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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.

Annual two-day event showcases thought leaders in microbiology research from Georgia Tech and beyond

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.

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. 

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. 

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.