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An underwater hydrothermal vent, or "black smoker." (Photo: NOAA)

Oceanic Phosphorous Lends Light to the Hunt for Habitable Worlds

Posted: December 2, 2021

An international team finds a new twist in the Earth’s oceanic nutrient cycles, adding new possibilities for a key building block of life on Earth and Earth-like planets beyond the solar system.

At just a few inches under our feet, the rhizosphere is described as a "hotspot for microbes." (Photo by Chad Ralston)

Getting to the Root of Plant-Soil Interactions: Optical Instrument to Give Clearest 3D Images Yet of Rhizosphere

Posted: December 2, 2021

Georgia Tech scientists and engineers are building a new DOE-funded instrument that captures 3D images of plant-microbe chemical reactions underground in an interdisciplinary effort to develop biofuels and fertilizers — and help mitigate climate change.

Bioengineering and Bioscience

Building Better Tools for Biomanufacturing

Posted: December 2, 2021

Fedorov lab develops analytical device to improve manufacturing of advanced cell therapies

Electronics and Nanotechnology

NASA Juno Mission Paper Featured in Science

Posted: November 30, 2021

ECE Professor Emeritus Paul Steffes and his colleagues with the NASA Juno Mission published a paper that is the cover feature of the November 19, 2021 issue of Science.

Chris Roberts, GTRI principal research engineer and lead instructor for the Embedded Systems Cybersecurity (ESCS) VIP class

VIP Program: Creating a Pipeline of Future Technology Leaders

Posted: November 30, 2021

Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program is an education program supported by Georgia Tech and the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) that allows undergraduate and graduate students to earn academic credit for working with faculty on projects.

Data DNA

Posted: November 30, 2021

Researchers have made significant advances toward the goal of a new microchip able to grow DNA strands that could provide high-density 3D archival data storage at ultra-low cost – and be able to hold that information for hundreds of years.

Georgia Tech Selects David Bridges to Lead Enterprise Innovation Institute

Posted: November 30, 2021

The Georgia Institute of Technology has named David Bridges vice president of the Enterprise Innovation Institute, effective Dec. 1.

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Posted: November 29, 2021

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People and Technology

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Mobile App Aims to Improve HIV Awareness, Prevention Among Black Women

Posted: November 22, 2021

Andrea Grimes Parker, School of Interactive Computing associate professor, to refine and test “in-the-kNOW,” a mobile app specifically designed for Black women eligible for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).

Cybersecurity

Research Finds Models Used to Detect Malicious Users on Popular Social Sites are Vulnerable to Attack

Posted: November 22, 2021

A research team led by Georgia Tech has identified a new cyber threats to popular e-commerce, social media, and web platforms.

Raquel Lieberman Named First Chair of Alumna-funded Effort to Boost Women Faculty in Chemistry and Biochemistry

Posted: November 22, 2021

Lieberman is first chair of the Kelly Sepcic Pfeil, Ph.D. Faculty Endowment, an alumna-funded effort designed to increase the number of women faculty in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and help narrow the gender gap in STEM degrees, careers

Georgia Tech-Lorraine Joins NeurotechEU as Founding Partner

Posted: November 22, 2021

Georgia Tech-Lorraine officially joins NeurotechEU, a European University and vast network of elite universities and industry partners dedicated to advances in neuroscience and technology.

Georgia Tech Leads Effort to Strengthen State’s Defense Manufacturing Industry

Posted: December 16, 2021

Department of Defense grant enables collaboration with Spelman College, Technical College System of Georgia, and the Georgia Department of Economic Development in pilot project

Electronics and Nanotechnology

Georgia Tech soft semiconductor researchers

Soft Semiconductors that Stretch Like Human Skin Can Detect Ultra-low Light Levels

Posted: December 15, 2021

Georgia Tech researchers have created a semiconductor material that acts like a second skin layer and is up to 200% more stretchable than its original dimension without significantly losing its electric current.

Lifesaving Device Providing Breath of Hope

Posted: December 15, 2021

Hollister lab at Georgia Tech re-engineers airway splint to treat rare, fatal condition in newborns

Georgia Tech Wins Commerce Department Grant to Develop AI Manufacturing Economic Corridor

Posted: December 14, 2021

The Georgia Institute of Technology was awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) as part of its $1 billion Build Back Better Regional Challenge.

Air Flow Key to Ensuring Black Soldier Fly Larvae Thrive as a Sustainable Food Source

Posted: December 14, 2021

Georgia Tech research provides insights into how this insect superfood can be raised and fed in dense groups without overheating

People and Technology

College of Engineering Duo Named Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors

Posted: December 13, 2021

Siva Sivakumar and Natalie Stingelin receive highest professional distinction for academic inventors

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