This diagram shows how brain activity theoretically recorded from a human could be decoded so that neural activity that causes hand movement is aligned with the actual bodily movement. The study was conducted on animal models. Credit: Northwestern University / University of Pennsylvania / Georgia Tech

WWII Code-Breaking Techniques Inspire Interpretation of Brain Data

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Brain signals are as furtive as the wartime encryption system 'Enigma,' but they can be similarly decrypted as new research shows.

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Daydreaming is Good. It Means You’re Smart

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People with efficient brains may have too much brain capacity to stop their minds from wandering.

Atherosclerosis is the foremost cause of coronary artery disease, the number one killer of people in the United States. Credit: National Institutes of Health

Fight Against Top Killer, Clogged Arteries, Garners Acclaimed NIH Award

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The fight to discover HDL cocktails that actually work against atherosclerosis, the #1 killer of our times, receives major funding.

Andrés García, a Regents’ Professor in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Jessica Weaver, a Georgia Tech postdoctoral researcher, discuss pancreatic islet cells being studied in their laboratory. (Credit: Christopher Moore, Georgia Tech)

Georgia Clinical & Translational Science Alliance Receives $51 Million NIH Grant

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The Georgia Clinical & Translational Science Alliance has received a $51 million NIH grant

There are some 30 species of Leishmania parasites, which take on two different forms in their life cycle. Illustrated here are promastigotes (top) and amastigotes (bottom) with a typical boil caused by a leishmaniasis infection. Rights: iStock / Getty / purchased / not transferable 

As 'Flesh-Eating' Leishmania Come Closer, a Vaccine Against Them Does, Too

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A potentially deadly parasite that can ulcerate skin, nose, mouth and organs could someday meet its match in an experimental vaccine that has now worked in lab tests on humanized mice.

With kidney and liver transplant patients in mind, Emory and Georgia Tech researchers are exploring non-invasive imaging for the detection of immune rejection. With "immunoPET," they can see particular types of immune cells infiltrating a transplanted organ.

NIAID supports transplant imaging research at Georgia Tech and Emory

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Researchers are exploring non-invasive imaging for the detection of immune rejection.

When going up, the stairs give people a boost by releasing stored energy, making it 37 percent easier on the knee than using conventional stairs.

Climbing Stairs Just Got Easier with Energy-Recycling Steps

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Energy-recycling stairs developed to store a user’s energy during descent and return energy to the climber during ascent.

New 3-D printing technologies allow researchers to create patient-specific heart valve models that mimic the physiological qualities of the real valves. This image shows the submerged valve during flow testing. (Credit: Rob Felt)

Unique 3-D Printed Models Could Improve Patient Outcomes in Heart Valve Replacements

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Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology and the Piedmont Heart Institute are using standard medical imaging and new 3-D printing technologies to create patient-specific heart valve models that mimic the physiological qualities of the real valves.

This close-up image shows the microneedle vaccine patch, which contains tiny needles that dissolve into the skin, carrying vaccine. A majority of study participants said they would prefer to receive the influenza vaccine using patches rather than traditional hypodermic needles.

Microneedle Patches for Flu Vaccination Successful in First Human Clinical Trial

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Small skin patches with dissolvable microneedles could allow self-administration of the influenza vaccine.

Participants were tasked with flexing their bicep muscles and maintaining that activation at a designated level while also extending their triceps and keeping them steady at a different level.

Mind Over Muscles: How the Brain Hinders Individual Muscle Control

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A new study explores the role of "common drive" when controlling muscles.