This illustration shows the merger of two black holes and the gravitational waves that ripple outward as the black holes spiral toward each other. The black holes—which represent those detected by LIGO on Dec. 26, 2015—were 14 and 8 times the mass of the sun, until they merged, forming a single black hole 21 times the mass of the sun. In reality, the area near the black holes would appear highly warped, and the gravitational waves would be difficult to see directly. Image credit: LIGO/T. Pyle

Gravitational Waves Detected Again

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Second Gravitational Wave detected by LIGO, which includes Georgia Tech researchers.

A tailor-made ratiometric sensor makes a baker's yeast cell light up green, as Georgia Tech scientists use it to track the movements of the essential toxin heme.

Heme, a Poisonous Nutrient, Tracked by ‘Green Lantern’ Sensor

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Tracking heme has dispelled a widely held assumption that it does not float freely in cellular pools.

Georgia Tech mathematicians Xingxing Yu, Yan Wang and Dawei He have offered a proof of the Kelmans-Seymour Conjecture nearly 40 years after Princeton Mathematician Paul Seymour made it in 1977.

40-Year Math Mystery and Four Generations of Figuring

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In social media and much computer technology, a field of math called Graph Theory is used to make networks work. Georgia Tech mathematicians have solved a 40-year Graph Theory mystery.

At the Georgia Tech Autonomous Racing Facility, researchers are studying a one-fifth-scale autonomous vehicle as it traverses a dirt track. The work will help the engineers understand how to help driverless vehicles face the risky and unusual road conditions of the real world. (Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)

New Technique Controls Autonomous Vehicles in Extreme Conditions

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Georgia Tech researchers have devised a novel way to help keep a driverless vehicle under control as it maneuvers at the edge of its handling limits.

MEMS microphones and piezoelectric strips pick up sounds of a bending and extending knee. Prof. Omer Inan is engineering a device to convert knee joint sounds into a signal he hopes medical researchers will be able to use. 

Hearing snap, crackle, pop may help heal your knee

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New acoustic device research reveals even a healthy knee makes cringeworthy sounds. But the audio can be turned into graphs, and researchers hope they will some day become medically useful.

Ashok Goel is a professor in the School of Interactive Computing.

Artificial Intelligence Course Creates AI Teaching Assistant

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Professor surprises students by using computer as a teaching assistant.

Dancers perform in Georgia Tech's geodesic dome.

You’ll Never Dance Alone with This Artificial Intelligence Project

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Project allows people to dance with a virtual character, which learns from them and improvises.

Thermally-based industrial chemical separation processes such as distillation now account for 10 to 15 percent of the world’s annual energy use. Researchers at the Georgia Institution of Technology are suggesting seven energy-intensive separation processes they believe should be the top targets for research into low-energy purification technologies. Shown are (l-r) David Sholl and Ryan Lively. (Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)

Researchers List “Seven Chemical Separations to Change the World”

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Researchers are suggesting seven energy-intensive separation processes that should be top targets for research into low-energy purification technologies.

Georgia Tech’s data center simulator uses lasers, wireless sensors, and other equipment to study air flow and cooling in server racks. Shown is Yogendra Joshi, a professor in Georgia Tech’s School of Mechanical Engineering. (Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)

Innovation Addresses Rising Thermal Challenges in Mobile Devices, Computers and Data Centers

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At Georgia Tech, researchers are addressing thermal challenges for electronic equipment in broad and bold ways.

Annie Antón, professor and chair of the Georgia Tech School of Interactive Computing, served on the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity. The commission issued its consensus report on Dec. 2. It addresses six imperatives and offers action items that can be implemented by President-elect Donald Trump and his team. The commission was created in February by presidential executive order as part of the Cybersecurity National Action Plan. The group, which has been working since April, was tasked to ma

Obama Names Antón to Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity

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President Barack Obama has selected Georgia Tech School of Interactive Computing Chair and Professor Ana (Annie) Antón to serve as one of 12 members of the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity.