February 6, 2018
A pioneering glimpse inside elusive cell membranes illuminates a player in cell health but also in hepatitis C and in Alzheimer's. With the most powerful research neutron beams in the country, researchers open a portal into the hidden world of intramembrane proteins, which a third of the human genome is required to create.
February 4, 2018
Annual two-day event showcases thought leaders in microbiology research from Georgia Tech and beyond
February 1, 2018
Abnormal proteins called amyloids are strongly implicated in Alzheimer's disease and other deadly diseases. Researchers have not been able to explain how harmless, normal protein sequences go awry and assume the deadly amyloid shape. To study the initial amyloid nucleation, Georgia Tech researchers and their collaborators turned to yeast as a model to study the human amyloids. The researchers successfully applied the method to several proteins, allowing for deeper understanding of abnormal protein aggregation.
January 29, 2018
The good news is that we don't need special eyeglasses to watch the Jan. 31, 2018, lunar eclipse. The bad news is that we won't see totality as the moon will set before it happens.
January 29, 2018
Researchers have published the first part of what they expect to be a database showing the kinetics involved in producing colloidal metal nanocrystals – which are suitable for catalytic, biomedical, photonic and electronic applications – through an autocatalytic mechanism.
January 26, 2018
Strange things happen at ultracold temperatures, when thermal energy is removed from a system and what remains is only the intrinsic energy of the particles in it. So-called quantum systems are the subject of intense curiosity, because of the interesting materials they have yielded.
January 17, 2018
Georgia Tech has developed a new way of mining data from climate data sets that is more self-contained than traditional tools. The methodology brings out commonalities of data sets without as much expertise from the user, allowing scientists to trust the data and get more robust — and transparent — results.
January 17, 2018
Mark E. Hay, Regents Professor and Harry and Linda Teasley Chair in the School of Biological Sciences at Georgia Tech, is the recipient of the 2018 Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal of the National Academy of Sciences. The award recognizes Hay’s research into algal science, with implications for the world’s imperiled coral reefs.
January 16, 2018
Space mission designers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and mathematicians from Georgia Tech and Yeshiva University are gathering for a four-day workshop. The participants will work together in using mathematical tools to lower the fuel consumption of spacecraft through trajectory design.
January 8, 2018
Mud crabs hide for their lives if blue crabs, which prey upon them, pee anywhere near them. Pinpointing urine compounds for the first time that warn the mud crabs of predatory peril initiates a new level of understanding of how chemicals invisibly regulate undersea wildlife and ecosystems.