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Research News Archive: 2020

Hurricane IRMA

Modify Hurricane Relief Strategies, National Academies Report Recommends

Posted: February 3, 2020

Hurricane devastation calls for heavy government relief, but a counterintuitive shift toward restoring private sector supply lines would help more quickly.

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Experimental Alzheimer's treatment visor and sound

Flickering Light Mobilizes Brain Chemistry That May Fight Alzheimer’s

Posted: February 3, 2020

The hope of flickering light to treat Alzheimer's takes another step forward in this new study, which reveals stark biochemical mechanisms.

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Chaouki Abdallah Testifies at Congressional Hearing

Abdallah Testifies on U.S. Competitiveness, Research, STEM Pipeline at Congressional Hearing

Posted: January 30, 2020

Chaouki Abdallah testified before a U.S. House of Representatives committee about the cooperative U.S. research and development enterprise.

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Thwaites Glacier's outer edge

Robotic Submarine Snaps First-Ever Images at Foundation of Notorious Antarctic Glacier

Posted: January 29, 2020

These are the first-ever images taken at the foundations of the glacier that inspires more fear of sea-level rise than any other - Thwaites Glacier.

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Manu Platt at lab

While Promoting Diseases Like Cancer, These Enzymes Also Cannibalize Each Other

Posted: January 21, 2020

Finding a drug to inhibit cathepsins could treat a litany of diseases. This study is a new beginning to understanding them.

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Unusually massive polymer brush

Leviathan Polymer Brush Made With E. coli Holds Bacteria at Bay

Posted: January 13, 2020

A fortuitous slip in the lab leads to the creation of a monstrously large polymer brush

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Researchers show ElectroPen examples

Scientists Transform Barbecue Lighter Into a High-Tech Lab Device

Posted: January 11, 2020

Researchers have devised an inexpensive technique for building a laboratory device known as an electroporator.

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IBM Quantum Computer

Georgia Tech Collaborates with IBM to Develop Software Stacks for Quantum Computers

Posted: January 8, 2020

Georgia Tech has agreed to join the IBM Q Hub at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

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Creating nonlinear effects

Laser Pulse Creates Frequency Doubling in Amorphous Dielectric Material

Posted: January 7, 2020

Researchers have demonstrated a new all-optical technique for creating robust second-order nonlinear effects in materials that don’t normally support them.

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