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January 29, 2026

From Fusion to Self-Driving Cars, High Performance Computing and AI are Everywhere in 2026

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Georgia Tech researchers say HPC and artificial intelligence (AI) advances this year are poised to improve how people power their homes, design safer buildings, and travel through cities.

During a research session, a participant looks at a monitor and imagines saying the text cue displayed on screen. Text below the cue shows the brain-computer interface’s prediction of her imagined words.

January 28, 2026

Better Brain-Machine Interfaces Could Allow the Paralyzed to Communicate Again

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January 28, 2026

Small Modular Reactors and Smart Energy Cities

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A new study by Georgia Tech researchers Brian An, Daein Kang, John Kim, and Moe Kyaw Thu analyzes how national governments describe Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) in official energy policy documents.

January 28, 2026

Better Brain-Machine Interfaces Could Allow the Paralyzed to Communicate Again

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January 28, 2026

Better Brain-Machine Interfaces Could Allow the Paralyzed to Communicate Again

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Biomedical engineer Chethan Pandarinath collaborates with neurosurgeons and scientists across the country in a massive project to help patients with ALS or stroke damage reconnect with the world.

A car's side view mirror with a alert in the center of the mirror.

January 27, 2026

Researchers Warn AI ‘Blind Spot’ Could Allow Attackers to Hijack Self-Driving Vehicles

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A newly discovered vulnerability could allow cybercriminals to silently hijack the artificial intelligence (AI) systems in self-driving cars, raising concerns about the security of autonomous systems increasingly used on public roads.

January 27, 2026

Digital Doppelgängers

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Engineers are building computerized replicas of cities, and even Georgia Tech’s campus, to save lives and create a better, more efficient world for all of us.

Health care workers in a facility corridor

January 26, 2026

Georgia Insurance Claims Database Provides Health Care Cost Comparisons

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The Georgia APCD All-Payer Claims Database Cost Comparison Tool contains information on more than 200 medical procedures.

January 23, 2026

A Winter Beach Read for Supply Chain Minds: Why "The Thinking Machine" Is Worth Your Time

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Recommended for supply chain professionals and leaders seeking insight into the real-world impact of technology and strategic decision-making.

a patch of haptic actuators shown on a user's neck

January 22, 2026

Wearing the Future

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Students visited Lachung and Chungthang in Sikkim, India. Upstream in the Teesta Valley, students examined how steep terrain and river confinement amplify flood forces and how failures can cascade across an entire corridor of infrastructure.

January 22, 2026

AI Tool Turns Disaster Zones Into Living Classrooms

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An AI-powered tool is changing how researchers study disasters and how students learn from them.

January 22, 2026

Wearing the Future

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From smart textiles to brain-computer links, Georgia Tech engineers are designing wearables that connect humans and machines more closely than ever to sense, respond, and heal.

Today’s power grid equipment incorporates internet-connected – and therefore hackable – computers. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

January 22, 2026

Hacking the Grid: How Digital Sabotage Turns Infrastructure Into a Weapon

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To understand how a nation can turn an adversary’s lights out without firing a shot, you have to look inside the controllers that regulate modern infrastructure.

January 22, 2026

Wearing the Future

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Researcher tests improved vacuum chamber

January 21, 2026

New Cryogenic Vacuum Chamber Cuts Noise for Quantum Ion Trapping

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Researchers have developed an improved vacuum chamber that reduces noise for quantum ion trapping research.

January 20, 2026

All-Powerful AI Isn’t an Existential Threat, According to New Georgia Tech Research

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The study suggests that the fear of AI destroying society distracts from real policy interventions to better control computing applications.

A real worm in a Petri dish (top left) and a robot worm (bottom right) clean their environments of tiny particles in a very similar manner.

January 16, 2026

Researchers Discover How Worms Clean Their Environment Without a Brain

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When placed in sand-filled Petri dishes, centimeter-long aquatic worms like T. tubifex spontaneously sweep up particles and reorganize their environment — all without a brain.

January 16, 2026

Georgia Tech Names Mike Gazarik Director of Georgia Tech Research Institute

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Georgia Tech Names Mike Gazarik Director of Georgia Tech Research Institute

Protesters have filled the streets in Iranian cities, but the regime’s internet shutdown means little news gets in or out of the country. MAHSA/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

January 16, 2026

Iran’s Latest Internet Blackout Extends to Phones and Starlink

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The Iranian regime’s internet shutdown, initiated on Jan. 8, 2026, has severely diminished the flow of information out of the country.

January 15, 2026

Science for Public Good: Introducing the Community Engagement Graduate Fellows

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Four graduate students from the College of Sciences were selected for the new Community Engagement Graduate Fellowship, made possible through a gift from Google, to develop projects that positively impact the metro Atlanta area.