Minoru Shinohara, an associate professor in the School of Applied Physiology and one of the study's researchers, watches a student during a resistance exercise.

Lift weights, improve your memory

Atlanta, GA

Study shows that an intense workout of as little as 20 minutes can enhance long-term memory for previous events by about 10 percent in healthy young adults

IPaT to Host 2014 People & Technology Forum Nov 11-12

Atlanta, GA

Georgia Tech's Institute for People & Technology hosts its annual People & Technology Forum on Nov 11-12 at the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center.

Researchers Yongzhi Qiu (left) and Wilbur Lam discuss their research on platelets. Lam is assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine and in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. Qiu is a research associate in the Emory School of Medicine. (Credit: Rob Felt)

Platelets modulate clotting behavior by “feeling” their surroundings

Atlanta, GA

Blood platelets can "feel" the physical environment around them, researchers have learned.

A display of the diversity in male cichlid fish. Researchers have sequenced the genomes and transcriptomes of five species, which offers insight into how diversity evolves. Credit: Ryan Bloomquist.

Sequencing of five African fishes reveals diverse molecular mechanisms underlying evolution

Atlanta, GA

Researchers have sequenced the genomes and transcriptomes of five species of African cichlid fishes and uncovered a variety of features that enabled the fishes to thrive in new habitats and ecological niches within the Great Lakes of East Africa.

The growth of the budding yeast colonies in the four patches at the bottom of the Petri dish indicates that DNA has been repaired by using transcript RNA from within the cells. (Georgia Tech Photo: Rob Felt)

Study shows cellular RNA can template DNA repair in yeast

Atlanta, GA

Scientists have shown that RNA from within cells of a common yeast can serve as a template for repairing DNA.

Georgia Tech is home to nearly 12,000 trees. 

With a few steps, cities can drastically reduce heat-related deaths

Atlanta, GA

The four-year study completed by Georgia Tech is the first major national assessment of the health of those who live in major cities, the impact of rising temperatures and what city leaders can do to alleviate the crisis.

Capitol Hill Roundtables Highlight Power of Georgia Tech Research Partnerships

Atlanta, GA

Georgia Tech hosted a roundtable discussion on driving innovation in pediatric healthcare in Washington D.C. to inform policymakers of challenges and successes in research partnerships.

Georgia Tech Professor Gregory Gibson poses with a chart showing death rate differentials between two groups of coronary artery disease patients identified with a new gene expression profile. (Credit: Rob Felt)

Gene Expression Signature Identifies Patients at Higher Risk for Cardiovascular Death

Atlanta, GA

A study of 338 patients with coronary artery disease has identified a gene expression profile associated with an elevated risk of cardiovascular death.

Georgia Tech Health Research Reveals Online Search Patterns, New Customized Software

Atlanta, GA

By creating proactive, accessible health and wellness technologies, Georgia Tech has taken significant steps in enabling people to control their own health to greater, more effective degrees.

Image shows the experimental chamber used for T-cell force research, with three glass micropipettes shown under green light illumination. (Georgia Tech Photo: Rob Felt)

Mechanical Forces Affect T-Cell Recognition and Signaling, Researchers Show

Atlanta, GA

Researchers have developed a new understanding of the T-cell recognition process that accounts for mechanical force.