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.
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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
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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.”
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Artificial Intelligence
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.'
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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October 2, 2025
Georgia Tech’s Nakia Melecio Named Fulbright Scholar
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Melecio awarded Fulbright Scholar recognition for his global leadership in research commercialization and innovation ecosystem building
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October 1, 2025
Georgia Tech’s Space Research Institute Holds Inaugural Meeting
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Georgia Tech’s Space Research Institute (SRI) hosted its inaugural meeting on September 5, drawing more than 130 researchers from across campus to outline its vision, foster collaboration, and highlight the breadth of space research underway.
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October 1, 2025
The Future of Antarctic Ice: New Study Reveals the Mathematics of Meltwater Lakes
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Simple equations are revealing how topography controls supraglacial lake size in Antarctica — and why it matters for climate predictions.
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October 1, 2025
Navigating the Federal Government Shutdown
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As of Oct. 1, the U.S. government has failed to reach a spending agreement in time to avoid a shutdown of the federal government.
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October 1, 2025
Once-in-a-Decade Conference Spotlights Interactive Computing Researchers
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Three researchers from Georgia Tech's School of Interactive Computing (IC)—Cindy Lin, Lynn Dombrowski, and Shaowen Bardzell—were selected to present their paper at the highly selective Aarhus Conference in Denmark.
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September 29, 2025
Astrophysics Major and Minor Launched at Georgia Tech
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The undergraduate astrophysics program introduces students to the fundamental physical processes and laws that govern the cosmos. This foundational curriculum is complemented by training in computational and data analysis techniques.
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