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$21.9 Million Gene Modulation Research Effort Targets Influenza Pandemics

Posted: June 28, 2019

A new $21.9 million research initiative will modulate gene expression to help protect against pandemic flu.

Georgia Tech Names Director for Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)

Posted: June 27, 2019

The Georgia Institute of Technology has named James J. Hudgens to be the new director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), Georgia Tech’s applied research division.

Study Ties Poor Sleep to Reduced Memory Performance in Older Adults

Posted: June 24, 2019

Variability in night-to-night sleep time and reduced sleep quality adversely affect the ability of older adults to recall information.

Hydrogel Offers Double Punch Against Orthopedic Bone Infections

Posted: June 21, 2019

Researchers have a developed a hydrogel that both attacks bacteria and encourages bone regrowth.

NSF Invests $4 Million in Big Data for Southern United States

Posted: June 19, 2019

A $4 million NSF award will help apply data science and engineering to challenges of the southern U.S.

Two Research Vice Presidents Named in EVPR Office

Posted: June 18, 2019

Georgia Tech has announced the selection of two outstanding faculty members to serve as vice presidents in the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research

Materials

Tiny Magnetic Particles Enable New Material to Bend, Twist, and Grab

Posted: December 10, 2019

A team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and The Ohio State University has developed a soft polymer material, called magnetic shape memory polymer, that uses magnetic fields to transform into a variety of shapes.

Armored With Plastic ‘Hair’ and Silica Shell, New Perovskite Nanocrystals Show Enhanced Durability

Posted: November 29, 2019

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have demonstrated a novel approach aimed at addressing the material’s durability problem: encasing the perovskite inside a double layer protection system made from plastic and silica.

Bioengineering and Bioscience

El Nino Swings More Violently in the Industrial Age, Hard Evidence Says

Posted: November 25, 2019

Hard evidence now says: El Nino and the climate phenomenon that drives it have become more extreme in the industrial age.

Bioengineering and Bioscience

Exoplanet Axis Study Boosts Hopes of Complex Life, Just Not Next Door

Posted: November 20, 2019

An exoplanet study on axis tilts raises hopes that advanced life may exist elsewhere in the universe.

Data Engineering and Science

Observing a “Cosmic Symphony” Using Gravitational Wave Astronomy

Posted: November 19, 2019

Research from a team of astrophysicists presents a compelling roadmap for capturing four- to 10-year snapshots of intermediate-mass black hole activity.

Metagenomics Unlocks Unknowns of Diarrheal Disease Cases in Children

Posted: November 18, 2019

Researchers have found that conventional culture-based lab tests may misdiagnose as many as half of the microbial causes of diarrheal diseases in children.

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