Built with multifunctional appendages able to spin wheels that can also be wiggled and lifted, the Mini Rover was modeled on a novel NASA rover design and used in the laboratory to develop and test complex locomotion techniques robust enough to help it climb hills composed of granular material, here ordinary beach sand. (Credit: Christopher Moore, Georgia Tech)

Planetary Exploration Rover Avoids Sand Traps with “Rear Rotator Pedaling”

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Using the Mini Rover, researchers have studied locomotion techniques that could help future rovers work on granular lunar and planetary surfaces.

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

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

Conventional lithium-ion batteries are used in a broad range of applications. (Credit: Matthew McDowell, Georgia Tech)

Spontaneous Formation of Nanoscale Hollow Structures Could Boost Battery Storage

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The spontaneous formation of hollow structures in nanometer-scale antimony crystals could make them useful in lithium-ion batteries.

Helping teleworkers stay safe.

The Case For DIY Masks To Slow Coronavirus’ Spread

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If coughing in your sleeve is effective, face masks must be, too, and successes in Asia and Europe corroborate this, physicist says.

To help meet the need for personal protective equipment (PPE) for health care workers, Georgia Tech has designed and is producing face shields. Shown is a laser cutting machine used to create frames for the shields.

Do-It-Yourself Medical Devices and Protective Gear Fuel Battle Against COVID-19

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The Georgia Tech community is working together to help meet the needs for personal protection equipment for health care workers.

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

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

Q&A with Georgia Tech Professors on the Intersection of Science Fiction and the Chemical Elements

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A discussion with Georgia Tech scientists and science fiction writers explores connection in science, fiction and culture.

A 3D-printed cell trap developed in the laboratory of Georgia Tech Assistant Professor A. Fatih Sarioglu captures blood cells to isolate tumor cells from a blood sample. (Photo: Allison Carter, Georgia Tech)

3D-Printed Device Finds ‘Needle in a Haystack’ Cancer Cells by Removing the Hay

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A new approach enabled by 3D printing could help isolate tumor cells circulating in the bloodstream.

A lithium-ion battery is shown using a promising new cathode and electrolyte system that replaces expensive metals and traditional liquid electrolyte with lower cost transition metal fluorides and a solid polymer electrolyte. (Credit: Allison Carter)

Stretchy Plastic Electrolytes Could Enable New Lithium-Ion Battery Design

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Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a promising new cathode and electrolyte system that replaces expensive metals and traditional liquid electrolyte with lower cost transition metal fluorides and a solid polymer electrolyte.

A $13.5 million award from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will improve sanitation to 2.5 billion people worldwide by reinventing the toilet, technology that hasn’t changed much in more than a century. (Photo: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)

Reinvented Toilets Could Provide Safe Sanitation for 2.5 Billion People

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Georgia Tech researchers are leading a $13.5 million effort, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to reinvent the toilet.