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 / Allison Carter

A Future Colorfully Lit by the Mystifying Physics of Paint-On Semiconductors

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Bucking conventional wisdom about semiconductors, a new class of light-emitting materials is flexible, easily produced from solution, and could be painted onto a surface.

Easy as 1, 2, 3! Really?

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Easy as 1, 2, 3! Such claims have touted the ease of use of a new gadget, although a closer look would reveal that it would take dozens of steps to make it work.

InVenture Prize finalist Scal-Pal redesigned surgical blade packages so they’re easier and safer to use. (Photo by Allison Carter)

A Safer Way to Handle Surgical Scalpel Blades

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The InVenture Prize finalist redesigned surgical blade packages so they're easier and safer to use.

Jonathan Rogers with an autonomous flying quadcopter that could, in the future, lift a soldier.

The Next Frontier in Mechanical Engineering

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Drones are being designed, built and programmed to link up and carry larger, heavier objects as a unit.

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

Why Is Winter the Best Time to See Stars?

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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

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