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Electronics and Nanotechnology

At Georgia Tech, research in the complementary fields of electronics and nanotechnology – supported by strengths in related areas such as biomedicine, materials, and policy – provides the foundation for a broad range of advances with industrial applications. Georgia Tech has deep expertise in electronics and semiconductors, and has become a national leader in nanoscience and nanotechnology.

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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.

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Research Goes Global

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.

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Placing piezoelectric tiles

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.

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Quantum Computing and Error Diversity

Diversity May Be Key to Reducing Errors in Quantum Computing

Posted: October 14, 2019

In quantum computing, as in team building, a little diversity can help get the job done better, computer scientists have found.

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Special electron microscope view of changing architected material

New Architected Material Shape-Changes to Tune Its Qualities

Posted: October 4, 2019

A flick of a switch, and this new architected material changes shape and holds it until new current reverses it.

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Cuboid and penny

3D Printing Technique Accelerates Nanoscale Fabrication a Thousandfold

Posted: October 3, 2019

A new 3D-printing technique can create nanoscale structures a thousand times faster than current processes.

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Plasma potential surrounding electrical materials

Hybrid Breakers Could Make Direct Current Practical in High Power Applications

Posted: October 1, 2019

Direct current (DC) has advantages over alternating current, and a new circuit breaker under development could make DC more practical.

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Printed Sensor

Wearable Brain-Machine Interface Could Control a Wheelchair, Vehicle or Computer

Posted: September 20, 2019

Combining new classes of nanomembrane electrodes with flexible electronics and a deep learning algorithm could help disabled people wirelessly control devices.

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Bathroom scale Getty Images

Bathroom Scale Could Monitor Millions with Heart Failure

Posted: September 20, 2019

This scale could help keep heart failure patients out of the hospital.

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Close-up of Smart Active Particle

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."

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