The Georgia Tech observatory hosts public nights nearly every month of the year.

Why Is Winter the Best Time to See Stars?

Atlanta, GA

Three reasons why winter's starry nights are so clear and bright

Illustration of a healthy neuron in the brain. Credit: the National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health

Neurons Get the Beat and Keep It Going in Drumrolls

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Some of what researchers believed to be chaotic electric potentials in neurons are turning out the be surprisingly orderly.

A blue crab in a tank in a research lab at Georgia Tech. In the tank behind it, small mud crabs are hiding in plastic tubes. Georgia Tech / Alex Draper

Hide or Get Eaten, Urine Chemicals Tell Mud Crabs

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Pinpointing two crab urine chemicals out of hundreds opens new doors of understanding of how marine chemical messaging works.

Group A Streptococci, colored yellow, are the most common culprits in bacterial upper respiratory infections. Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the NIH

Want to Beat Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs? Rethink Strep Throat Remedies

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It's time to develop alternate drugs against small infections as a strategy to slow the antibiotic resistance crisis, Georgia Tech evolutionary bacteriologists say.

This diagram shows how brain activity theoretically recorded from a human could be decoded so that neural activity that causes hand movement is aligned with the actual bodily movement. The study was conducted on animal models. Credit: Northwestern University / University of Pennsylvania / Georgia Tech

WWII Code-Breaking Techniques Inspire Interpretation of Brain Data

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Brain signals are as furtive as the wartime encryption system 'Enigma,' but they can be similarly decrypted as new research shows.

Ilan Stern, a GTRI senior research scientist, shows piezoelectric tiles that will be used to create a lighted outdoor footpath at the NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Visitor Complex at Cape Canaveral, Florida. He’s holding the electronic components used in the tiles. (Credit: Branden Camp, Georgia Tech)

Piezoelectric Tiles Light the Way for Kennedy Space Center Visitors

Atlanta, GA

A lighted footpath powered partially by piezoelectric tiles will soon be operational at the Kennedy Space Center.

Polyelectrolyte brushes illustration: In the foreground, powerful ions in solution, shown as spheres, cause the brush's bristles to collapse like sticky spaghetti. In the background, gentler ions in solution cause the bristles to stand back straight. Credit: Peter Allen University of California Santa Barbara for this study

Perking Up and Crimping the ‘Bristles’ of Polyelectrolyte Brushes

Atlanta, GA

A brush that's like a shoe brush on a micron scale can have great potential uses for industry and medicine -- but only if it works right.

Jason Barnes lost part of his right arm in 2012. He can now play the piano by controlling each of his prosthetic fingers.

The Force is Strong: Amputee Controls Individual Prosthetic Fingers

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An ultrasonic sensor in a prosthesis allows amputees to control each of their prosthetic fingers individually.

Rob “Radar” Winston, the GTRI principal research engineer who directs the IMPAX program, discusses how the initiative will serve the Naval Air Warfare Center - Aircraft Division. (Credit: Branden Camp, Georgia Tech) 

IMPAX Program Accelerates Technology Transition into the Navy

Atlanta, GA

A new initiative known as IMPAX is transferring technology into the Navy.

Calvin Runnels (photo credit: Jeannie Frey Rhodes)

Biochemistry Student Named a Rhodes Scholar

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Calvin Runnels, a biochemistry student from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is the sixth student in Tech history to be named a Rhodes Scholar.