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A team led by Georgia Tech mathematician Anton Leykin has developed a powerful new technique for solving problems related to 3D reconstruction. The research team’s paper has also won the prestigious best paper award at CVPR 2022. The team hopes that their method — which can solve some of these problems significantly faster than any previous technique — could change how these problems are approached and solved in mathematics, computer science, and industrial applications.

Ever stare at those last few pieces of breakfast cereal and watch them seemingly clump together or cling to the side of the bowl? Scientists have dubbed it the “Cheerios effect,” the combination of forces causing those clumps. Researchers at Georgia Tech have discovered those same forces draw small numbers of ants together to begin to form water-repellent ant rafts — even though the ants seem to be uninterested in collaborating with their neighbors for survival.

College of Sciences students have been invited to join the latest cohort, which is a joint leadership program between the Millennium Campus Network (MCN) and United Nations Academic Impact. 

School of Biological Sciences Professor Joel Kostka’s decade of research in Minnesota peatlands has received a boost from a new Department of Energy grant, set to explore how science can address climate change with emphasis on the breakdown of lignin, plant-derived compounds that store much of Earth’s soil carbon, and may be used as sustainable energy sources 

Andrew Kokabi, B.S. BIO 2000, credits Georgia Tech for his work ethic and community service goals, sharing that a sciences degree can boost students’ opportunities in medical school. 

This month, one Georgia Tech student is taking her personal story and turning it into a way to support research for childhood cancer.

Physicists are using small wheeled robots to better understand indirect mechanical interactions, how they play a role in active matter, and how we can control them. Their findings are recently published in the The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

A touring musical celebrating the man who gave us penicillin is inviting local scientists to join the chorus for its Atlanta shows — and School of Biological Sciences Associate Professor Brian Hammer is ready for showtime.  

Georgia Tech researchers have identified that in-situ measurements of either carbon dioxide (CO2) or particulate matter (PM) by low-cost sensors can be used to perform such calculations in classrooms.