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  • Researchers Report First Entanglement between Light and an Optical Atomic Coherence

    June 19, 2013 - Using clouds of ultra-cold atoms and a pair of lasers operating at optical wavelengths, researchers have reached a quantum network milestone: entangling light with an optical atomic coherence composed of interacting atoms in two different states.

  • GTRI Agile Aperture Antenna Technology is Tested on an Autonomous Ocean Vehicle

    June 18, 2013 - Antenna technology originally developed to quickly send and receive information through a software-defined military radio may soon be used to transmit ocean data from a wave-powered autonomous surface vehicle. The technology, the lowest-power method for maintaining a satellite uplink, automatically compensates for the movement of the antenna as the boat bobs around on the ocean surface.

  • Michael Hersh Named to Lead ATDC Startup Accelerator at Georgia Tech

    June 17, 2013 - The Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) at Georgia Tech has named veteran entrepreneur and business executive Michael Hersh as the new leader of the internationally-known technology startup company accelerator.

  • Moving Iron in Antarctica

    June 12, 2013 - Georgia Tech research indicates that diatoms stuff more iron into their silica shells than they actually need. As a result, there’s not enough iron to go around, and the added iron may stimulate less productivity than expected.

  • Polymer Structures Serve as “Nanoreactors” for Nanocrystals with Uniform Sizes and Shapes

    June 11, 2013 - Using star-shaped block co-polymer structures as tiny reaction vessels, researchers have developed an improved technique for producing nanocrystals with consistent sizes, compositions and architectures – including metallic, ferroelectric, magnetic, semiconductor and luminescent nanocrystals. The technique relies on the length of polymer molecules and the ratio of two solvents to control the size and uniformity of colloidal nanocrystals.

  • Borneo Stalagmites Provide New View of Abrupt Climate Events Over 100,000 Years

    June 6, 2013 - A new set of long-term climate records based on cave stalagmites collected from tropical Borneo shows that the western tropical Pacific responded very differently than other regions of the globe to abrupt climate change events. The 100,000-year climate record adds to data on past climate events, and may help scientists assess models designed to predict how the Earth’s climate will respond in the future.

  • IRI Intros: 5 Questions with Norman Marsolan

    June 5, 2013 - You’ve probably heard that Georgia Tech has a number of Interdisciplinary Research Institutes (IRIs) – but do you know much about them? This article is the second in a series of Q&As to introduce the Tech community to the eight IRIs and their faculty leaders. In this installment, Executive Director Norman Marsolan answers questions about the Georgia Tech Institute of Paper Science and Technology.

  • Model Finds Common Muscle Control Patterns Governing the Motion of Swimming Animals

    June 4, 2013 - What do swimmers like trout, eels and sandfish lizards have in common? According to a new study, the similar timing patterns that these animals use to contract their muscles and produce undulatory swimming motions can be explained using a simple model. Scientists have now applied the new model to understand the connection between electrical signals and body movement in the sandfish.

  • Distracted Drivers: Your Habits Are to Blame

    June 3, 2013 - In two peer-reviewed academic journals, Georgia Tech Assistant Professor Robert Rosenberger explains that, because people talk on the phone on a regular basis, they have developed learned habits that take over their awareness while driving, sometimes entirely.

  • Advanced Paper Could be Foundation for Inexpensive Biomedical and Diagnostic Devices

    May 28, 2013 - Paper is known for its ability to absorb liquids, making it ideal for products such as paper towels. But by modifying the underlying network of cellulose fibers, etching off surface “fluff” and applying a thin chemical coating, researchers have created a new type of paper that repels a wide variety of liquids – including water and oil.

  • Soft Matter Offers Ways to Study Arrangement of Ordered Materials in Non-spherical Spaces

    May 21, 2013 - A fried breakfast food popular in Spain provided the inspiration for the development of doughnut-shaped droplets that may provide scientists with a new approach for studying fundamental issues in physics, mathematics and materials.

  • Grand Challenges Grant Supports Tissue Engineered Model of Lymphatic System

    May 20, 2013 - Georgia Tech has won a Grand Challenges Explorations Grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.  J. Brandon Dixon, assistant professor in Georgia Tech’s George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, will pursue an innovative global health and development research project, titled “Lymphatic on a chip as a model for lymphatic filariasis (LF) parasites.”

  • Study Suggests Drug Side Effects Inevitable; Basic Physics Enabled Early Biochemistry

    May 20, 2013 - A new study of both computer-created and natural proteins suggests that the number of unique pockets – sites where small molecule pharmaceutical compounds can bind to proteins – is surprisingly small, meaning drug side effects may be impossible to avoid. The study also found that the fundamental biochemical processes needed for life could have been enabled by the simple physics of protein folding. 

  • Principles of Ant Locomotion Could Help Future Robot Teams Work Underground

    May 20, 2013 - Future teams of subterranean search and rescue robots may owe their success to the lowly fire ant, a much despised insect whose painful bites and extensive networks of underground tunnels are all-too-familiar to people living in the southern United States.

  • RNA Was Capable of Catalyzing Electron Transfer on Early Earth with Iron’s Help, Study Shows

    May 19, 2013 - A new study shows how complex biochemical transformations may have been possible under conditions that existed when life began on the early Earth. The study shows that RNA is capable of catalyzing electron transfer under conditions similar to those of the early Earth.

  • Biomaterial Shows Promise for Type 1 Diabetes Treatment

    May 8, 2013 - Researchers have made a significant first step with newly engineered biomaterials for cell transplantation that could help lead to a possible cure for Type 1 diabetes, which affects about 3 million Americans. 

  • Hearing the Russian Meteor, in America

    May 3, 2013 - How powerful was February’s meteor that crashed into Russia? Strong enough that its explosive entry into our atmosphere was detected almost 6,000 miles away in Lilburn, Ga., by infrasound sensors – a full 10 hours after the meteor’s explosion.

  • A Text Message A Day Keeps the Asthma Attack Away

    April 30, 2013 - Simply sending children with asthma a text message each day asking about their symptoms and providing knowledge about their condition can lead to improved health outcomes.

  • Robots Able to Reach through Clutter with Whole-Arm Tactile Sensing

    April 29, 2013 - Robots are now able to intelligently maneuver within clutter, gently making contact with objects while accomplishing a task, thanks to technology developed by Dr. Charlie Kemp and the Healthcare Robotics Lab.  

  • IRI Intros: 5 Questions with Tim Lieuwen

    April 29, 2013 - You’ve probably heard that Georgia Tech has a number of Interdisciplinary Research Institutes (IRIs) – but do you know much about them? This article is part of a series of Q&As to introduce the Tech community to the eight IRIs and their faculty leaders. In this installment, Executive Director Tim Lieuwen answers questions about the Georgia Tech Strategic Energy Institute.

  • How Would You Like Your Assistant - Human or Robotic?

    April 29, 2013 - Based on a Georgia Institute of Technology study, it appears that the healthcare providers will welcome robots into the workplace. y may be welcomed with open arms depending on the tasks at hand.

  • Pathway Competition Affects Early Differentiation of Higher Brain Structures

    April 26, 2013 - A new study in fish shows how the strength and timing of competing molecular signals during brain development has generated natural and presumably adaptive differences in a brain region known as the telencephalon -- much earlier than scientists had previously believed.

  • Piezoelectric “Taxels” Convert Motion to Electronic Signals for Tactile Imaging

    April 25, 2013 - Using bundles of vertical zinc oxide nanowires, researchers have fabricated arrays of piezotronic transistors capable of converting mechanical motion directly into electronic controlling signals. The arrays could help give robots a more adaptive sense of touch, provide better security in handwritten signatures and offer new ways for humans to interact with electronic devices.

  • New Study Offers Insight on Pandemic Flu

    April 25, 2013 - A recent study published in PLoS ONE, a peer-reviewed scientific journal, provides new information for public health officials on mitigating the spread of infection from emerging flu viruses

  • Sea Turtles and FlipperBot Show How to Walk on Granular Surfaces like Sand

    April 23, 2013 - Based on a study of both hatchling sea turtles and "FlipperBot" -- a robot with flippers -- researchers have learned principles for how both robots and turtles move on granular surfaces such as sand.

  • Researchers Develop Sensor System to Assess the Effects of Explosions on Soldiers

    April 22, 2013 - To study the effects of improvised explosive devices on soldiers and help provide continuing treatment, researchers have developed a sensor system that measures the physical environment of an explosion and collects data that can correlate what the soldier experienced with long-term outcomes.

  • Wireless "Smart Skin" Sensors Could Provide Remote Monitoring of Infrastructure

    April 16, 2013 - Researchers are developing a novel technology that would facilitate close monitoring of bridges, parking decks and other structures for early signs of strain, stress and formation of cracks. Their approach uses wireless sensors that are low cost, require no power, and can be implemented on tough yet flexible polymer substrates.

  • Bose-Einstein Condensates Evaluated for Communicating Among Quantum Computers

    April 11, 2013 - Physicists have examined how Bose-Einstein condensates (BEC) might be used to provide communication among the nodes of a distributed quantum computer. The researchers determined the amount of time needed for quantum information to propagate across their BEC.

  • Project Will Help Protect U.S. Forces by Simulating Hostile UAVs

    April 10, 2013 - The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is developing integrated hardware devices that simulate sensors potentially present on enemy UAVs. The technology is expected to be used to gauge the effectiveness of U.S. countermeasures against enemy drones.

  • Surface Diffusion Plays a Key Role in Defining the Shapes of Catalytic Nanoparticles

    April 9, 2013 - Controlling the shapes of nanometer-sized catalytic and electrocatalytic particles made from noble metals such as platinum and palladium may be more complicated than previously thought.

  • Adhesive Differences Enable Separation of Stem Cells to Advance Potential Therapies

    April 7, 2013 - A new separation process that depends on an easily-distinguished physical difference in adhesive forces among cells could help expand production of stem cells generated through cell reprogramming. By facilitating new research, the separation process could also lead to improvements in the reprogramming technique itself and help scientists model certain disease processes.

  • Project Will Improve Heat Dissipation in 3-D Microelectronic Systems

    April 2, 2013 - Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have won a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract to develop three-dimensional chip cooling technology able to handle heat loads as much as ten times greater than systems commonly used today.

  • Engineering Style of Dance for Robots and People

    April 1, 2013 - Instead of programming a robot to copy an existing dance such as those in the online videos, Amy LaViers, a Ph.D. candidate in electrical and computer engineering, is defining the various styles of human movement and creating algorithms to reproduce them on a humanoid robot. 

  • Acoustic Time Delay Device Could Reduce the Size and Cost of Phased Array Systems

    March 29, 2013 - A research team has developed an ultra-compact passive true time delay device that could help reduce the size, complexity, power requirements and cost of phased array designs. The patent-pending device takes advantage of the difference in speed between light and sound to create nanosecond signal delays needed for beam steering.

  • IRI Intros: 5 Questions with Bob Guldberg

    March 27, 2013 - This article is the second in a series of Q&As to introduce the Tech community to the eight IRIs and their directors. In this installment, Executive Director Bob Guldberg answers five questions about the Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering & Bioscience.

  • New Nanotechnology Research Study Turns Brain Tumors Blue

    March 27, 2013 - Georgia Techn and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta announce new technique that increases precision in brain tumor removal.

  • Trees Used to Create Recyclable, Efficient Solar Cell

    March 25, 2013 - Georgia Institute of Technology and Purdue University researchers have developed efficient solar cells using natural substrates derived from plants such as trees. Just as importantly, by fabricating them on cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) substrates, the solar cells can be quickly recycled in water at the end of their lifecycle.

  • "Terradynamics" Could Help Designers Predict How Legged Robots Will Move on Granular Media

    March 21, 2013 - Using a combination of theory and experiment, researchers have developed a new approach for understanding and predicting how small legged robots – and potentially also animals – move on and interact with complex granular materials such as sand.

  • Mechanical Forces Control Assembly and Disassembly of a Key Cell Protein

    March 20, 2013 - Researchers have for the first time demonstrated that mechanical forces can control the depolymerization of actin, a critical protein that provides the major force-bearing structure in the cytoskeletons of cells. The research suggests that forces applied both externally and internally may play a much larger role than previously believed in regulating a range of processes inside cells.

  • Georgia Tech Computer System Predicts NCAA Basketball Champion

    March 20, 2013 - When Georgia Tech opens the doors to the Georgia Dome next month as the host institution for the 2013 Final Four, expect third-seeded Florida to walk out as the national champion. That’s the prediction from Georgia Tech’s Logistic Regression/Markov Chain (LRMC) college basketball ranking system, a computerized model that has chosen the men’s basketball national champ in three of the last five years.

  • Robots to Spur Economy, Improve Quality of Life, Keep Responders Safe

    March 20, 2013 - Robots are being used more widely than expected in a variety of sectors, and the trend is likely to continue with robotics becoming as ubiquitous as computer technology over the next 15 years, according to the new report.

  • Improved Hearing Anticipated for Implant Recipients

    March 18, 2013 - A team of researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology has developed a new type of interface between cochlear implant devices and the brain that could dramatically improve the sound quality of the next generation of implants. Cochlear implants help deaf individuals perceive sound.

  • Startup Launched from Georgia Tech-Emory University Research Receives $7.9 Million

    March 18, 2013 - Clearside Biomedical, Inc. an Atlanta-based ophthalmic pharmaceutical company launched from research at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology, has received $7.9 million in funding to continue drug and technology development for treatment of ocular diseases.

  • Neural “Synchrony” May be Key to Understanding How the Human Brain Perceives

    March 11, 2013 - In a perspective article published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, biomedical engineering professor Garrett Stanley detailed research progress toward “reading and writing the neural code.” The neural code details how the brain’s roughly 100 billion neurons turn raw sensory inputs into information we can use to see, hear and feel things in our environment.

  • An Active Milky Way

    March 6, 2013 - Evidence suggests that the Milky Way was very active several million years ago. Astronomers from Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt propose that a single event -- a black hole collision -- can explain clues about the galaxy's current state.

  • Industry Agreements Streamline Contracting Process

    March 1, 2013 - The Office of Industry Engagement — part of the Georgia Tech Research Corporation (GTRC) — has developed four contract mechanisms that enable industry to engage with Georgia Tech researchers at all stages of R&D.

  • Georgia Tech Strengthens ATDC to Support Growth in Technology Startups

    March 1, 2013 - To help meet the growing demand for support to Georgia technology entrepreneurs and startup companies, Georgia Tech is strengthening and realigning resources in its Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC), a technology accelerator that has assisted entrepreneurs for more than 30 years.

  • Georgia Tech Tools Enable Groundbreaking Gas Research

    March 1, 2013 - Scientists are now better able to examine rare methane gas samples recovered from deep beneath the seafloor using innovative tools developed by Georgia Tech.  

  • Neutron Scattering Technique Provides New Data on Adsorption of Ions in Microporous Materials

    February 27, 2013 - Researchers have demonstrated the use of a technique known as small angle neutron scattering (SANS) to study the effects of ions moving into nanoscale pores. The study is believed to be the first application of the SANS technique for studying ion surface adsorption in-situ.

  • SimTigrate Helps Children's Heart Center Select Device for Electronic Medical Records

    February 21, 2013 - The SimTigrate Design Lab designed a mocked-up exam room to have the exact configuration as the Sibley clinics so the doctors and nurses could experience the usability of each device in a realistic environment. 

  • Researchers Study Adhesion System of Remora Fish to Create Bio-Inspired Adhesive

    February 21, 2013 - A new study provides details of the structure and tissue properties of the unique adhesion system used by remora fish to attach themselves to sharks and other marine animals. The information could lead to a new engineered reversible adhesive that could be used to create pain- and residue-free bandages, attach sensors to objects in aquatic or military reconnaissance environments, replace surgical clamps and help robots climb.

  • Molecules Assemble in Water, Hint at Origins of Life

    February 20, 2013 - Researchers have spontaneously assemble "proto-RNA bases" in water,  suggesting that the genes of life could have gotten started from these or similar molecules.

  • And the Oscar (and Thanks) Goes To…

    February 19, 2013 - Georgia Tech student Rebecca Rolfe analyzed 60 years of Academy Awards acceptance speeches as part of a research project that focused on gratitude. She has outlined the trends and patterns on an interactive website.

  • Pollution Doesn’t Change the Rate of Cloud Droplet Formation, Study Shows

    February 18, 2013 - When it comes to forming the droplets that make up clouds, a little oily and viscous organic material apparently doesn’t matter that much. And that’s good news for reducing the uncertainty of climate model predictions.

  • Designer Blood Clots: Artificial Platelets Could Treat Injured Soldiers on the Battlefield

    February 15, 2013 - When it comes to healing the terrible wounds of war, success may hinge on the first blood clot – the one that begins forming on the battlefield right after an injury.

  • Sticky Cells: Cyclic Mechanical Reinforcement Extends Longevity of Bonds Between Cells

    February 14, 2013 - A new study provides insights into how cells stick to each other and to other bodily structures, an essential function in the formation of tissue structures and organs. It’s thought that abnormalities in their ability to do so play an important role in a broad range of disorders.

  • Video Study Shows Picky Eater Fish Threaten Endangered Coral Reefs

    February 12, 2013 - Using underwater video cameras to record fish feeding on South Pacific coral reefs, scientists have found that herbivorous fish can be picky eaters – a trait that could spell trouble for endangered reef systems.

  • Agilent Technologies Commits $90 Million Gift of Software to Georgia Institute of Technology

    February 4, 2013 - Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the largest in-kind software donation ever in its longstanding relationship with the Georgia Institute of Technology.

  • Study Finds Substantial Microorganism Populations in the Upper Troposphere

    January 28, 2013 - In what is believed to be the first study of its kind, researchers used genomic techniques to document the presence of significant numbers of living microorganisms – principally bacteria – in the middle and upper troposphere, that section of the atmosphere approximately four to six miles above the Earth’s surface.

  • Georgia Tech Partners to Improve Prosthetic Socket for Veteran Amputees

    January 16, 2013 - Researchers at Georgia Tech are major players in a team that will develop an advanced prosthetic socket system that could offer better comfort, functionality and mobility for military-veteran amputees. 

  • Aerial Platform Supports Development of Lightweight Sensors for UAVs

    January 16, 2013 - A research team at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is developing an airborne testing capability for sensors, communications devices and other airborne payloads. This aerial test bed, called the GTRI Airborne Unmanned Sensor System (GAUSS), is based on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) made by Griffon Aerospace and modified by GTRI. 

  • Farrokh Ayazi Named 2013 IEEE Fellow

    January 16, 2013 - Farrokh Ayazi, a professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is among the 298 individuals worldwide named as a 2013 IEEE Fellow.

  • Study Quantifies the Size of Holes Antibacterials Create in Cell Walls to Kill Bacteria

    January 9, 2013 - Researchers recently created a biophysical model of the response of a Gram-positive bacterium to the formation of a hole in its cell wall, then used experimental measurements to validate the theory, which predicted that a hole in the bacteria cell wall larger than 15 to 24 nanometers in diameter would cause the cell to lyse, or burst.

  • Improving Flood Predictions in Developing Nations

    January 8, 2013 - Georgia Tech researchers have created a hydrological model that forecasts flooding in Pakistan as many as ten days in advance.

  • Spear Phishing: Researchers Work to Counter Email Attacks that Gain Recipients’ Trust

    January 8, 2013 - Researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) are working to counter threats from spear phishing. The attacks use knowledge of computer users to gain their trust to break into corportate networks.

  • Coral Records Suggest that Recent El Nino Activity Rises Above Noisy Background

    January 3, 2013 - By examining a set of fossil corals that are as much as 7,000 years old, scientists have dramatically expanded the amount of information available on the El Nino-Southern Oscillation, a Pacific Ocean climate cycle that affects climate worldwide. The new information will help assess the accuracy of climate model projections for 21st century climate change in the tropical Pacific.

  • Clays on Mars: More Plentiful Than Expected

    December 20, 2012 - A new study co-authored by the Georgia Institute of Technology indicates that clay minerals, rocks that usually form when water is present for long periods of time, cover a larger portion of Mars than previously thought.