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Evolved snowflake yeast

 The grant will enable research into the origin of complex life. 

Professor Andrzej Święch

Professor Andrzej Święch is one of only 40 mathematical scientists recognized this year for outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and utilization of mathematics.

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Faculty at Georgia Tech use their expertise in engineering, math, and computer science to apply common principles of these disciplines to neuroscience research. Within the Institute for Neuroscience, Neurotechnology, and Society (INNS),neuroscientists use these quantitative methods to understand how humans think, treat disorders such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, and better understand psychiatric disorders.

The Canada Jay is one of the birds struggling in the Pacific Northwest. (Credit: Mason Maron)

After discovering a historic bird survey in the Pacific Northwest, Georgia Tech’s Ben Freeman located the original sites, repeating the surveys three decades later. Each day, he would wake up at four in the morning to locate and visit the research areas — often navigating trails, open forest, and rough terrain on foot.

Anton Leykin

Leykin and his international team are developing an AI-powered interface to link proof verification and computational algebra, aiming to transform how mathematicians collaborate and solve complex problems.

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Each year, more than 100 undergraduates conduct neuroscience research in labs across campus.

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A team of researchers from the School of Biological Sciences published a paper on  interlimb training and how it may provide tangible benefits during early-stage rehabilitation following upper limb amputation, especially in cases of partial-hand loss.

Nature Scientific Reports November 5, 2025

As Hurricane Melissa barrels toward Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, some in the meteorological community are questioning if the traditional way of measuring hurricane strength still tells the full story.

Zachary Handlos, director of the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Undergraduate Degree Program at Georgia Tech, believes it might be time to rethink how we classify hurricanes. While the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which rates storms from Category 1 through 5 based solely on maximum wind speed, has been used for decades, Handlos says it doesn’t always capture a storm’s true impact.

“You don’t have to be a tropical cyclone expert to know that the scale has some limitations,” Handlos said. “It doesn’t necessarily portray how strong or impactful a hurricane can be beyond its wind speed.”

11Alive News October 27, 2025