Zoom of the inner 30 light-years of the dark matter halo. The rotating gaseous disk breaks apart into three clumps that collapse under their own gravity to form supermassive stars.  (Credit: John Wise, Georgia Institute of Technology)

Birth of Massive Black Holes in the Early Universe Revealed

Atlanta, GA

New research shows that when galaxies assemble extremely rapidly – and sometimes violently – that can lead to the formation of very massive black holes.

Laser light in the visible range is processed for use in the testing of quantum properties in materials in Carlos Silva's lab at Georgia Tech. Credit: Georgia Tech / Rob Felt

Brilliant Glow of Paint-On Semiconductors Comes from Ornate Quantum Physics

Atlanta, GA

A new revolution in semiconductors could transform lighting and solar energy, and this is what their crazy physics look like.

An ambulance in St. Louis, Missouri, picks up a patient believed to be infected with influenza in the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic, which killed 50 million people or more worldwide. Credit: National Archives

Flu Vaccine Supply Gaps Can Intensify Flu Seasons, Make Pandemics Deadlier

Atlanta, GA

A tweak to our flu vaccine resupply logistics could save thousands of lives

Georgia Tech graduate research assistant Xuetian Ma holds a reaction vessel similar to those used in the research on nanoscale crystalline growth. The vessels were made of a high-strength quartz tube about a millimeter in diameter and about two inches long. (Credit: Allison Carter, Georgia Tech)

Powerful X-ray Beams Unlock Secrets of Nanoscale Crystal Formation

Atlanta, GA

Researchers have determined what controls formation of two different nanoscale crystalline structures in cobalt.

A clownfish peers out of an anemone in a tank at Georgia Aquarium. Anemones usually sting, kill and eat fish, but not clownfish. Georgia Tech researchers found that the microbial colonies in the slime covering clownfish shifted markedly when the nested in an anemone. Could the microbes be putting out chemical messengers that pacify the fish killer? Credit: Georgia Tech / Ben Brumfield

Swapping Bacteria May Help ‘Nemo’ Fish Cohabitate with Fish-Killing Anemones

Atlanta, GA

Why the fish-killing anemone spares the clownfish is a scientific mystery that Georgia Tech marine microbiologists are now tackling in fish mucus.

Image shows simulation of gravitational waves produced when two binary black holes collide. (Credit: Center for Relativistic Astrophysics)

Catalog of Cosmic Cataclysms Helps Establish Gravitational Wave Astronomy

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A new catalog of cataclysmic events supports the development of gravitational wave astronomy.

A special breed of cichlid fish has allowed researchers to match up gene activation with behavior. The up and down-regulation of genes may actually be steering ritual mating behaviors. The research is potentially useful in understanding autism since some genes involved in the fish behavior have human genetic cousins implicated in autism spectrum disorder. Credit: Georgia Tech / Rob Felt

When Boy Fish Build Castles to Impress Girl Fish, Boy Genes Get a Rise

Atlanta, GA

Instinctive behavior may be directly driven be gene regulation, at least researchers were able to match the two up.

Chemically-modified cotton fibers are the basis for electrodes used in a new biofuel cell powered by glucose. (Credit: Georgia Department of Economic Development)

Cotton-Based Hybrid Biofuel Cell Could Power Implantable Medical Devices

Atlanta, GA

A glucose-powered biofuel cell that uses electrodes made from cotton fiber could someday help power implantable medical devices.

A healthy human T cell. Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease / National Institutes of Health

'Demolition Handshakes' Kill Precursor T Cells that Pose Autoimmune Dangers

Atlanta, GA

A mechanism tries to stop our T cells from causing autoimmune disorders, and it's like a tight handshake that kills overly aggressive T cells.

Under the thick ice crust of Saturn's moon Enceladus flows water. Could it harbor life? A new NASA-funded research alliance called Oceans Across Space and Time wants to know. Credit: NASA

NASA Pushes Exploration of Oceans in Our Solar System in Georgia Tech-Led Alliance

Atlanta, GA

Envision a yellow submarine on a rocket to Europa as a future highpoint of a research project led by Georgia Tech to search for life in our solar system's oceans.