Category Sciences | Research News Center

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March 18, 2026

New Mobile App Turns Phones into At-Home Fetal Heart Monitors

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A new app will allow pregnant women to conduct an ultrasound and receive an accurate fetal heart rate from their mobile phones.

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March 17, 2026

Turning Carbon Into Chemistry

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Georgia Tech researchers have developed a breakthrough system to manufacture valuable amino acids. It’s the most efficient system of its kind — and removes more carbon from the atmosphere than it emits.

March 13, 2026

Undergrads Earn National Recognition for Computing Research

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Ryan Punamiya (CS 2025) and Summer Abramson, a third-year computational media student, have been honored by the Computing Research Association (CRA) through its 2025–2026 Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award (URA) program.

March 11, 2026

Sheepdogs Reveal a Better Way to Guide Robot Swarms

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Georgia Tech researchers studying sheepdog trials found new principles for guiding unpredictable groups and used them to develop computer models that could improve coordination in robot swarms, autonomous vehicles, and other networked systems.

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March 11, 2026

Temporal Stability of Consumer Preferences for Solar Energy

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A new study by EPIcenter affiliate Jamal Mamkhezri examines how public preferences for solar‑energy policy have shifted over a six‑year period in New Mexico, offering one of the first long‑term repeated cross‑section analyses of willingness to pay (WTP) f

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March 6, 2026

Georgia Tech Energy Day: Meeting AI’s Growing Energy Demands

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Join us on March 19 as we explore one of the most urgent questions facing the nation: How do we power an AI‑driven future?

March 3, 2026

New ‘Touchable Sound’ Museum Display Makes Data More Accessible

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Georgia Tech researchers have developed a prototype “touchable sound” museum display that uses sonification and tactile maps to make complex scientific data about ocean habitats more accessible to blind and low-vision visitors.

February 27, 2026

New Research Priorities Chart Course Toward Impactful, Energy-Efficient Computing

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Georgia Tech faculty members contributed to two DOE Advanced Scientific Computing Research program workshops. Recently published reports of their work may yield more energy-efficient computers and better predictions for environmental challenges.

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February 25, 2026

Is This Your AI? Researchers Crack AI Blackbox

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Researchers have developed a technique to identify the origins of proprietary “black-box” AI models, even when their internal structure and training data are hidden.

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February 24, 2026

Understanding the Data Center Building Boom

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Explosive data center growth requires research to inform policies which manage the building of this critical infrastructure.

February 24, 2026

Augusta Positioned to Become a Leader in Medical Device Entrepreneurship

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A partnership between Georgia Tech and Augusta University supports the effort .

February 24, 2026

Georgia Tech Launches Pilot Program to Support Rural Arts Organizations

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NEA “Our Town” grant supports Middle Georgia initiative

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February 24, 2026

Utility Structure, Pricing, and Energy Incentive Programs

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A recent study by EPIcenter affiliates Brian An and John Kim and researchers at Georgia Tech, Iowa State University, and Clemson University examines how utility-level characteristics shape residential electricity consumption in the Southeastern U.S.

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February 24, 2026

Building the Future of Online Learning Through AI and VR

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AI‑enhanced course design and immersive VR simulations are being piloted to strengthen personalized learning, leadership practice, and instructional quality in online programs.

February 24, 2026

New Study Could Show How TikTok’s Algorithm Affects Youth Mental Health

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A Georgia Tech-led research team is conducting a multi-year study using data from more than 10,000 adolescents to investigate how TikTok’s recommendation algorithm and passive content consumption impact youth mental health.

February 23, 2026

Student Getting Research Boost Through Google Ph.D. Fellowship

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Georgia Stoica is one of 38 Ph.D. students worldwide researching machine learning who were named a 2025 Google Ph.D. Fellow.

February 20, 2026

The Challenges and Opportunities of Cold Weather and Technology

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In labs chilled to 4 kelvins (-450 degrees!) and on expeditions to polar regions, Georgia Tech scientists are discovering how extreme cold simultaneously challenges and advances technology in computing, space exploration, and more.

February 19, 2026

Robot Pollinator Could Produce More, Better Crops for Indoor Farms

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A research team that expands GTRI, the College of Engineering, and the College of Computing have developed a robot capable of pollinating flowers in indoor farms.

A view inside the Scholars Event Theater of a session of the Sustainability Showcase. A man speaks to a crowd while presenting slides on a large projection screen.

February 18, 2026

2026 BBISS Sustainability Showcase Recap: Resilience Is About Systems

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Across disciplines and scales, a unifying theme emerged: resilience is not a single solution. It is a systems-level challenge requiring integration across science and technology, policy, communities, and human experience.

February 18, 2026

Biophysicist Lynn Kamerlin Becomes Institute of Physics Fellow

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It is the highest degree of membership awarded by the society.