The growing popularity of lithium-ion batteries in recent years has put a strain on the world’s supply of cobalt and nickel – two metals integral to current battery designs – and sent prices surging.
In a bid…
A single ant can’t accomplish much, but an entire colony can gather food, build nests, and protect the queen. When powerless individuals can accomplish powerful goals together, it’s called collective emergent…
True or false? Bacteria living in the same space, like the mouth, have evolved collaborations so generous that they are not possible with outside bacteria. That was long held to be true, but …
A new partnership with Delta Air Lines and Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners will give Georgia Tech researchers access to a real-life environment to test autonomous…
A Georgia Tech specialist in health informatics has been named to Georgia’s new Task Force on Healthcare Access and Cost. Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan announced the 16 members of the task force, which includes Jon Duke…
Georgia Tech engineers head Gates-fueled mission to tackle sewage.
Platinum has long been used as a catalyst to enable the oxidation reduction reaction at the center of fuel cell technology. But the metal’s high cost is one factor that has hindered fuel cells from competing with…
Applying for jobs can be one of the biggest challenges for people with autism. Disclosing a disorder to an employer is difficult, but sometimes even the interview is daunting. But a new app called…
Spasticity is a condition in which muscles are contract strongly, resulting stiffness or tightness, and quite often, pain. Usually caused by damage to the brain or spinal cord, it’s particularly common in people…
If you’re in the market for an internet-connected garage door opener, doorbell, thermostat, security camera, yard irrigation system, slow cooker — or even a box of connected light bulbs — a new website can help you…
Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology director Gil Weinberg and Ph.D candidate Richard Savery were awarded a new grant totalling $669,912 from the National Science Foundation. The purpose of the grant is to…
A wireless sensor small enough to be implanted in the blood vessels of the human brain could help clinicians evaluate the healing of aneurysms — bulges that can cause death or serious injury if they burst. The…
The Alliance to Save Energy (ASE) has named Georgia Tech School of Public Policy Professor Marilyn Brown as a recipient of the 2019 Charles H. Percy Award for…
Computing technology has shaped modern offices and retooled how many businesses operate. Now, as technology gets smaller, cheaper, and more connected, jobs that aren’t bound to a desk are seeing similar changes.…
Research, economic development and other sponsored activities at Georgia Tech passed a significant milestone during the fiscal year that concluded on June 30, recording more than a billion dollars in new grants,…
An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Institut Pasteur has received a $2.5 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to advance the clinical potential of…
Brain waves – or, oscillatory brain activity – are thought to play an important role in how different areas of the brain communicate. They’re also altered in many diseases.
“We think these brain waves are…
