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Why "The Thinking Machine" Is Worth Your Time

Artificial Intelligence, Education, Engineering

January 23, 2026

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

7 min read

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

Artificial Intelligence, City Planning, Transportation, and Urban Growth, Community, Education, Engineering, Environment, Research, Student and Faculty, Student Research

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.

Artificial Intelligence, City Planning, Transportation, and Urban Growth, Community, Education, Engineering, Environment, Research, Student and Faculty, Student Research

January 22, 2026

AI Tool Turns Disaster Zones Into Living Classrooms

4 min read

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

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

January 22, 2026

Wearing the Future

2 min read

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

7 min read

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.

Computer Science/Information Technology and Security

Researcher tests improved vacuum chamber

Computer Science/Information Technology and Security

January 21, 2026

New Cryogenic Vacuum Chamber Cuts Noise for Quantum Ion Trapping

2 min read

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

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

January 20, 2026

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

4 min read

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

Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Physics and Physical Sciences

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.

Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Physics and Physical Sciences

January 16, 2026

Researchers Discover How Worms Clean Their Environment Without a Brain

4 min read

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.

Research

Research

January 16, 2026

Georgia Tech Names Mike Gazarik Director of Georgia Tech Research Institute

4 min read

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

7 min read

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

Initiative Lead Q&A: Hailong Chen Drives Innovation in Electrochemical Manufacturing and Recycling

3 min read

Georgia Tech’s Electrochemical Manufacturing and Recycling initiative aims to revolutionize energy-intensive industries.

Artificial Intelligence

Illustration of an AI tutor helping a student

Artificial Intelligence

January 15, 2026

Sleepless Tutor Turns Midnight Panic Into Progress

4 min read

Created by Georgia Tech professors for a particularly challenging class, this AI teaching assistant doesn’t know the meaning of office hours.

Artificial Intelligence, Community, Computer Science/Information Technology and Security

Artificial Intelligence, Community, Computer Science/Information Technology and Security

January 15, 2026

New LLMs Could Provide Strength-based Job Coaching for Autistic People

5 min read

Georgia Tech researchers are using an NSF grant to create new large-language models that help autistic job seekers understand their strengths and how to leverage them during the application process.

City Planning, Transportation, and Urban Growth, Economic Development and Policy, Energy, Environment, Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts, Research

City Planning, Transportation, and Urban Growth, Economic Development and Policy, Energy, Environment, Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts, Research

January 14, 2026

Meet the Expert: Daniel Matisoff

1 min read

Meet Daniel Matisoff: Professor of Public Policy and EPIcenter affiliate

Economic Development and Policy, Energy, Environment, Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts, Research, State Impact

Fuel Truck carrying Sustainable Aviation Fuel near an airplane

Economic Development and Policy, Energy, Environment, Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts, Research, State Impact

January 13, 2026

Georgia Tech Energy Policy and Innovation Center Launches Interactive Dashboard

2 min read

Georgia Tech’s Energy Policy and Innovation Center has collaborated with Dan Matisoff, EPIcenter’s faculty affiliate, to develop a new Sustainable Aviation Fuel Data Dashboard to provide clear, accessible insights into the rapidly evolving SAF market.

Community, Environment, Life Sciences and Biology, Research, State Impact

Degraded marsh on Cumberland Island, Georgia.

Community, Environment, Life Sciences and Biology, Research, State Impact

January 12, 2026

Coastal Resilience Project Secures Nearly $1 Million to Restore Wetlands

3 min read

The award will support the design of nature-based solutions including living shorelines and marsh restoration in flood-prone areas of Camden County, Georgia.

Computer Science/Information Technology and Security, Nanotechnology and Nanoscience, Workforce Development

Georgia Tech student Yash Rajgure using an Apple Vision Pro headset device to demo his team's project.

Computer Science/Information Technology and Security, Nanotechnology and Nanoscience, Workforce Development

January 12, 2026

Apple Vision Pro Powers New Wave of Immersive Education

2 min read

Spatial computing is transforming engineering education at Georgia Tech and opening new paths for entrepreneurship and technical training.

Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics

Lack of access to safe and affordable housing is harmful to health. Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics

January 8, 2026

Illness Is More Than Just Biological – Medical Sociology Shows How Social Factors Get Under the Skin and Cause Disease

6 min read

By studying the way social forces shape health inequalities, medical sociology helps address how health and illness extend beyond the body and into every aspect of people’s lives.

Three individuals standing at a workbench in front of a large Mazak hybrid manufacturing machine, discussing components and technical drawings.

January 8, 2026

How Georgia Tech Is Transforming Advanced Manufacturing

1 min read

Georgia Tech’s hybrid manufacturing innovations are transforming defense and industry alike, turning complex repair challenges into fast, scalable solutions that boost performance, resilience, and real world impact.

Bainbridge High School students in the AMP program gathered in October 2025 to race their cars and put their manufacturing skills to the test.

January 7, 2026

How a Race Car Project Is Transforming Rural STEM Education

1 min read

Inside Georgia Tech’s Advanced Manufacturing Pathways program, high school students learn to design, build, test, and dream big through a collaboration that’s reshaping classrooms and communities.

The Building for Equity and Sustainability undergraduate research class celebrates the opening of the outdoor classroom that they designed and built with the West Atlanta Watershed Alliance in Bush Mountain (April 14, 2025).

January 6, 2026

Celebrating a Decade of Impact: The Center for Sustainable Communities Research and Education (SCoRE) Marks 10 Years of Community-Engaged Sustainability at Georgia Tech

1 min read

Georgia Tech’s Center for Sustainable Communities Research and Education (SCoRE) is celebrating its 10th anniversary, marking a decade of transformative work that has bridged campus and community to advance sustainability across Atlanta and beyond.