Rampi Ramprasad and three members of his research team discuss their AI model for generative polymer design in his office.

March 24, 2026

Researchers Create First AI for Generative Polymer Design

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By training a model on the allowed “words” and “grammar” of chemistry, Georgia Tech materials scientists can design polymers based on the properties users need.

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Adobe Stock image showing solar panels, wind mills and energy storage units in a desert-like landscape with the sun setting in the background

March 24, 2026

The Potential of Data Center Energy

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A recent review by EPIcenter faculty affiliate highlights that data centers, particularly those supporting high-performance computing and AI workloads, are projected to consume nearly 10% of U.S. electricity by the end of the decade.

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March 24, 2026

Atlanta Opera NOW Festival Returns June

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Tickets are now on sale for The Atlanta Opera’s NOW Festival, highlighting new works and emerging voices in opera.

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Scheimpflug optical ranging technology

March 24, 2026

Researchers Explore New Remote Sensing Uses for Scheimpflug Principle

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An optical principle discovered a century ago may soon find new applications in such areas as atmospheric monitoring and environmental mapping.

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Two people talking at a standing desk with a monitor and laptop.

March 23, 2026

EVs Can Generate Widespread Economic Benefits, New Study Says

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Widespread Electric vehicle adoption would lower energy prices 6% and strengthen national energy security, according to the new study from researchers in the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Public Policy.

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Power lines running through open land.

March 23, 2026

Four Challenges to the U.S. Energy Transition

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Reliable energy is a matter of national security. There are also vying economic policies to consider, political and financial incentives to navigate, and questions of social and economic inequality to consider.

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March 20, 2026

ATDC Startups Secure Rare FDA ‘Breakthrough Device’ Status

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Milestone designation signals strong potential to reshape care for dialysis patients and those with chronic knee pain.

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A white humanoid robot holds a blue pan while standing in a kitchen with a green backsplash

March 19, 2026

Smarter, Faster, and More Human: A Leap Toward General-Purpose Robots

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New AI system lets robots work faster than their human teachers without sacrificing accuracy.

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A new cohort of computing students has been named Squarepoint Foundation scholars.

March 18, 2026

Cohort of Computing Students Named Squarepoint Foundation Scholars

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The Squarepoint Foundation is providing $100,000 to fund the awards, which offer $10,000 per year for two years to rising third-year students.

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Trajectories of mosquitoes flying around a human target. David L. Hu, Georgia Tech

March 18, 2026

Hundreds of Hungry Mosquitoes, a Student Volunteer and a Mesh Suit

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By tracking the flight of many mosquitoes around a student volunteer, we hoped to determine how they made decisions in response to his presence. Understanding how mosquitoes respond to humans is a first step to controlling them.

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Joel Sokol

March 18, 2026

Bracketology Driven by Data

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For two decades, a Georgia Tech professor has used simple data to track the best teams in college basketball and predict who will win the NCAA Tournament.

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A female mosquito lands on a human.

March 18, 2026

Why Mosquitoes Swarm Your Head: They’re Following Signals, Not Each Other

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Researchers have visualized mosquito flight behavior for the first time — which could improve mosquito-control strategies.

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Woman holds mobile phone to the belly of a pregnant woman

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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Blue and orange spirals against a light blue background.

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.

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Plastic packaging fills up landfills – engineers are working on a bio-based alternative that could replace the kind shown here. tuk69tuk/iStock via Getty Images

March 17, 2026

Researchers Develop Biodegradable, Plant‑Based Packaging From Natural Fibers

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Jie Wu, an engineering graduate student, was studying a type of striking white beetle found in Southeast Asia and attempting to figure out how to mimic its brilliant color when an unexpected discovery upended the experiment.

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Five panelists sit at the front of a classroom during a Georgia Tech event, with one person speaking into a microphone. A projected slide behind them displays speaker headshots and names from the Institute for Matter and Systems.

March 17, 2026

Beyond Technology in the Future of the Grid

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The Boundaries and Breakthroughs panel explored how engineering constraints, institutional structures and societal values collectively influence the direction of grid research and development.

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March 17, 2026

The Conversation: Researchers develop biodegradable, plant‑based packaging from natural fibers – new research

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Jie Wu, an engineering graduate student, was studying a type of striking white beetle found in Southeast Asia and attempting to figure out how to mimic its brilliant color when an unexpected discovery upended the experiment.

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A composite graphic of the mind featuring overlay of thank you note from Turing Award winner Donald Knuth following a virtual Q&A at Georgia Tech.

March 17, 2026

Groundbreaking Speaker Series Will Welcome Its 15th Turing Award Winner as Its Last Guest

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What started with cold-call emails turned into a premier platform for students and faculty to connect with computing luminaries.

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Energy Club members with Alex Fitzsimmons (middle), Under Secretary of Energy (Acting) at U.S. Department of Energy

March 16, 2026

Future Focused: The 2026 Southeastern Energy Conference at Georgia Tech

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The 2026 Southeastern Energy Conference, Georgia Tech’s annual student-led energy and sustainability conference welcomed more than 150 attendees and featured dynamic discussions on the future of energy.

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 Treatment plants can capture over 95% of methane from food waste, compared to about 50% at landfills. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

March 13, 2026

How Sewage Treatment Plants Could Handle Food Waste, Sparing Landfills and the Climate

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Every day, food scraps disappear into trash bags, are hauled away and forgotten. But that waste could be turned into something productive.

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Ryan Punamiya

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.

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ATDC Founder Anatoly Shillman

March 13, 2026

Eliminating Invisible Bias: How CogBias AI Is Addressing Decision Integrity

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CogBias AI is developing decision-intelligence technology that helps organizations identify cognitive bias in research questions and surveys before those biases shape business decisions.

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Low-income Americans in rural areas can struggle to pay market-rate rents. mphillips007/iStock via Getty Images Plus

March 12, 2026

A Successful USDA Program That Has Supported More Than 533,000 Affordable Rental Homes in Rural America is Getting Phased Out

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The high cost of renting and buying homes in U.S. cities is no secret. But this affordability problem isn’t limited to urban regions – it affects rural areas as well.

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Cyberattacks like GPS spoofing threaten oil supertankers and cargo ships at sea. Ping Shu/Moment via Getty Images

March 12, 2026

When GPS Lies at Sea: How Electronic Warfare is Threatening Ships and Their Crews

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The war in Iran has dominated headlines with reports of airstrikes and escalating military activity. But beyond the immediate devastation, the conflict has also illuminated a quieter and rapidly growing danger.

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Group of people at Georgia Tech/Sandia MOU signing

March 12, 2026

Georgia Tech Renews Memorandum of Understanding With Sandia

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The Sandia partnership will expand research impact, talent pipelines, and national security innovation.

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