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A lizard wearing one of the sensors, which weigh just three-hundredths of a gram each — the same as a two grains of rice. (Credit: Jon Suh)

October 15, 2025

Mapping Evolution: James Stroud Named 2025 Packard Fellow

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The award will support Stroud as he creates evolution’s first high-definition map — with the help of 1,000 backpack-wearing lizards.

October 15, 2025

Kristin Janacek Named Associate Director for Interdisciplinary Research Impact at BBISS

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In this newly created BBISS role, Janacek is eager to amplify the Institute’s interdisciplinary research portfolio and foster stronger relationships between Georgia Tech and its partners.

October 15, 2025

Teaching at the Speed of AI: Professor Uses Digital Twin to Teach About GenAI

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Georgia Tech’s David Joyner is using generative AI to reinvent online teaching, blending human expertise with AI tools to create courses that evolve as fast as the technology they explore.

October 15, 2025

Mapping Evolution: James Stroud Named 2025 Packard Fellow

4 min read

The award will support Stroud as he creates evolution’s first high-definition map — with the help of 1,000 backpack-wearing lizards.

October 14, 2025

NNCI Image Contest Winners Announced

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The winning images from the 2025 NNCI image contest were announced on National Nanotechnology Day

October 14, 2025

Low Frequency Radio Lab Trio Go to Alaska for Atmospheric Research

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Ph.D. students Gus Richter, Malhar Tamhane, and Felipe Sandoval took part in the Polar Aeronomy and Radio Science program, taking advantage of the unique geography and equipment to work on their Ph.D. research.

Grace Tang (Left) and Alison Onstine (Right) holding bacteria plates that spell "BIOL 4590" (Credit: Tang and Onstine)

October 13, 2025

Undergraduate Bioinformatics Class Produces Published Research

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“This course truly underscores Georgia Tech’s commitment to pioneering meaningful undergraduate experiences,” says teacher Vinayak (Vinny) Agarwal. “No other peer institution I know of is exposing undergraduates to bioinformatics at this level.”

October 13, 2025

Undergraduate Bioinformatics Class Produces Published Research

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October 13, 2025

Georgia Tech Set to Implement Measures Amid Federal Shutdown

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The U.S. government is entering its third week of the federal shutdown as lawmakers continue to negotiate toward an agreement on federal spending for the new fiscal year, which began on Oct. 1.

A brown basilisk missing both its entire left forearm and part of its right hind limb. Brian Hillen

October 13, 2025

3-Legged Lizards Can Thrive Against All Odds, Challenging Assumptions About How Evolution Works in the Wild

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Research uncovered 122 cases of limb loss across 58 lizard species and revealed that these “three-legged pirates” – the rare survivors of traumatic injuries – can run just as fast, maintain healthy body weight, reproduce successfully and live surprisingly

Person wearing a floral-patterned shirt interacting with a group of people indoors; one individual is dressed in a bright yellow button-up shirt.

October 13, 2025

This Eighth Grader Is Shaping the Future of Wearable Robotics

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Like many people with cerebral palsy, Case walks with impaired knee movement. Georgia Tech’s pediatric knee exoskeleton is designed to help children and adolescents walk with increased stability and mobility. Case’s data enables the researchers to analyze

The high impact between the metal balls in a ball mill reactor and the polymer surface is sufficient to momentarily liquefy the polymer and facilitate chemical reactions.

October 10, 2025

New Method Uses Collisions to Break Down Plastic for Sustainable Recycling

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Researchers have developed a method to break down PET, one of the world’s most widely used plastics, for sustainable recycling using mechanical forces instead of heat or harsh chemicals.

October 10, 2025

New Method Uses Collisions to Break Down Plastic for Sustainable Recycling

4 min read

Researchers have developed a method to break down PET, one of the world’s most widely used plastics, for sustainable recycling using mechanical forces instead of heat or harsh chemicals.

October 10, 2025

New Method Uses Collisions to Break Down Plastic for Sustainable Recycling

4 min read

Researchers have developed a method to break down PET, one of the world’s most widely used plastics, for sustainable recycling using mechanical forces instead of heat or harsh chemicals.

October 9, 2025

A Buried Solar Reciever to Melt Lunar Ice

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A NASA-funded team at Georgia Institute of Technology has developed a method to use heliostats to redirect sunlight into the Moon’s shadowed craters, extracting water from icy regolith.

October 9, 2025

Fixing Flooding for the Southeast’s Future

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Coastal communities throughout the Southeast are now facing constant challenges from flooding and sea level rise and they are looking to nature-based solutions to prevent flooding and erosion related to storms.

October 9, 2025

Storms Are Changing — Should the Hurricane Scale Change Too?

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Georgia Tech expert Zachary Handlos joins a growing conversation about whether the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale adequately reflects the full range of hurricane hazards in a changing climate.

Post-hurricane flooding inundates residential areas and transportation infrastructure, with low-lying terrain overwhelmed by storm surge and excessive rainfall.

October 9, 2025

Fixing Flooding for the Southeast’s Future

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Georgia Tech researchers are developing solutions to monitor and forecast flooding, as well as restore ecosystems to prevent future flooding. These efforts support communities’ resilience in the face of climate change and keep the U.S. secure.

October 9, 2025

Storms Are Changing — Should the Hurricane Scale Change Too?

3 min read

Georgia Tech expert Zachary Handlos joins a growing conversation about whether the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale adequately reflects the full range of hurricane hazards in a changing climate.