Georgia Tech Releases 2015 Emerging Cyber Threats Report

Atlanta, GA

In its latest Emerging Cyber Threats Report, Georgia Tech warns about loss of privacy; abuse of trust between users and machines; attacks against the mobile ecosystem; rogue insiders; and the increasing involvement of cyberspace in nation-state confl

Researchers hope to give building owners a number of different options at a variety of price points to retrofit their buildings and make them safer. Some of these options, like the shape-memory alloy brace, have never been tested before. Others have been tested, but not at this scale or capacity.

Retrofitting old buildings to make them earthquake safe

Atlanta, GA

Through a grant provided by the National Science Foundation, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology — along with their partners, are are testing retrofits that potentially can make these buildings safer and more secure.

Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Columbia Engineering have made the first experimental observation of piezoelectricity and the piezotronic effect in an atomically thin material, molybdenum disulfide (MoS2). Shown is a sample of the material that could be the basis for unique electric generator and mechanosensation devices that are optically transparent, very light, and extremely bendable and stretchable. (Credit: Rob Felt)

Researchers develop world’s thinnest electric generator

Atlanta, GA

Researchers have made the first experimental observation of piezoelectricity and the piezotronic effect in an atomically thin material, molybdenum disulfide.

A sidewinder snake is shown in a sand-filled trackway at Zoo Atlanta. Researchers from Georgia Tech, Carnegie-Mellon University, Zoo Atlanta and Oregon State University studied the snakes to understand the unique motion they use to climb sandy slopes. (Credit: Rob Felt)

Snakes and snake-like robots show how sidewinders conquer sandy slopes

Atlanta, GA

Researchers have learned how sidewinder snakes climb sandy slopes, and put that knowledge to work with a snake-like robot.

Minoru Shinohara, an associate professor in the School of Applied Physiology and one of the study's researchers, watches a student during a resistance exercise.

Lift weights, improve your memory

Atlanta, GA

Study shows that an intense workout of as little as 20 minutes can enhance long-term memory for previous events by about 10 percent in healthy young adults

IPaT to Host 2014 People & Technology Forum Nov 11-12

Atlanta, GA

Georgia Tech's Institute for People & Technology hosts its annual People & Technology Forum on Nov 11-12 at the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center.

Even though an elephant’s bladder is 3,600 times larger than a cat’s (18 liters vs. 5 milliliters), both animals relieve themselves in about 20 seconds.

Study of animal urination could lead to better-engineered products

Atlanta, GA

Despite a wide range of bladder sizes, all animals more than 6 pounds urinate in the same time span.

In a new study, scientists compared three-dimensional structures of ribosomes from a variety of species of varying biological complexity, including humans, yeast, bacteria and archaea. The researchers found distinct fingerprints in the ribosomes where new structures were added to the ribosomal surface without altering the pre-existing ribosomal core, which originated over 3 billion years ago before the last universal common ancestor (LUCA) of life. Credit: Loren Williams/Georgia Institute of Technology.

Evolution of life's operating system revealed in detail

Atlanta, GA

The evolution of the ribosome, a large molecular structure found in the cells of all species, has been revealed in unprecedented detail in a new study.

Capitol Hill Roundtables Highlight Power of Georgia Tech Research Partnerships

Atlanta, GA

Georgia Tech hosted a roundtable discussion on driving innovation in pediatric healthcare in Washington D.C. to inform policymakers of challenges and successes in research partnerships.

New Developments for FIDO Project

Atlanta, GA

College of Computing Associate Professor Melody Jackson and her team, including researchers Thad Starner and Clint Zeagler, are making significant progress on FIDO, or Facilitating Interactions for Dogs with Occupations.