Breaching the Blood-Brain Barrier to Deliver Precious Payloads

RNA-based drugs may change the standard of care for many diseases, making personalized medicine a reality. So far these cost-effective, easy-to-manufacture drugs haven’t been very useful in treating brain tumors and other brain disease. But a team...
7-May-2021 11:35 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Rapid Rovers, Speedy Sands: Fast-Tracking Terrain Interaction Modeling

Engineers and scientists from MIT and Georgia Tech are enabling near real-time modeling of wheels, treads, and desert animals traveling at high speeds across sandy terrains. “Dynamic Resistive Force Theory,” or DRFT, provides a path to speedier...
5-May-2021 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

The Science of Sound, Vibration to Better Diagnose, Treat Brain Diseases

As part of a five-year, $2 million NSF project, Georgia Tech researchers uncover new methods for using sound and vibration to treat and diagnose brain diseases. The research could eliminate reliance on MRIs, paving the way for less costly and...
27-Apr-2021 11:25 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Simple Robots, Smart Algorithms

Inspired by a theoretical model of particles moving around on a chessboard, new robot swarm research led by Georgia Tech shows that, as magnetic interactions increase, dispersed “dumb robots” — dubbed BOBbots — can abruptly gather in large,...
23-Apr-2021 4:20 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Georgia Tech Shares $15M From NASA to Advance Deep Space Exploration

NASA awards Georgia Tech, along with 11 partner universities, $15 million over five years to fund the Joint Advanced Propulsion Institute (JANUS) – a new Space Technology Research Institute focused on advancing electric propulsion ground testing...
21-Apr-2021 8:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Marine Animals Inspire New Approaches to Structural Topology Optimization

Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology and the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) have uncovered a new approach to structural topology optimization is outlined that unifies both design and manufacturing to create novel...
20-Apr-2021 2:10 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Covid-19 Mask Study Finds Layering, Material Choice Matter

Georgia Tech researchers detail results of a study measuring filtration efficiency of several commercially available Covid-19 mask materials.
2-Apr-2021 2:25 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Leveraging the 5G Network to Wirelessly Power IoT Devices

Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology's ATHENA lab discuss an innovative way to tap into the over-capacity of 5G networks, turning them into “a wireless power grid” for powering Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The breakthrough...
25-Mar-2021 3:50 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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