Georgia Tech professor David Citrin is shown with images produced by a terahertz imaging technique. Researchers studied a 17th century painting using a terahertz reflectometry technique to analyze individual paint layers.(Credit: John Toon, Georgia Tech)

Imaging Technique Unlocks the Secrets of 17th Century Artists

Atlanta, GA

The secrets of 17th century artists can now be revealed, thanks to 21st century signal processing.

Astrobiology Rising at Georgia Tech

Atlanta, GA

The growing visibility of researchers interested in astrobiology is helping Georgia Tech emerge as a powerhouse in the field.

Nylah Julmice offering headphones to listen to a code-composed song.

Creating the Next Code Composers

Atlanta, GA

Teaching computer science to high school students requires creativity. A musical app called EarSketch proves to be the ideal learning instrument.

Image taken with a confocal microscope of a toroidal structure, false-colored by height. The worm-like structures are microtubules driven by kinesin motor proteins. (Credit: Perry Ellis, Georgia Tech)

Wriggling Microtubules Help Explain Coupling of “Active” Defects and Curvature

Atlanta, GA

Scientists have examined an active nematic built with components borrowed from living cells.

This visualization shows the coalescence of two orbiting neutron stars. The right panel contains a visualization of the matter of the neutron stars. The left panel shows how space-time is distorted near the collisions. Image credit: Karan Jani/Georgia Tech

Scientists Make First Detection of Neutron Star Collision

Atlanta, GA

Historic detection allows astrophysicists to observe the universe in new ways.

Atherosclerosis is the foremost cause of coronary artery disease, the number one killer of people in the United States. Credit: National Institutes of Health

Fight Against Top Killer, Clogged Arteries, Garners Acclaimed NIH Award

Atlanta, GA

The fight to discover HDL cocktails that actually work against atherosclerosis, the #1 killer of our times, receives major funding.

This illustration shows the merger of two black holes and the gravitational waves that ripple outward as the black holes spiral toward each other. Courtesy: LIGO/T. Pyle

Gravitational Wave Confirmations Earn 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics

Atlanta, GA

The discovery of gravitaitonal waves earns three scientists the Nobel Prize in physics.

An illustration of a crowd of black hats with a single white hat. Zeros and Ones layer on top.

Tackling Cybersecurity: White Hats, Black Hats, and Grey Matter

Atlanta, GA

In the realm of cybersecurity, white hats are good-guy defenders and black hats are the adversary. Yet it takes a combination of both to really put grey matter to work and solve the most vexing challenge of our time: protecting connected data.

There are some 30 species of Leishmania parasites, which take on two different forms in their life cycle. Illustrated here are promastigotes (top) and amastigotes (bottom) with a typical boil caused by a leishmaniasis infection. Rights: iStock / Getty / purchased / not transferable 

As 'Flesh-Eating' Leishmania Come Closer, a Vaccine Against Them Does, Too

Atlanta, GA

A potentially deadly parasite that can ulcerate skin, nose, mouth and organs could someday meet its match in an experimental vaccine that has now worked in lab tests on humanized mice.

The Diamond Ring effect from Clayton, Georgia (Photo: Zonglin "Jack" Li, civil engineering student)

Eclipse Reflections from the Experts

Atlanta, GA

Faculty members provide their thoughts on witnessing the solar eclipse.