Wildfires burn much more biomass per area than professional prescribed burns, and pollute at a much higher rate. Credit: Kari Greer/USFS Gila National Forest via NASA

Wildfires Pollute Much More Than Previously Thought

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Data from flights through wildfire plumes reveal three times the officially noted levels for fine particles

Shimon, a robot in the Center of Music Technology and School of Music.

Robot Uses Deep Learning and Big Data to Write and Play its Own Music

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A marimba-playing robot with four arms and eight sticks is writing and playing its own compositions in the School of Music.

Naturally occurring DNA is in constant motion, researchers hypothesize, and transports large transcription factors (depicted in green) through its tangles until they reach sites where they bind and carry out their activity. Here a still image from a very large, unique simulation.

Rattling DNA Hustles Transcribers to Targets

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DNA is the boss when it comes to the movement of molecules through its dense curls, beating out all other sources of motion.

When the city of Diego de Almagro's water system was destroyed by landslides and floods in 2015 — leaving more than 15,000 people without potable drinking water — the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Embassy in Chile contracted with TOHL to install and deploy its mobile infrastructure solutions. 

Horsley Applies SPP Background Towards Water Works Founding

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A company founded by Georgia Tech students is pioneering a new model for helping rural communities in developing countries maintain — and sustain — water security.

Cybersecurity researchers have identified a new vulnerability affecting Android mobile devices that results not from a traditional bug, but from the malicious combination of two legitimate permissions that power desirable and commonly-used features in popular apps. (Credit: Maxwell Guberman, Georgia Tech)

Combination of Features Produces New Android Vulnerability

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A new vulnerability affecting Android mobile devices results not from a traditional bug, but from the malicious combination of two legitimate permissions that power desirable and commonly-used features in popular apps.

Top domains queried by 27 million samples of malware studied by cybersecurity researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology. (Credit: Georgia Tech)

Network Traffic Provides Early Indication of Malware Infection

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Analyzing network traffic going to suspicious domains could give security administrators earlier warning of malware infections.

A single Zephyr aircraft is launched at Camp Roberts in Monterey County, California during a demonstration by the Georgia Tech Research Institute and the Naval Postgraduate School. (U.S. Navy photo by Javier Chagoya)

Swarms of Autonomous Aerial Vehicles Test New Dogfighting Skills

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Researchers recently pitted two swarms of autonomous aircraft against one another.

Tech graduate Shane Kimbrough is seen floating in the Quest airlock at the end of a spacewalk outside the International Space Station. Photo courtesy: NASA on March 24, 2017

Kimbrough Reflects on Six Months in Space

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Astronaut Shane Kimbrough talks about six month mission aboard the International Space Station.

Georgia Tech graduate Shane Kimbrough takes a selfie during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on March 24, 2017. Courtesy: NASA

Alumnus Shane Kimbrough Takes Final Spacewalk

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Alumnus Shane Kimbrough will spend the day outside the International Space Station.

A honeybee covered by commercial pollen. Photo courtesy: Candler Hobbs, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering

Hair Spacing Keeps Honeybees Clean During Pollination

Atlanta, GA

A honeybee can carry up to 30 percent of its body weight in pollen because of the strategic spacing of its nearly three million hairs.