and Bioscience

Periodontitis culprit Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans by CC

Periodontitis Bacteria Love Colon and Dirt Microbes

Posted: September 9, 2019

Mythbuster: Ideas that bacterial collaborations within microbiomes are generous and exclusive appear to be quite wrong.

Georgia Tech Researcher Named to Health Task Force

Posted: September 6, 2019

A Georgia Tech specialist in health informatics has been named to Georgia’s new Task Force on Healthcare Access and Cost.

Selenium Anchors Could Improve Durability of Platinum Fuel Cell Catalysts

Posted: September 5, 2019

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new platinum-based catalytic system that is far more durable than traditional commercial systems and has a potentially longer lifespan.

Website Rates Security of Internet-Connected Devices

Posted: September 4, 2019

A new website can help consumers understand the security challenges of internet-connected devices.

Stretchable Wireless Sensor Could Monitor Healing of Cerebral Aneurysms

Posted: August 28, 2019

A wireless sensor small enough to be implanted in the blood vessels of the human brain could help clinicians evaluate the healing of aneurysms.

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.

Piezoelectric Tiles Light the Way for Kennedy Space Center Visitors

Posted: December 13, 2017

A lighted footpath powered partially by piezoelectric tiles will soon be operational at the Kennedy Space Center.

Good News for New Assisted Reproductive Tech

Posted: June 1, 2017

Cobb and Toktay Take Carbon Reduction Challenge from Class to Co-op

Posted: May 31, 2017

McDowell contributes chapter to book shared at G7 summit

Posted: May 30, 2017

Georgia Tech Among Top Participating Institutions at ICRA 2017

Posted: May 29, 2017

Baseball Launcher Competition Makes Science Fun for Students

Posted: May 25, 2017

Project ENGAGES: Raising the Bar

Posted: May 25, 2017

Shape-Shifting Robot Built from “Smarticles” Shows New Locomotion Strategy

Posted: September 18, 2019

Researchers have built a robot entirely from smaller robots known as "smarticles."

Platinum-Graphene Atomically-thin Fuel Cell Catalysts Show Superior Stability Over Bulk Platinum

Posted: September 18, 2019

Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure

Hyperbolic Paraboloid Origami Harnesses Bistability to Enable New Applications

Posted: September 17, 2019

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Tokyo are looking at hypar origami with to leverage its structural properties.