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Georgia Tech research provides insights into how this insect superfood can be raised and fed in dense groups without overheating
Closeup image of a breast cancer cell. (Photo courtesy National Cancer Institute)
John McDonald and Zainab Arshad have identified novel changes in gene network interactions associated with cancer that may lead to new treatment targets for chemotherapy.
In his tenure at Tech, Alonzo Whyte, academic advisor for the Health and Medical Sciences Minor and B.S. in Neuroscience, has seen a diversity of routes for students on the path to a pre-health career. Today he shares advice, insights, and resources.
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Georgia Tech faculty innovations to be highlighted at the largest EE and semiconductor conference.
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An international team finds a new twist in the Earth’s oceanic nutrient cycles, adding new possibilities for a key building block of life on Earth and Earth-like planets beyond the solar system.
At just a few inches under our feet, the rhizosphere is described as a "hotspot for microbes." (Photo by Chad Ralston)
Georgia Tech scientists and engineers are building a new DOE-funded instrument that captures 3D images of plant-microbe chemical reactions underground in an interdisciplinary effort to develop biofuels and fertilizers — and help mitigate climate change.

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David Hu, professor in the Schools of Biological Sciences and Mechanical Engineering, drew on ant behavior in his commentary of a study that examined towering behavior in nematodes.

Ants, which assemble to form buoyant rafts to survive floodwaters, are among the few creatures known to team up like nematodes, said Hu.

“Ants are incredibly sacrificial for one another, and they do not generally fight within the colony,” Hu said. “That’s because of their genetics. They all come from the same queen, so they are like siblings.”

Notably, there has been a lot of interest in studying cooperative animal behaviors among the robotics community, Hu said. It’s possible that one day, he added, information about the complex sociality of creatures like nematodes could be used to inform how technology, such as computer servers or drone systems, communicates.

CNN June 5, 2025

Three years after the Kashlan triplets graduated from Georgia Tech together at 18 years old with B.S. in Neuroscience degrees, they are now entering medical school.

Zane, Rommi and Adam Kashlan spoke with 11Alive on Friday, giving an update on what's next after sharing the graduation stage in high school as valedictorians and earning neuroscience degrees with minors in health and medical sciences in college. 

11 Alive May 31, 2025