A sidewinder snake is shown in a sand-filled trackway at Zoo Atlanta. Researchers from Georgia Tech, Carnegie-Mellon University, Zoo Atlanta and Oregon State University studied the snakes to understand the unique motion they use to climb sandy slopes. (Credit: Rob Felt)

Snakes and snake-like robots show how sidewinders conquer sandy slopes

Atlanta, GA

Researchers have learned how sidewinder snakes climb sandy slopes, and put that knowledge to work with a snake-like robot.

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.

Even though an elephant’s bladder is 3,600 times larger than a cat’s (18 liters vs. 5 milliliters), both animals relieve themselves in about 20 seconds.

Study of animal urination could lead to better-engineered products

Atlanta, GA

Despite a wide range of bladder sizes, all animals more than 6 pounds urinate in the same time span.

In a new study, scientists compared three-dimensional structures of ribosomes from a variety of species of varying biological complexity, including humans, yeast, bacteria and archaea. The researchers found distinct fingerprints in the ribosomes where new structures were added to the ribosomal surface without altering the pre-existing ribosomal core, which originated over 3 billion years ago before the last universal common ancestor (LUCA) of life. Credit: Loren Williams/Georgia Institute of Technology.

Evolution of life's operating system revealed in detail

Atlanta, GA

The evolution of the ribosome, a large molecular structure found in the cells of all species, has been revealed in unprecedented detail in a new study.

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.

New Developments for FIDO Project

Atlanta, GA

College of Computing Associate Professor Melody Jackson and her team, including researchers Thad Starner and Clint Zeagler, are making significant progress on FIDO, or Facilitating Interactions for Dogs with Occupations.

A lunar sample in a ultra-high vacuum system is hit with ultraviolet (157 nm) photons to simulate conditions in space.  

Solar photons drive water off the moon

Atlanta, GA

Study indicates that ultraviolet photons emitted by the sun likely cause water molecules on the moon to either quickly desorb or break apart.

Ants build rafts to stay aloat and survive during floods. Their exteme connectivity produces enough strength to keep rafts intact despite the pull of rough currents

Going Inside an Ant Raft

Atlanta, GA

On average, each ant in a raft connects to 4.8 neighbors and has 14 connections.

Researcher Kenton Brown adjusts optical components in an experimental setup within GTRI’s Quantum Information Systems Branch. (Credit: Gary Meek)

Development of New Ion Traps Advances Quantum Computing Systems

Atlanta, GA

Researchers are advancing quantum computing efforts with new components and devices.