Georgia Tech researchers studied slingshot spiders in the Amazon rain forest of Peru. Shown are Jaime Navarro, a Peruvian field guide; Johanna Johnson, a Peruvian student and project volunteer; and Symone Alexander, a Georgia Tech postdoctoral researcher. (Credit: Geoff Gallice)

Flies and Mosquitoes Beware, Here Comes the Slingshot Spider

Atlanta, GA

Researchers have done what may be the first kinematic study of the slingshot spider, which catapults its web to catch insects.

Georgia Tech graduate research assistants Kirstie Thompson and Ronita Mathias with a sample of a new membrane material that could reduce carbon emissions and energy intensity associated with refining crude oil. (Credit: Christopher Moore, Georgia Tech)

Membrane Technology Could Cut Emissions and Energy Use in Oil Refining

Atlanta, GA

New membrane technology could reduce carbon emissions and energy intensity associated with oil refining.

The Dave Johnson coal-fired power plant in central Wyoming. Credit: Wikimedia Commons CC 2.0 Generic Goebel

Energy Regulation Rollbacks Threaten Progress Against Harmful Ozone

Atlanta, GA

This is what could happen if all endangered regulations that help in the fight against harmful ozone go away.

Georgia Institute of Technology's new Masters of of Science in Sustainable Energy and Environmental Management (MSEEM) is the only graduate degree in Georgia fully dedicated to sustainability issues.

Georgia Tech to Launch State’s First Sustainability Master’s Program

Atlanta, GA

The degree program will help educate the next generation of sustainability leaders for corporations, government, and non-governmental organizations.

Quentin Holden, tree surgeon, near Mayer Garden on Cherry Street

Meet Quentin Holden, Tree Surgeon

Atlanta, GA

Quentin Holden, certified as an arborist through the International Society of Arboriculture, takes care of Tech's trees.

A clownfish peers out of an anemone in a tank at Georgia Aquarium. Anemones usually sting, kill and eat fish, but not clownfish. Georgia Tech researchers found that the microbial colonies in the slime covering clownfish shifted markedly when the nested in an anemone. Could the microbes be putting out chemical messengers that pacify the fish killer? Credit: Georgia Tech / Ben Brumfield

Swapping Bacteria May Help ‘Nemo’ Fish Cohabitate with Fish-Killing Anemones

Atlanta, GA

Why the fish-killing anemone spares the clownfish is a scientific mystery that Georgia Tech marine microbiologists are now tackling in fish mucus.

A special breed of cichlid fish has allowed researchers to match up gene activation with behavior. The up and down-regulation of genes may actually be steering ritual mating behaviors. The research is potentially useful in understanding autism since some genes involved in the fish behavior have human genetic cousins implicated in autism spectrum disorder. Credit: Georgia Tech / Rob Felt

When Boy Fish Build Castles to Impress Girl Fish, Boy Genes Get a Rise

Atlanta, GA

Instinctive behavior may be directly driven be gene regulation, at least researchers were able to match the two up.

Under the thick ice crust of Saturn's moon Enceladus flows water. Could it harbor life? A new NASA-funded research alliance called Oceans Across Space and Time wants to know. Credit: NASA

NASA Pushes Exploration of Oceans in Our Solar System in Georgia Tech-Led Alliance

Atlanta, GA

Envision a yellow submarine on a rocket to Europa as a future highpoint of a research project led by Georgia Tech to search for life in our solar system's oceans.

This is J. Carson Meredith, a professor in Georgia Tech's School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. (Credit: Allison Carter)

Material Formed from Crab Shells and Trees Could Replace Flexible Plastic Packaging

Atlanta, GA

Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have created a material derived from crab shells and tree fibers that has the potential to replace the flexible plastic packaging used to keep food fresh.

This is J. Carson Meredith, a professor in Georgia Tech's School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. (Credit: Allison Carter)

Material Formed from Crab Shells and Trees Could Replace Flexible Plastic Packaging

Atlanta, GA

STAMI Researchers have created a material derived from crab shells and tree fibers that has the potential to replace the flexible plastic packaging used to keep food fresh.