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A rocky planet orbits the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri (Courtesy of NASA, ESA, G. Bacon STSci)

Researchers from the University of California, Riverside, and Georgia Tech suggest that celestial carbon monoxide detectors may alert us to distant worlds teeming with simple life forms.

NASA postdoc fellows in the College of Sciences

The College of Sciences is the proud host of six NPP fellows advancing NASA’s mission in astrobiology and solar system exploration. The concentration of talent testifies to Georgia Tech’s vibrant astrobiology and space science research communities.   

Explorers of multicellularity: (from left) Kimberly Chen, Will Ratcliff, Frank Rosenzweig, and Matt Herron (Credit: Jennifer Pentz)

Bulking up to avoid being eaten may have been one reason single-celled organisms joined to form multicellular entities.

HFES-GT winning for Best Action Plan

There are three inevitable things in this world: death, taxes, and feeling like an idiot when you push a pull door or pull a push door. Doors should be intuitive, but if they’re not, it’s not your fault. It’s bad design. A psychology student group hopes to make people understand the role of good design in everyday life.

Professor John McDonald

Promising research toward what could become the first simple and accurate test for the early detection of ovarian cancer could be validated – and expanded – thanks to a significant grant from the Prevent Cancer Foundation.