The Latest Research News

Novel App Uses AI to Guide, Support Cancer Patients

Posted: February 16, 2019

MyPath, an AI-based application that runs on tablet computers, is helping breast cancer patients.

Mobile Phone Accessibility Improves, But Gaps Remain, Study Finds

Posted: February 12, 2019

Mobile phones are increasingly more accessible by people with disabilities, but significant gaps remain.

Snaring Bacteria in DNA-based Nets the Way White Blood Cells Do

Posted: February 11, 2019

Like Spiderman, white bloods cells shoot NETs at bacteria, made mostly of DNA, and this synthetic microweb emulates it.

Researchers Chart Path to Cheaper Flexible Solar Cells

Posted: February 7, 2019

Researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology, University of California San Diego and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have reported new findings about perovskite solar cells that could lead the way to devices that perform better.

Mariel Borowitz with satellite communications equipment

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

Posted: February 7, 2019

A space policy researcher urges caution on the design of commercial cloud contracts for hosting federal agency data.

Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure

Anna Erickson with subcritical graphite pile

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

Posted: February 6, 2019

A new consortium has been awarded $25 million to develop new technologies and educational program to support nuclear nonproliferation.

Andreas Bommarius, Martha Grover and Ron Rousseau

FDA Taps Georgia Tech to Help Reduce Cost of Making Antibiotics

Posted: February 6, 2019

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.

Bioengineering and Bioscience

Fiji coral biological variety experiment

When Coral Species Vanish, Their Absence Can Imperil Surviving Corals

Posted: January 30, 2019

Off of Fiji, a Georgia Tech study elucidates a potential silent coral reef killer: Disappearing biodiversity appears to threaten the lives surviving corals.

Initiative Will Create Coursework for Cell Manufacturing Training

Posted: January 25, 2019

An 18-month federally-sponsored project led by the Georgia Institute of Technology will develop much-needed curriculum to train workers for the fledgling cell manufacturing industry.

Bioengineering and Bioscience

The Helix, of DNA Fame, May Have Arisen with Startling Ease

Posted: January 23, 2019

An evolutionary enigma may have just been cracked: Explaining how the helix of RNA and DNA evolved.

Data Engineering and Science

Birth of Massive Black Holes in the Early Universe Revealed

Posted: January 23, 2019

New research shows that when galaxies assemble extremely rapidly – and sometimes violently – that can lead to the formation of very massive black holes.