IMPAX Program Accelerates Technology Transition into the Navy

Rob “Radar” Winston, the GTRI principal research engineer who directs the IMPAX program, discusses how the initiative will serve the Naval Air Warfare Center - Aircraft Division. (Credit: Branden Camp, Georgia Tech) 
Dec 06, 2017 - Atlanta, GA
A new initiative known as IMPAX is transferring technology into the Navy.

The Force is Strong: Amputee Controls Individual Prosthetic Fingers

Jason Barnes lost part of his right arm in 2012. He can now play the piano by controlling each of his prosthetic fingers.
Dec 11, 2017 - Atlanta, GA
An ultrasonic sensor in a prosthesis allows amputees to control each of their prosthetic fingers individually.

Perking Up and Crimping the ‘Bristles’ of Polyelectrolyte Brushes

Polyelectrolyte brushes illustration: In the foreground, powerful ions in solution, shown as spheres, cause the brush's bristles to collapse like sticky spaghetti. In the background, gentler ions in solution cause the bristles to stand back straight. Credit: Peter Allen University of California Santa Barbara for this study
Dec 12, 2017 - Atlanta, GA
A brush that's like a shoe brush on a micron scale can have great potential uses for industry and medicine -- but only if it works right.

Piezoelectric Tiles Light the Way for Kennedy Space Center Visitors

Ilan Stern, a GTRI senior research scientist, shows piezoelectric tiles that will be used to create a lighted outdoor footpath at the NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Visitor Complex at Cape Canaveral, Florida. He’s holding the electronic components used in the tiles. (Credit: Branden Camp, Georgia Tech)
Dec 13, 2017 - Atlanta, GA
A lighted footpath powered partially by piezoelectric tiles will soon be operational at the Kennedy Space Center.

WWII Code-Breaking Techniques Inspire Interpretation of Brain Data

This diagram shows how brain activity theoretically recorded from a human could be decoded so that neural activity that causes hand movement is aligned with the actual bodily movement. The study was conducted on animal models. Credit: Northwestern University / University of Pennsylvania / Georgia Tech
Dec 18, 2017 - Atlanta, GA
Brain signals are as furtive as the wartime encryption system 'Enigma,' but they can be similarly decrypted as new research shows.

Want to Beat Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs? Rethink Strep Throat Remedies

Group A Streptococci, colored yellow, are the most common culprits in bacterial upper respiratory infections. Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the NIH
Dec 28, 2017 - Atlanta, GA
It's time to develop alternate drugs against small infections as a strategy to slow the antibiotic resistance crisis, Georgia Tech evolutionary bacteriologists say.

Hide or Get Eaten, Urine Chemicals Tell Mud Crabs

A blue crab in a tank in a research lab at Georgia Tech. In the tank behind it, small mud crabs are hiding in plastic tubes. Georgia Tech / Alex Draper
Jan 08, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
Pinpointing two crab urine chemicals out of hundreds opens new doors of understanding of how marine chemical messaging works.

Neurons Get the Beat and Keep It Going in Drumrolls

Illustration of a healthy neuron in the brain. Credit: the National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health
Feb 01, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
Some of what researchers believed to be chaotic electric potentials in neurons are turning out the be surprisingly orderly.

Why Is Winter the Best Time to See Stars?

The Georgia Tech observatory hosts public nights nearly every month of the year.
Feb 08, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
Three reasons why winter's starry nights are so clear and bright

The Next Frontier in Mechanical Engineering

Jonathan Rogers with an autonomous flying quadcopter that could, in the future, lift a soldier.
Feb 26, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
Drones are being designed, built and programmed to link up and carry larger, heavier objects as a unit.
Subscribe to Science and Technology