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Interdisciplinary faculty co-directors of the Astrobio Minor (from left): Jennifer Glass, Frances Rivera-Hernández, Nicholas Hud
Students from all majors are invited to register for the new Minor in Astrobiology at Georgia Tech.
Piles of rare earth oxides praseodymium, cerium, lanthanum, neodymium, samarium and gadolinium. Peggy Greb/USDA-ARS
Every time you use your phone, open your computer or listen to your favorite music on AirPods, you are relying on critical minerals.
CHART Founding Director Bruce Walker
Georgia Tech’s new Center for Human-AI-Robot Teaming (CHART) looks to revolutionize the collaboration between humans, AI, and robots.
(Rendering: Second Bay Studios)
Physicists have developed a new type of molecule that could offer a groundbreaking material for computer chips.
Benjamin Freeman
Freeman is one of only 10 Early Career Fellows honored by the Ecological Society of America this year for advancing the knowledge and application of ecological science in a way that strengthens the field and benefits communities and ecosystems.
Lynn Kamerlin
The award honors Professor Kamerlin’s “outstanding promise and resilience,” recognizing her achievements and contributions to the field of molecular bioscience in the face of significant challenges.

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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