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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

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

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.

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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.

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

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

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

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.

Vijay Balasubramaniyan (PhD CS 2011), CEO and co-founder of Pindrop Security

October 8, 2025

When a Video Isn’t Real: Georgia Tech Alum Innovates Deepfake Detection for a New Era of Fraud

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Generative AI is accelerating the evolution of cybercrime, prompting companies to develop new tools for protecting their businesses.

October 8, 2025

Winnie Chu Awarded NSF CAREER Grant to Create First-Ever Map of Antarctic Ice Sheet Base Temperatures

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The grant will support Chu as she uses radar data and generative AI to map temperatures beneath the Antarctica ice sheet, aiming to improve climate predictions, support coastal planning, and train future scientists through open-access tools and education.

October 7, 2025

ChBE Professor Leads Team Awarded $9.2M NSF Grant to Build “Plug-and-Play” Biotechnology

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Researchers received a $9.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to accelerate the adoption of cell-free systems in biomanufacturing.

cover of the 2023-2030 Sustainability Next Plan

October 7, 2025

BBISS Announces 2025 Sustainability Next Seed Grant Recipients

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The seed grant program reaches many faculty members from a diverse array of disciplines due to the generous support provided by broad-based partnerships in addition to the Sustainability Next funds.

October 6, 2025

Lack of Charging Station Data Deters Widespread Adoption of Electric Vehicles

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Researchers suggest that states should regulate data transparency to improve the reliability of electric vehicles.

Lisa Marks, associate professor in the School of Industrial Design, as the interim chair for the new Arts, Entertainment, and Creative Technologies major within the College of Design.

October 6, 2025

Lisa Marks Named Interim Chair of Arts, Entertainment, and Creative Technologies

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Georgia Tech has appointed Lisa Marks, associate professor in the School of Industrial Design, as the interim chair for the new Arts, Entertainment, and Creative Technologies major within the College of Design.

October 6, 2025

Initiative Lead Q&A: Akanksha Menon on Designing the Future of Buildings

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Menon discusses her interdisciplinary approach to improving building sustainability and efficiency through advanced materials and systems.

October 6, 2025

Revered Faculty Uses Teaching to Nurture Students and Research Community

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Assistant Professor Raphaël Pestourie has earned back-to-back selections to the Institute’s Course Instructor Opinion Survey (CIOS) honor roll, placing him among the top-ranked teachers for Fall 2024 and Spring 2025.

AI-generated image of Socrates, sculpted in marble, looking contemplatively at a laptop.

October 6, 2025

From Socrates to ChatGPT: The Ancient Lesson AI-powered Language Models Have Yet to Learn

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A Georgia Tech CS professor is a co-author of a new OpenAI study that examines why large language models struggle to say, 'I don't know.'

Collage of four images taken at the New York Climate Exchange 2025 events with Georgia Tech participants.

October 3, 2025

Georgia Tech’s Growing Climate Innovation Footprint: Reflections from Climate Week NYC

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Across five New York Climate Exchange partner events, the Georgia Tech community demonstrated something essential: Georgia Tech bridges research and real-world impact where it matters most – in people’s lives.