Study Shows How Bacteria Behave Differently in Humans Compared to the Lab

Image shows a rendered confocal laser scanning micrograph of a mixed species bacterial biofilm observed in a chronic wound model of infection. Staphylococcus aureus (yellow) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (purple), organize themselves in small, dense clusters of cells called aggregates. (Credit: Sophie Darch, Whiteley Lab and Rumbaugh Lab at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.)
May 22, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
Study shows how bacteria behave differently in humans versus the lab.

In Child-Crippling Mucolipidosis IV, Drug Shows Hope in Lab Cultures

Daniella suffers from mucolipidosis IV, a hereditary disease for which there is no treatment. Georgia Tech and Mass General / Harvard Medical School are working to change that. Credit: ML4 Foundation with the express permission of Daniella's parents, only for use in reporting on this specific collaboration to fight MLIV.
May 29, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
Tests show initial hopes in the fight against Mucolipidosis IV, a rare but extremely crippling disease that strikes in infancy.

Spooky Quantum Particle Pairs Fly Like Weird Curveballs

An artist's depiction of a NASA ultracold matter experiment that is to run on the International Space Station in 2018. The image does not show anything done in the study at Georgia Tech but serves to illustrate to the reader how intersecting lasers are used to trap atoms. Combined with other methods, the lasers also slow the atoms to a near stop, cooling them to temperatures near absolute zero, the coldest possible temperature in the universe. That cold, matter's wave characteristics become very visible.
Jun 01, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
It's well-known that quantum particles are just plain weird, but some now appear much weirder than previously thought.

I Saw That. Brain Mechanisms Create Confidence About Things Seen

Researcher Dobromir Rahnev demonstrates the application of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in a Georgia Tech psychology research center with graduate student Ji-Won Jung. Credit: Georgia Tech / Rob Felt
Jun 04, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
How your brain makes you aware that you actually are seeing what you see just got less mysterious.

Aircraft Microbiome Much Like That of Homes and Offices, Study Finds

Georgia Tech Professor Howard Weiss reviews data about bacteria found on aircraft studied by a research team that sampled tray tables, seat belt buckles and the handles of lavatory doors. (Credit: John Toon, Georgia Tech)  
Jun 07, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
Researchers have conducted what may be the first study of the aircraft microbiome.

Silence to Sound

Hurricane Harvey churns near the coast of Texas at peak intensity late on August 25, 2017. Photo: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jun 07, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
A new tool can help first-responders use Twitter activity to identify developing crises after a storm.

Sodium- and Potassium-based Batteries Hold Promise for Cheap Energy Storage

Matthew Boebinger, a graduate student at Georgia Tech, and Matthew McDowell, an assistant professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and the School of Materials Science and Engineering, used an electron microscope to observe chemical reactions. (Credit: Rob Felt)
Jun 19, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have found new evidence suggesting that batteries based on sodium and potassium hold promise as a potential alternative to lithium-based batteries.

More Clues That Earth-Like Exoplanets Are Indeed Earth-Like

The artist's concept depicts Kepler-186f. Image credit: NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle
Jun 28, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
A new study finds new clues that two Earth-like exoplanets are much like our planet.

IceCube Neutrinos Point to Long-Sought Cosmic Ray Accelerator

Image shows Georgia Tech Associate Professor Ignacio Taboada with a digital optical module of the kind used in the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. The observatory has 5,000 of the modules suspended in clear ice to detect blue light indicating passage of a neutrino.(Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)
Jul 12, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
An international team of scientists has found the first evidence of a source of high-energy cosmic neutrinos.

As We Get Parched, Cognition Can Sputter, Dehydration Study Says

Professor Mindy Millard-Stafford researches in exercise physiology, including studies on how dehydration and exertion can reduce physical and cognitive performance. In the background, a volunteer lies on a device that measures body composition (l.) and another volunteer sweats out fluids under exertion in a heated chamber (r.). Millard-Stafford is Past President of the American College of Sports Medicine. Credit: Georgia Tech / Christopher Moore
Jul 16, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
Summer heat fuzzing your concentration? Making you fumble? It may be dehydration.
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