This aerial photograph shows the LIGO facility in Hanford, Washington. The two arms of the observatory are each four kilometers long. (Credit: LIGO Scientific Collaboration)

Georgia Tech joins hunt for gravitational waves as a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration

Atlanta, GA

Georgia Tech is now part of another major international scientific research project: the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO).

Eyelashes of 22 mammals, including goats (pictured) and humans are the same: one-third the length as the width of the eye.

Easy on the eyes: How eyelash length keeps your eyes healthy

Atlanta, GA

The optimal eyelash length is one-third the width of your eye.

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Finalists selected for 2015 InVenture Prize

Atlanta, GA

The InVenture Prize encourages and supports undergraduate students’ interest in invention, innovation and entrepreneurship.

Music impairs older adults' ability to remember names and faces, according to Georgia Tech study.

Bad Memory? Blame it on the music, not the memory

Atlanta, GA

Study shows older adults struggle to recall names when music is playing

Georgia Tech researchers Eric Shen and Anna Osterholm demonstrate how films of electrochromic polymers can be applied to large surfaces. (Credit: Rob Felt)

Electrochromic polymers create broad color palette for sunglasses, windows

Atlanta, GA

Researchers have created a broad color palette of electrochromic polymers, materials that can be used for sunglasses, window tinting and other applications that rely on electrical current to produce color changes.

Keeping our health data safe

Atlanta, GA

Experts will discuss the future of health privacy and pioneering technologies.

Georgia Tech Professor Zhong Lin Wang (left) and graduate research assistant Jun Chen display their new self-powered keyboard. The device could provide a stronger layer of security for computer users. (Credit: Rob Felt)

Self-powered intelligent keyboard could provide a new layer of security

Atlanta, GA

A new self-powered non-mechanical intelligent keyboard could provide a stronger layer of security for computer users.

Stuart Graham, assistant professor in the Scheller College of Business.

Inventors choose to reveal their secret sauce before patent approval

Atlanta, GA

Researchers found that since 2000, most inventors when given the choice opted to disclose information about their patents before patent approval – even small inventors – and this disclosure correlates with more valuable patents.

The shovel-nosed snake, which is found in the Mojave Desert of the southeast United States, has an elongated body and low-friction skin, which allow it to swim through sand rapidly and efficiently. It is shown here in a bed of sand in a Georgia Tech laboratory. (Credit: Jason Maderer)

Slick and slender snake beats short and stubby lizard in sand swimming

Atlanta, GA

For swimming through sand, a slick and slender snake can perform better than a short and stubby lizard.

Georgia Tech researcher Alenka Zajic measures electromagnetic emissions from various components of a desktop computer. The researchers have studied emissions from desktop and laptop computers, as well as cellphones. (Credit: Rob Felt)

Researchers work to counter a new class of coffee shop hackers

Atlanta, GA

Researchers are investigating the sources of information “leaks” that could provide information to hackers about what computers and cellphones are doing.