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Former Matsumoto Group member Krishma Singal operates a knitting machine used to create fabric samples for a previous study. Singal recently graduated from Georgia Tech with her Ph.D. (Photo Credit: Allison Carter)
Physicists unravel the secrets of the centuries-old practice of knitting in a new study that explores the physics of ‘jamming’ — a phenomenon when soft or stretchy materials become rigid under low stress but soften under higher tension.
Cameron Perry with Whale Shark
Experts say that more accurate depictions of sharks can help protect them and highlight their role in global ecosystems.
A view of Tech Tower from Crosland Tower. Photo: Georgia Tech
The interdisciplinary program provides an in-depth look at how science is communicated to the public, how policy shapes research, and how science communication affects society.
Georgia Tech Alumni Association's 2025 Class of 40 Under 40
Four exceptional alumni from Georgia Tech’s College of Sciences have been named to the Georgia Tech Alumni Association’s 2025 class of 40 Under 40, recognized for their contributions in science, medicine, entrepreneurship, and education.
An illustration of the binary black hole merger. (Image credit: Raul Perez and Davis Newell)
Before merging, both black holes were spinning exceptionally fast, and their masses fell into a range that should be very rare — or impossible.
Lesley Baradel and Christie Stewart
College of Sciences faculty Lesley Baradel and Christie Stewart were awarded an Innovation Incubator grant to integrate community-based learning into their wellness course, Flourishing: Strategies for Well-Being and Resilience (APPH 1060).

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Community engagement has illustrated notable educational applications of the Life Detection Knowledge Base (LDKB). The webtool's utility as an educational resource for next generation mission planners and astrobiologists was demonstrated when Georgia Institute of Technology astrobiology course instructor Jennifer Glass, associate professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, adopted it for a class project across several semesters from 2022 to 2023. In her graduate course, Seminal Papers in Astrobiology, Glass assigned students a biogenic or abiotic stance on a seminal astrobiology case study, such as the debate on the oldest microfossils. Students constructed and iterated arguments and evidence on their chosen topics for inclusion into multiple LDKB entries. A second example of the tool’s success in education came from a collaboration with the Young Scientists Program internship through the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science. Through both efforts, students developed arguments and supporting evidence for inclusion in the LDKB, gaining useful skills in peer reviewing, scientific writing, and scientific debate.

NASA July 21, 2025

In an article published in Physics MagazineSchool of Physics Ph.D. student Jingcheng Zhou and Assistant Professor Chunhui (Rita) Du review efforts to optimize diamond-based quantum sensing. According to Zhou and Du, the approach used in two recent studies broadens the potential applications of nitrogen-vacancy center sensors for probing quantum phenomena, enabling measurements of nonlocal properties (such as spatial and temporal correlations) that are relevant to condensed-matter physics and materials science.

Physics Magazine July 14, 2025