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Remote-Control Shoots Laser at Nano-Gold to Turn on Cancer-Killing Immune Cells

Posted: April 19, 2018

A near-infrared light, similar to that of a TV remote, combines with gold nano-particles to flip a gene switch in T-cells to hyper-activate them inside of tumors.

Sensor for Severe Storms Research Center

Severe Storms Research Center Works to Improve Tornado Warning Time

Posted: April 19, 2018

The Severe Storms Research Center is helping improve the ability to forecast tornados and other severe storms.

New Technologies are Helping Connect and Protect the Internet of Things

Posted: April 18, 2018

Researchers are creating a connected new world through the internet of things.

Human Factors Research Helps Accelerate Mission Planning

Posted: April 3, 2018

GTRI researchers are helping streamline the mission planning process for aircrews.

Robot Designed to Defend Factories Against Cyberthreats

Posted: March 29, 2018

This robot is designed to lure in digital troublemakers who have set their sights on industrial facilities. HoneyBot will then trick the bad actors into giving up valuable information to cybersecurity professionals.

Documenting passenger movement on aircraft

Researchers Determine Routes of Respiratory Infectious Disease Transmission on Aircraft

Posted: March 19, 2018

Researchers have studied how passengers move about on aircraft to evaluate potential transmission of respiratory infections.

Laser light in the visible range processed for materials measurements

A Future Colorfully Lit by the Mystifying Physics of Paint-On Semiconductors

Posted: March 19, 2018

Bucking conventional wisdom about semiconductors, a new class of light-emitting materials is flexible, easily produced from solution, and could be painted onto a surface.

Turbocharging Fuel Cells with a Multifunctional Catalyst

Posted: March 14, 2018

Zero-emission cars and recyclable fuel are dreams powered by fuel cells, and this new catalyst brings the dream a little closer.

The Minds of the New Machines - Machine Learning at Georgia Tech

Posted: March 9, 2018

Georgia Tech researchers are advancing the basic and applied science of machine learning.

A minature world with IoT devices emitting waves

Connected New World

Posted: March 8, 2018

The internet of things will soon account for more than half of the world’s connected devices. Georgia Tech researchers are working to ensure IOT security, fuse large IOT data streams, and provide necessary connectivity.

National Security

GTRI researchers support the Army Community Service

Modernizing Information Systems to Support a New Generation of Army Families

Posted: March 7, 2018

GTRI is helping the Army Community Service upgrade its information systems.

New Insights Could Pave The Way For Self-Powered Low Energy Devices

Posted: March 6, 2018

Researchers have discovered more details about the way certain materials hold a charge even after two surfaces separate, information that could help improve devices that leverage such energy as a power source.

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