Analyzing the faint electromagnetic signals emitted by biomolecules could give researchers a faster and simpler way to predict how small molecules such as those found in medicines may bind with receptors within cellular membranes. Currently, this binding process is typically predicted using molecular dynamics simulations that require powerful…
AF2Complex: Researchers Leverage Deep Learning to Predict Physical Interactions of Protein Complexes
From the muscle fibers that move us to the enzymes that replicate our DNA, proteins are the molecular machinery that makes life possible. Protein function heavily depends on their three-dimensional structure, and researchers around the world have long endeavored to answer a seemingly simple inquiry to bridge function and form: if you know…
This news story was first published by Durham University. An unprecedented study looking at surface meltwater lakes around the East Antarctic Ice Sheet across a seven-year period has found that the area and volume of these lakes is highly variable year-to-year — and offers new insights into the potential impact of recent climatic change on…
What is your field of expertise and why did you choose it? I’m a senior research engineer at The Intelligent Sustainable Technologies Division (ISTD) at Georgia tech Research Institute (GTRI), where we develop innovative technology systems to enhance the productivity and competitiveness of Georgia’s agriculture and food processing industry. As a…
What if everyone in a neighborhood had a voice in redesigning it? How can city planners democratize future smart cities, big data analytics and decision-making by involving citizen participation? That’s the vision of the Tokyo Smart City Studio, using GPS and other location data to track trends in human behavior. The studio is part of the…
5G+ (5G/Beyond 5G) is the fastest-growing segment and the only significant opportunity for investment growth in the wireless network infrastructure market, according to the latest forecast by Gartner, Inc. But currently 5G+ technologies rely on large antenna arrays that are typically bulky and come only in very limited sizes, making them…
Thanks to better diagnostics, therapeutics, and care, the overall cancer mortality rate has plummeted in the past 20 years. But cancer survival disparities stubbornly persist along racial and ethnic lines, demanding a firmer grasp of the underlying mechanisms at play, which would ideally result in better outcomes for populations disproportionately…
Premature births from cesarean (C-sections) and induced deliveries fell by 6.5% during the first month of the Covid-19 pandemic and remained consistently lower throughout — a likely result of fewer prenatal visits due to efforts to slow the spread of the virus, according to new research from Georgia Tech's School of Economics. …
As the world’s demand for electronics keeps growing, so does the impact on climate change. The carbon footprint of those billions of devices we use, including smartphones, already accounts for about 3.7% of all global greenhouse emissions and at the present rate of use, could reach 14% by 2040. “Therefore, we need to limit the increase of the…
Meet Anirban Mazumdar, assistant professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, director of the Dynamic Adaptive Robotic Technologies (DART) Lab, and faculty member in the Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM). IRIM is one of Georgia Tech's 10 interdisciplinary research institutes (IRIs)…
