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David Ballantyne

Simulations show X-rays from neutron stars blasting surrounding plasma. Results open a new way to study the physics of accretion disks.

Current, heavy silicon solar panels

A minuscule chemical tweak is advancing an organic solar technology that was believed unviable.

Jess Hunt-Ralston

A Georgia Tech graduate and former employee of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, currently working with the Atlanta BeltLine development project, is returning to campus to take on a new role: College of Sciences Communications Director.

Andrea Welsh and Flavio Fenton of the School of Physics.

Two School of Physics scientists have published instructions for using powerful, lower-cost microcontrollers that can make biophysics research more accessible.

Rendering of the Burrowing Robot with Integrated Sensing System (BRISS).

An interdisciplinary research group from Georgia Tech has received a grant from the National Science Foundation to design an advanced self-propelled robot to explore the soil subsurface and record a range of signals as it advances. The project is led by principal investigator Chloé Arson, an associate professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The research team includes faculty from across the Institute, including Daniel Goldman from the School of Physics.

Hummingbird-sized hawk moth

By capturing and analyzing nearly all of the brain signals sent to the wing muscles of hawk moths, researchers have shown that precise timing within rapid sequences of neural signal spikes is essential to controlling the flight muscles necessary for the moths to eat.