Research News Listing

January 28, 2026

Small Modular Reactors and Smart Energy Cities

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A new study by Georgia Tech researchers Brian An, Daein Kang, John Kim, and Moe Kyaw Thu analyzes how national governments describe Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) in official energy policy documents.

February 3, 2026

EPIcenter Student Affiliate Wins School of Economics Paper Prize

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Afi Ramadhani, a graduate student in economics and a student affiliate of Georgia Tech’s Energy Policy Innovation Center, has won a prize for the best research paper from the School of Economics.

February 3, 2026

Smaller, Smarter, Speedier, Stacked: Engineering Next-Gen Computing

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At Georgia Tech, engineers are finding new ways to shrink transistors, make systems more efficient, and design better computers to power technologies not yet imagined.

Could the Earth and everything on it – and even the whole universe – be a simulation running on a giant computer? OsakaWayne Studios/Moment via Getty Images

February 2, 2026

Is the Whole Universe Just a Simulation?

5 min read

How do you know anything is real? Some things you can see directly, like your fingers. Other things, like your chin, you need a mirror or a camera to see.

February 2, 2026

Georgia Tech Researchers Commercialize New Technology for Faster Water and Environmental Monitoring

5 min read

Through the startup Skopii, Georgia Tech researchers are translating lab-developed imaging and AI technology into a market-ready platform for faster, more accessible microbial monitoring.

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February 2, 2026

Build Something That Matters This Summer: Apply to Startup Launch by March 17

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CREATE-X’s Summer 2026 Startup Launch program invites students, faculty, alumni, and researchers to build meaningful startups with funding, mentorship, and access to the CREATE-X network.

February 2, 2026

Yuanzhi Tang Named Executive Director of the Strategic Energy Institute

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Georgia Tech has appointed Yuanzhi Tang as executive director of the Strategic Energy Institute (SEI), effective Feb. 1.

Top executives from Atlanta's venture capital community participated in the College of Computing's first VC summit, held on Jan. 21.

February 2, 2026

Georgia Tech Computing Hosts Venture Capital Summit to Push Research Beyond the Lab

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The College of Computing is working to connect student and faculty entrepreneurs with early-development startup support.

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January 31, 2026

Navigating the Partial Federal Government Shutdown

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As of Jan. 31, the U.S. government has failed to reach a spending agreement in time to avoid a partial shutdown of the federal government.

February 2, 2026

Yellow Jacket Connection Sparks Glaucoma Research Fund at Tech

3 min read

When Postdoctoral Research Fellow Hannah Youngblood’s work on exfoliation glaucoma (XFG) was featured by the BrightFocus Foundation, it caught the attention of Jennifer Rucker, an Alabama resident who was diagnosed with XFG several years ago.

A panel of five speakers sits on tall stools at the front of a classroom, participating in a moderated discussion. The moderator on the left holds papers while addressing the group. A large presentation slide behind the panel displays names and academic titles. Audience members are partially visible in the foreground, and tables, chairs, and a water bottle are arranged throughout the room.

January 29, 2026

Confronting the Roadblocks in Medical Technology Innovation

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Clinicians and researchers outlined why breakthrough devices often fall short in clinical settings and emphasized the need for interdisciplinary collaboration and practical workflow integration.

January 29, 2026

From Fusion to Self-Driving Cars, High Performance Computing and AI are Everywhere in 2026

3 min read

Georgia Tech researchers say HPC and artificial intelligence (AI) advances this year are poised to improve how people power their homes, design safer buildings, and travel through cities.

During a research session, a participant looks at a monitor and imagines saying the text cue displayed on screen. Text below the cue shows the brain-computer interface’s prediction of her imagined words.

January 28, 2026

Better Brain-Machine Interfaces Could Allow the Paralyzed to Communicate Again

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Biomedical engineer Chethan Pandarinath collaborates with neurosurgeons and scientists across the country in a massive project to help patients with ALS or stroke damage reconnect with the world.

A car's side view mirror with a alert in the center of the mirror.

January 27, 2026

Researchers Warn AI ‘Blind Spot’ Could Allow Attackers to Hijack Self-Driving Vehicles

3 min read

A newly discovered vulnerability could allow cybercriminals to silently hijack the artificial intelligence (AI) systems in self-driving cars, raising concerns about the security of autonomous systems increasingly used on public roads.

January 27, 2026

Digital Doppelgängers

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Engineers are building computerized replicas of cities, and even Georgia Tech’s campus, to save lives and create a better, more efficient world for all of us.

Health care workers in a facility corridor

January 26, 2026

Georgia Insurance Claims Database Provides Health Care Cost Comparisons

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The Georgia APCD All-Payer Claims Database Cost Comparison Tool contains information on more than 200 medical procedures.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Researcher tests improved vacuum chamber

January 21, 2026

New Cryogenic Vacuum Chamber Cuts Noise for Quantum Ion Trapping

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

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.

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

January 12, 2026

Apple Vision Pro Powers New Wave of Immersive Education

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

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.

January 16, 2026

Researchers Discover How Worms Clean Their Environment Without a Brain

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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.

January 16, 2026

Georgia Tech Names Mike Gazarik Director of Georgia Tech Research Institute

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Georgia Tech Names Mike Gazarik Director of Georgia Tech Research Institute

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