NASA Chooses Georgia Tech For New Solar System Research Project

Atlanta, GA

A Georgia Tech-led research project is one of four chosen by NASA to broaden knowledge of the Solar System.

NOAA stock press handout image of a tornado. Please credit: NOAA/OAR/ERL/NSSL. To be used in turbulence story. (Do not use out of context.)

From the Butterfly's Wing to the Tornado: Predicting Turbulence

Atlanta, GA

Remember the adage about a flapping butterfly's wing triggering a tornado? Physicists are getting better at predicting the wiles of turbulence.

Close-up image shows a microfluidic chip used to fabricate nanoparticles that could be used to deliver therapeutic genes to specific organs of the body. Colored liquids have been added to highlight the channels. (Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)

DNA “Barcoding” Allows Rapid Testing of Nanoparticles for Therapeutic Delivery

Atlanta, GA

Researchers have developed a new technique for rapidly screening the ability of nanoparticles to selectively deliver therapeutic genes to specific organs of the body.

Physicist Peter Yunker applies mathematical equations to enemy colonies of dueling cholera bacteria to accurately predict the speed dynamics of their phase separation into divided territories, a process similar to the separation of oil and water. The equations were originally used to describe phase separate in materials, namely mixed metals (Model A equations). Credit: Georgia Tech / Rob Felt

Cholera Bacteria Stab and Poison Enemies so Predictably

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The actions of bacteria locked in battle are nearly as calculable as a chemical reaction.

Chandra Raman, an associate professor in the Georgia Tech School of Physics, is shown in his laboratory with equipment used to study Bose-Einstein condensates. (Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech).

Looking for Entangled Atoms in a Bose-Einstein Condensate

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Using a Bose-Einstein condensate composed of sodium atoms, Georgia Tech researchers have observed a sharp magnetically-induced quantum phase transition where they expect to find entangled atomic pairs.

A northern leopard frog catches a cricket (Courtesy: Candler Hobbs)

Reversible Saliva Allows Frogs to Hang on to Next Meal

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A frog's saliva changes three times in milliseconds as it snares food with its tongue.

Jill Watson, Round Three

Atlanta, GA

A class on artificial intelligence will again include non-human teaching assistants.

A vagus nerve implant with two electrodes - one to apply desired stimulation going down into the body, the other to block unwanted stimulation going up to the brain.  Georgia Tech / Rob Felt

Buzzing the Vagus Nerve Just Right to Fight Inflammatory Disease

Atlanta, GA

An electric buzz to the vagus can fight chronic inflammation -- this fine-tune makes it even better.

Shane Kimbrough planted an on-orbit crop of red romaine lettuce on October 25 while onboard the International Space Station. Courtesy: NASA

Home Away From Home for the Holidays

Atlanta, GA

Shane Kimbrough is at the midway point of his four-month mission on the space station.

A plot with enclosure at the SPRUCE peat bog climate change experiment in northern Minnesota. Credit: Georgia Tech / Ben Brumfield

Climate Change: Potentially Good News on Methane and Peat Carbon

Atlanta, GA

Soil carbon stored in peat bogs may not convert to greenhouse gasses in the face of global warming.