Powerful X-ray Beams Unlock Secrets of Nanoscale Crystal Formation

Georgia Tech graduate research assistant Xuetian Ma holds a reaction vessel similar to those used in the research on nanoscale crystalline growth. The vessels were made of a high-strength quartz tube about a millimeter in diameter and about two inches long. (Credit: Allison Carter, Georgia Tech)
Jan 07, 2019 - Atlanta, GA
Researchers have determined what controls formation of two different nanoscale crystalline structures in cobalt.

Flu Vaccine Supply Gaps Can Intensify Flu Seasons, Make Pandemics Deadlier

An ambulance in St. Louis, Missouri, picks up a patient believed to be infected with influenza in the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic, which killed 50 million people or more worldwide. Credit: National Archives
Jan 07, 2019 - Atlanta, GA
A tweak to our flu vaccine resupply logistics could save thousands of lives

Brilliant Glow of Paint-On Semiconductors Comes from Ornate Quantum Physics

Laser light in the visible range is processed for use in the testing of quantum properties in materials in Carlos Silva's lab at Georgia Tech. Credit: Georgia Tech / Rob Felt
Jan 14, 2019 - Atlanta, GA
A new revolution in semiconductors could transform lighting and solar energy, and this is what their crazy physics look like.

Birth of Massive Black Holes in the Early Universe Revealed

Zoom of the inner 30 light-years of the dark matter halo. The rotating gaseous disk breaks apart into three clumps that collapse under their own gravity to form supermassive stars.  (Credit: John Wise, Georgia Institute of Technology)
Jan 23, 2019 - Atlanta, GA
New research shows that when galaxies assemble extremely rapidly – and sometimes violently – that can lead to the formation of very massive black holes.

FDA Taps Georgia Tech to Help Reduce Cost of Making Antibiotics

Andreas Bommarius, a professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Martha Grover, a professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Ron Rousseau, a professor and Cecil J. "Pete" Silas Chair Emeritus in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (Credit: Rob Felt)
Feb 06, 2019 - Atlanta, GA
A team of researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology has kicked off a three-year federally-funded project to harness new manufacturing technologies and methods in a bid to bring down the cost of making certain antibiotics.

$25 Million Award Will Support Nuclear Nonproliferation R&D, Education

Associate Professor Anna Erickson shown with the subcritical graphite pile used to teach radiation physics concepts at Georgia Tech. (Photo: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)
Feb 06, 2019 - Atlanta, GA
A new consortium has been awarded $25 million to develop new technologies and educational program to support nuclear nonproliferation.

Will Moving to the Commercial Cloud Leave Some Data Users Behind?

Georgia Tech assistant professor Mariel Borowitz is shown with satellite communications equipment. Dramatic growth in the generation and collection of data will change the way federal agencies make data available. (Photo: Allison Carter, Georgia Tech)
Feb 07, 2019 - Atlanta, GA
A space policy researcher urges caution on the design of commercial cloud contracts for hosting federal agency data.

Urine Test Detects Organ Transplant Rejection, Could Replace Needle Biopsies

A T cell, here in purple, makes contact with a transplant organ cell, here in reddish brown. The T cell secretes the enzyme granzyme B, here in gray, which attacks the organ cell. But granzyme B also severs fluorescent signal molecules, in green, from the rejection detecting nanoparticle, in light pink. The signal molecules make their way into the urine, where they give off a fluorescent cue. Georgia Tech / EllaMaru Studio (work for hire, all rights GT, free for distribution).
Feb 19, 2019 - Atlanta, GA
New nanoparticle makes urine glow as soon as T cells initiate an attack on transplanted organs

When Sand-Slithering Snakes Behave Like Light Waves

A Western Shovel-nosed snake moves through a force-sensitive set of rubber pegs. The pegs altered the direction of the snakes’ travel, but didn’t vary the waveform they used to move. (Photo: Allison Carter, Georgia Tech)
Feb 25, 2019 - Atlanta, GA
A new study by SMI Professors Dan Goldman and Zeb Rocklin shows how the motion of snakes moving across a sandy surface can be affected by obstacles.

Signals from Distant Lightning Could Help Secure Electric Substations

Georgia Tech researchers Tohid Shekari, Raheem Beyah, Morris Cohen, and Lukas Graber are shown with a substation that is part of the electric grid. The researchers have developed a new technique to secure the substations. (Image: Christopher Moore, Georgia Tech)
Feb 26, 2019 - Atlanta, GA
A new technique could one day help prevent hackers from sabotaging electric power substations and other critical infrastructure.
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