Science and Technology

Harvesting Electricity: Triboelectric Generators Capture Wasted Power

Image shows how power is generated by sliding two materials together and then creating a gap between them. This effect could be used to produce power for portable electronic devices. (Credit: Inertia Films)

Dec 09, 2013 - Atlanta, GA

Researchers are developing a family of generators that provide power by harnessing the triboelectric effect.

OMS CS courses will feature more than talking heads, as this screen grab from the Software Development Process course being created by Associate Professor Alex Orso of the School of Computer Science hints. (Image courtesy of College of Computing)

Dec 09, 2013 - Atlanta, GA

More than 400 applicants will be admitted to the first cohort of the College of Computing’s massive online offering of its Master of Science in Computer Science, according to the college’s Office of Academic Administration.

Graphene-Based Nano-Antennas May Enable Networks of Tiny Machines

Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering professor Ian Akyildiz poses with a schematic showing how surface plasmon polariton (SPP) waves would be formed on the surface of tiny antennas fabricated from graphene. (Georgia Tech Photo: Rob Felt)

Dec 11, 2013 - Atlanta, GA

Graphene antennas may open the possibility for networks of nanometer-scale machines.

New Study Brings Scientists Closer to the Origin of RNA

Atomic force microscopy image of structures formed by the the self-assembly of TAP-ribose nucleoside with cyanuric acid. Credit: Nicholas Hud.

Dec 23, 2013 - Atlanta, GA

New research shows one way that a molecule leading to RNA might have first formed.

Georgia Tech Launches World's First Massive Online Degree Program

Jan 15, 2014 - Atlanta, GA

Nearly 375 students are enrolled in the new online Master of Science in Computer Science program.

Ballistic Transport in Graphene Suggests New Type of Electronic Device

Conceptual drawing of an electronic circuit comprised of interconnected graphene nanoribbons (black atoms) that are epitaxially grown on steps etched in silicon carbide (yellow atoms). Electrons (blue) travel ballistically along the ribbon and then from one ribbon to the next via the metal contacts. Electron flow is modulated by electrostatic gates. (Image courtesy of John Hankinson)

Feb 05, 2014 - Atlanta, GA

Using electrons more like photons could provide the foundation for a new type of electronic device that would capitalize on the ability of graphene to carry electrons with almost no resistance.

Intergraph Acquires GT STRUDL Engineering Software System from Georgia Tech