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Released: 1-Apr-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Georgia Tech Researchers Develop More Broadly Protective Coronavirus Vaccine
Georgia Institute of Technology

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a new vaccine that offers broad protection against not only SARS-CoV-2 variants, but also other bat sarbecoviruses.

Newswise: Researchers Reveal Roadmap for Ai Innovation in Brain and Language Learning
Released: 21-Mar-2024 12:45 PM EDT
Researchers Reveal Roadmap for Ai Innovation in Brain and Language Learning
Georgia Institute of Technology

A new study co-led by Georgia Institute of Technology's Anna (Anya) Ivanova uncovers the relationship between language and thought in artificial intelligence models like ChatGPT, leveraging cognitive neuroscience research on the human brain. The results are a roadmap to developing new AIs — and to better understanding how we think and communicate.

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Released: 27-Feb-2024 9:25 AM EST
‘Janitors’ of the Sea: Overharvested sea cucumbers play crucial role in protecting coral
Georgia Institute of Technology

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology discovered that sea cucumbers — sediment-eating organisms that function like autonomous vacuum cleaners of the ocean floor — play an enormous role in protecting coral from disease. The problem is, they've been overharvested for more than 100 years, and they're now rare.

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Released: 5-Feb-2024 8:05 PM EST
New Ion Cooling Technique Could Simplify Quantum Computing Devices
Georgia Institute of Technology

A new cooling technique that utilizes a single species of trapped ion for both computing and cooling could simplify the use of quantum charge-coupled devices (QCCDs), potentially moving quantum computing closer to practical applications.

Newswise: Researchers Leverage AI to Develop Early Diagnostic Test for Ovarian Cancer
Released: 29-Jan-2024 12:45 PM EST
Researchers Leverage AI to Develop Early Diagnostic Test for Ovarian Cancer
Georgia Institute of Technology

The Georgia Tech Integrated Cancer Research Center has combined machine learning with information on blood metabolites to develop a new early diagnostic test that detects ovarian cancer with 93 percent accuracy.

Newswise: Researchers Create Light-Powered Yeast, Providing Insights Into Evolution, Biofuels, Cellular Aging
11-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Researchers Create Light-Powered Yeast, Providing Insights Into Evolution, Biofuels, Cellular Aging
Georgia Institute of Technology

Georgia Tech researchers have engineered one of the world’s first yeast cells able to harness energy from light, expanding our understanding of the evolution of this trait — and paving the way for advancements in biofuel production and cellular aging.

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Released: 3-Jan-2024 11:00 AM EST
Researchers create first functional semiconductor made from graphene
Georgia Institute of Technology

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created the world’s first functional semiconductor made from graphene, a single sheet of carbon atoms held together by the strongest bonds known. The breakthrough throws open the door to a new way of doing electronics. Video summary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWUX2OTqkEo

Released: 11-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
Ethical Leaders Promote Creative Teams Under the Right Conditions
Georgia Institute of Technology

In a world where CEOs become thought leaders, being an ethical leader is paramount. But does this type of leader inspire their team to be creative? For years, it’s been a common assumption in the organizational behavior field that the more ethical a leader is, the less innovative their employees are.

Released: 20-Nov-2023 3:05 PM EST
Residential Solar Power Saves Less Energy Than Expected
Georgia Institute of Technology

This paradox is called the solar rebound effect: the ratio of the increase in energy consumption to the amount that is generated by the solar panels. In new research out of the Georgia Institute of Technology, Matthew Oliver, an associate professor in the School of Economics, presented this argument for how the economics of solar power really work, in “Tipping the Scale: Why Utility-Scale Solar Avoids a Solar Rebound and What It Means for U.S. Solar Policy,” published in The Electricity Journal.

Newswise: Genetics study shines light on health disparities for IBD
Released: 16-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST
Genetics study shines light on health disparities for IBD
Georgia Institute of Technology

In a new study, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology investigated whether 25 rare gene variants known to be associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) play a role in risk for African Americans.

Newswise: Long-term lizard study challenges the rules of evolutionary biology
9-Oct-2023 10:00 AM EDT
Long-term lizard study challenges the rules of evolutionary biology
Georgia Institute of Technology

James Stroud, assistant professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology, measured natural selection in four Anolis lizard species in the wild for five consecutive time periods over three years.

Newswise: How Insects Evolved to Ultrafast Flight (And Back)
29-Sep-2023 2:40 PM EDT
How Insects Evolved to Ultrafast Flight (And Back)
Georgia Institute of Technology

This asynchronous beating comes from how the flight muscles interact with the physics of the insect’s springy exoskeleton. This decoupling of neural commands and muscle contractions is common in only four distinct insect groups. For years, scientists assumed these four groups evolved these ultrafast wingbeats separately, but research from the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) shows that they evolved from a single common ancestor. This discovery demonstrates evolution has repeatedly turned on and off this particular mode of flight. The researchers developed physics models and robotics to test how these transitions could occur.

Newswise: Novel bacterial proteins from seafloor shine light on climate and astrobiology
Released: 27-Sep-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Novel bacterial proteins from seafloor shine light on climate and astrobiology
Georgia Institute of Technology

In a groundbreaking study, a team of Georgia Tech researchers has unveiled a remarkable discovery: the identification of novel bacterial proteins that play a vital role in the formation and stability of methane clathrates, which trap gigatons of greenhouse gas beneath the seafloor. These newfound proteins not only suppress methane clathrate growth as effectively as toxic chemicals used in drilling but also prove to be eco-friendly and scalable. This innovative breakthrough not only promises to enhance environmental safety in natural gas transportation but also sheds light on the potential for similar biomolecules to support life beyond Earth.

Newswise: TRIAD Streamlines Edge Processing of Data in Phased-Array Antennas
Released: 31-Aug-2023 9:50 AM EDT
TRIAD Streamlines Edge Processing of Data in Phased-Array Antennas
Georgia Institute of Technology

As the number of elements on phased array antennas continues to grow, so does the volume of data that must be processed. To address this, researchers have developed a new approach to process that data closer to where it is generated - on the antenna subarrays themselves.

Newswise: Thinning Ice Sheets May Drive Sharp Rise in Subglacial Waters
Released: 21-Aug-2023 1:45 PM EDT
Thinning Ice Sheets May Drive Sharp Rise in Subglacial Waters
Georgia Institute of Technology

A new study led by Georgia Tech shows that water underneath glaciers may surge due to thinning ice sheets — a dangerous feedback cycle that could increase glacial melt, sea level rise, and biological disturbances.

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Released: 15-Aug-2023 3:05 PM EDT
GridTrust Helps Protect the Nation’s Electric Utilities from Cyber Threats
Georgia Institute of Technology

A new cybersecurity technology that relies on the unique digital fingerprint of individual semiconductor chips could help protect the equipment of electrical utilities from malicious attacks that exploit software updates on devices controlling the critical infrastructure.

Newswise: Investors Force Black Families Out of Home Ownership, New Research Shows
Released: 8-Aug-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Investors Force Black Families Out of Home Ownership, New Research Shows
Georgia Institute of Technology

Data from 800 neighborhoods in the Atlanta metropolitan area between 2007 and 2016 revealed that major investors bought homes in majority-minority neighborhoods far from downtowns and in lower-income areas. These homes were often undervalued because of their minority populations, but they remained desirable and offered good market value.

Newswise: Turning the Tide on Climate Change
Released: 20-Jul-2023 4:55 PM EDT
Turning the Tide on Climate Change
Georgia Institute of Technology

From the thousands of feet of frozen glaciers to the rising seas off Savannah’s coast, Georgia Institute of Technology researchers are measuring, modeling, and predicting just how climate change is impacting our oceans.

Newswise: Aluminum Materials Show Promising Performance for Safer, Cheaper, More Powerful Batteries
Released: 19-Jul-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Aluminum Materials Show Promising Performance for Safer, Cheaper, More Powerful Batteries
Georgia Institute of Technology

Georgia Tech researchers are using aluminum foil to create batteries with higher energy density and greater stability. The team’s new battery system could enable electric vehicles to run longer on a single charge and would be cheaper to manufacture — all while having a positive impact on the environment.

Released: 5-Jul-2023 12:20 PM EDT
New Chef Dataset Brings AI to Cooking
Georgia Institute of Technology

Researchers created a dataset called ChattyChef, which uses natural language processing models that can help a user cook a recipe. Using the open-source large language model GPT-J, ChattyChef’s dataset of cooking dialogues follows recipes with the user.

Newswise: Flexible, Supportive Company Culture Makes For Better Remote Work
Released: 27-Jun-2023 11:35 AM EDT
Flexible, Supportive Company Culture Makes For Better Remote Work
Georgia Institute of Technology

New research from the Georgia Institute of Technology used data from the employee review website Glassdoor to determine what made remote work successful. Companies that catered to employees’ interests, gave employees independence, fostered collaboration, and had flexible policies were most likely to have strong remote workplaces.

Newswise: Scientists Unearth 20 Million Years of ‘Hot Spot’ Magmatism Under Cocos Plate
Released: 20-Jun-2023 10:00 AM EDT
Scientists Unearth 20 Million Years of ‘Hot Spot’ Magmatism Under Cocos Plate
Georgia Institute of Technology

Situated 60 kilometers beneath the Pacific Ocean floor, the magma channel covers more than 100,000 square kilometers, and originated from the Galápagos Plume more than 20 million years ago, supplying melt for multiple magmatic events — and persisting today.

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Released: 31-May-2023 3:15 PM EDT
New App Uses AI to Enable Anyone to Make Musical Mashups
Georgia Institute of Technology

Mixboard is a tablet application that lets users without musical or editing experience create the songs of their dreams.

Released: 30-May-2023 2:00 PM EDT
Mitigating Climate Change Through Restoration of Coastal Ecosystems
Georgia Institute of Technology

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Yale University are proposing a novel pathway through which coastal ecosystem restoration can permanently capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Seagrass and mangroves — known as blue carbon ecosystems — naturally capture carbon through photosynthesis, which converts carbon dioxide into living tissue.

Newswise: Georgia Tech to Lead NASA Center on Lunar Research and Exploration
Released: 19-May-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Georgia Tech to Lead NASA Center on Lunar Research and Exploration
Georgia Institute of Technology

Georgia Tech researchers have been selected by NASA to lead a $7.5 million center that will study the lunar environment, and explore the generation and properties of volatiles and dust.

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Released: 10-May-2023 11:35 AM EDT
A Journey to the Origins of Multicellular Life: Long-Term Experimental Evolution in the Lab
Georgia Institute of Technology

Over 3,000 generations of laboratory evolution, Georgia Tech researchers watched as their model organism, “snowflake yeast,” began to adapt as multicellular individuals. In new research, the team shows how snowflake yeast evolved to be physically stronger and more than 20,000 times larger than their ancestor. Their study is the first major report on the ongoing Multicellularity Long-Term Evolution Experiment (MuLTEE), which the team hopes to run for decades.

Newswise: Scurrying Centipedes Inspire Many-Legged Robots That Can Traverse Difficult Landscapes
Released: 4-May-2023 4:55 PM EDT
Scurrying Centipedes Inspire Many-Legged Robots That Can Traverse Difficult Landscapes
Georgia Institute of Technology

Intrigued to see if the many limbs could be helpful for locomotion in this world, a team of physicists, engineers, and mathematicians at the Georgia Institute of Technology are using this style of movement to their advantage. They developed a new theory of multilegged locomotion and created many-legged robotic models, discovering the robot with redundant legs could move across uneven surfaces without any additional sensing or control technology as the theory predicted.

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26-Apr-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Unraveling the mathematics behind wiggly worm knots
Georgia Institute of Technology

Georgia Tech researchers wanted to understand precisely how blackworms execute tangling and ultrafast untangling movements for a myriad of biological functions. To investigate, they linked up with mathematicians at MIT to understand the topology of the tangles. Their research could inform the design of fiber-like, shapeshifting robotics that self-assemble and move in ways that are fast and reversible. The study also highlights how cross-disciplinary collaboration can answer some of the most perplexing questions in disparate fields.

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Released: 25-Apr-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Frugal Science Brings Research Opportunities to High Schoolers
Georgia Institute of Technology

Creating accessible, affordable equipment to democratize research is the foundation of frugal science. Now, with a new five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bhamla and Standeven will pave the way to bring frugal science to high schools across Georgia.

Newswise: Mudskippers Could Be Key to Understanding Evolution of Blinking
Released: 24-Apr-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Mudskippers Could Be Key to Understanding Evolution of Blinking
Georgia Institute of Technology

Blinking is crucial for the eye. It’s how animals clean their eyes, protect them, and even communicate. But how and why did blinking originate? Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Seton Hill University, and Pennsylvania State University studied the mudskipper, an amphibious fish that spends most of its day on land, to better understand why blinking is a fundamental behavior for life on land.



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