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Andrew McShan has been awarded a $1.4M NSF CAREER grant to research lipids, and how they interact with proteins in the body. Lipid-protein interactions play a key role in everything from immune responses to energy storage — and could be the key to unlocking universal immunotherapies and cancer treatments, powerful vaccines, and a deeper understanding of our own immune systems.
The award recognizes outstanding performance by a doctoral student who graduated from a Canadian university. Currently a Hale Visiting Assistant Professor in the Georgia Tech School of Mathematics, Yip earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of British Columbia (Vancouver) in 2024.
A recent physics study has unlocked a new type of origami-inspired folding, and could lead to advances in everything from heart stents to airplane wings.
Professor Emeritus Richard Nichols of the School of Biological Sciences has been recognized for his significant contributions to the field of motor control and learning.
Alexander Divoux, a mathematics and computer science major, is among the recipients of the 2025 Provost's Academic Excellence Awards.
Georgia Tech's Explore Living Learning Community has a new faculty director dedicated to enhancing student engagement through innovative programming and leadership.
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Researchers have long known that when two galaxies approach each other and merge, the supermassive black holes at their centers form a pair and are eventually expected to merge as well. It is precisely these mergers that are considered one of the sources of the gravitational-wave background — a faint “hum” of spacetime detected in recent years. However, the role played by the geometry of the collision in this process has remained an open question.
Graduate student Sena Ghobadi of the Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of Physics, along with her colleagues, has developed three-dimensional dynamic models of such collisions.
A similar story appeared in Sky & Telescope.
Universe Magazine April 28, 2026Zachary Handlos, senior academic professional in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, explains how weather patterns can lead to conditions conducive to the types of wildfires currently seen in Florida and Georgia.
This piece also appeared in The Washington Post and The Conversation.
Atlanta Journal Constitution April 25, 2026
