School of Physics Uses Moths and Origami Structures for Innovative Defense Research

Hawkmoth on hand
Apr 18, 2022 - Atlanta, GA
Georgia Tech has received two Department of Defense (DoD) 2022 Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) awards totaling almost $14 million.

Secret Phenotypes: Disease Devils in Invisible Details

Engineering Professor Hang Lu holds up a chip used to immobilize C. elegans roundworms for photographing by a microscope optic connected to a computer. The chip then sorts the worms into one of two channels for either mutants or non-mutants, a status an algorythm determines based on subtle phenotypical differences it recognizes in the microscope photo. Credit: Georgia Tech / Rob Felt
Nov 23, 2016 - Atlanta
Computers viewing tiny traits could reveal previously invisible underpinnings of horrible diseases.

Buzzing the Vagus Nerve Just Right to Fight Inflammatory Disease

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
Jan 05, 2017 - Atlanta, GA
An electric buzz to the vagus can fight chronic inflammation -- this fine-tune makes it even better.
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