Public Service, Leadership, and Policy

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.

Antineutrino Detection Could Help Remotely Monitor Nuclear Reactors

Posted: August 6, 2019

Measuring the flow of subatomic particles known as antineutrinos from nuclear reactors could allow continuous remote monitoring designed to detect fueling changes.

Image featuring a temperature gradient and images of climate change research

Cool Solutions: Science and Engineering Help Address the Impacts of Climate Change

Posted: June 28, 2019

Science and engineering are collaborating to help address the impacts of climate change.

Public Service, Leadership, and Policy

Finding the ‘Goldilocks’ Level of Enthusiasm for Business Pitches

Posted: May 16, 2019

Georgia Institute of Technology researchers found that how long an entrepreneur displays the highest level of excitement during a pitch plays a major role in predicting their success in receiving funding.

Smart Communities Address Transportation, Housing, Flooding Challenges

Posted: April 15, 2019

Four Georgia communities are exploring innovative technologies and collaborating with Georgia Tech and local partners.

Mobile Phone Accessibility Improves, But Gaps Remain, Study Finds

Posted: February 12, 2019

Mobile phones are increasingly more accessible by people with disabilities, but significant gaps remain.

Mariel Borowitz with satellite communications equipment

Will Moving to the Commercial Cloud Leave Some Data Users Behind?

Posted: February 7, 2019

A space policy researcher urges caution on the design of commercial cloud contracts for hosting federal agency data.

Flu Vaccine Supply Gaps Can Intensify Flu Seasons, Make Pandemics Deadlier

Posted: January 7, 2019

A tweak to our flu vaccine resupply logistics could save thousands of lives

Public Service, Leadership, and Policy

Assessing the Impact of the Partial Federal Government Shutdown

Posted: December 28, 2018

Georgia Tech is assessing the impact of the partial federal government shutdown that began on December 21.

Public Service, Leadership, and Policy

Study Finds Dramatic Growth in Numbers of “Supporting Scientists” on Research Teams

Posted: December 13, 2018

A new study examines the roles of supporting scientists in the research enterprise.

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.

Bathroom Scale Could Monitor Millions with Heart Failure

Posted: September 20, 2019

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

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.

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