<p>Artwork for a study led by Nick Hud and published in <em>Angewandte Chemie</em> shows the chemical structure of the helix that self-assembled in the lab, producing surprisingly bountiful results. Credit: Georgia Tech / Nick Hud</p>

Trying to explain how DNA and RNA evolved to form such neat spirals has been a notorious enigma in science. But …

<p>Bilal Haider</p>

You want to find a friend in a crowded sports stadium because he has your cell phone. He’s wearing a yellow ballcap and sitting in the upper deck, so your eyes scan the scene like a camera, filtering out all of the…

<p>Omer Inan</p>

Omer T. Inan has been invited to attend the 2019 China-America Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, to be held June 20-22 in San Diego, California. Inan is an associate professor in the Georgia Tech School of…

Every winter for 27 years, some of the world’s leading researchers gather at the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience at Georgia Tech for the Suddath Symposium to discuss their work and the latest…

<p>Laser light in the visible range is processed for use in the testing of quantum properties in materials in Carlos Silva's lab at Georgia Tech. Credit: Georgia Tech / Rob Felt</p>

LED lights and monitors, and quality solar panels were born of a revolution in semiconductors…

<p>Regents Professor Mark Prausnitz and postdoctoral research scholar Wei Li examine an experimental microneedle contraceptive skin patch. Designed to be self-administered by women for long-acting contraception, the patch could provide a new family planning option. (Credit: Christopher Moore, Georgia Tech)</p>

A new long-acting contraceptive designed to be self-administered by women may provide a new family planning option, particularly in developing nations where access to health care can be limited, a recent study…

<p>(L-R): Chris McCrary, DeGreer Harris, Ivy Diamond, and Niara Botchwey from Drew Charter School in Atlanta were all accepted to Georgia Tech during Early Action.</p>

Georgia Tech welcomes 4,000 students from around the world today as it issues decisions for Early Action applicants for the incoming class of 2019.

As was the case in 2018, a record number of students applied…

As the partial federal government shutdown enters its third week, Georgia Tech is taking a closer look at potential impacts and reviewing plans for minimizing possible effects on the campus. One area of good news is…

'Human Rights' May Help Shape Artificial Intelligence in 2019

Ethics and accountability will be among the most significant challenges for artificial intelligence (AI) in 2019, according to a survey of researchers at Georgia Tech’s College of Computing.

In response to an…

<p>(Left-to-right) <strong>Joseph Le Doux</strong>, <strong>Paul Benkeser</strong>, and <strong>Wendy Newstetter,</strong> from the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, are awarded the <strong>2019 Bernard M. Gordon Prize</strong> from the National Academy of Engineering. </p>

The National Academy of Engineering announced that the 2019 Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education will be awarded to Wendy Newstetter, Joseph Le Doux…

Regents Professor Mark Prausnitz and postdoctoral research scholar Wei Li examine an experimental microneedle contraceptive skin patch. Designed to be self-administered by women for long-acting contraception, the patch could provide a new family planning option. (Credit: Christopher Moore, Georgia Tech)

By Laura Mast, Contributing Writer

A unique treat awaits fans at the Yellow Jackets’ Jan. 22 men’s basketball home game. The Georgia Tech team will battle Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish for the hoops amid…

Professors and students from The Machine Learning Center at Georgia Tech (ML@GT) are kicking off the New Year presenting some of their latest research at the 33rd AAAI…

<p>An ambulance in St. Louis, Missouri, picks up a patient believed to be infected with influenza in the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic, which killed 50 million people or more worldwide. Credit: National Archives</p>

More than 50 million people died in the …

<p>Georgia Tech graduate research assistant Xuetian Ma holds a reaction vessel similar to those used in the research on nanoscale crystalline growth. The vessels were made of a high-strength quartz tube about a millimeter in diameter and about two inches long. (Credit: Allison Carter, Georgia Tech)</p>

High-energy X-ray beams and a clever experimental setup allowed researchers to watch a high-pressure, high-temperature chemical reaction to determine for the first time what controls formation of two different…

<p>G.P. "Bud" Peterson is the eleventh president of Georgia Tech. </p>

Georgia Institute of Technology President G.P. “Bud” Peterson today announced he will retire as president in the summer of 2019, a position he’s served in since 2009.

“The opportunity to serve as president of…

By Laura Mast, Contributing Writer

A unique treat awaits fans at the Yellow Jackets’ Jan. 22 men’s basketball home game. The Georgia Tech team will battle Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish for the hoops amid…

<p>Hang Lu, Love Family Professor in the School of Chemical and Biomoluecular Engineering</p>

Even before Hang Lu found her career focus, she knew she wanted to do something different.

As she was finishing her Ph.D. in chemical engineering at the…

<p>Seth Hutchinson has been named executive director of the Georgia Tech Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM). Hutchinson is a professor and KUKA Chair for Robotics in Georgia Tech’s College of Computing. (Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)</p>

The Georgia Institute of Technology has selected Seth Hutchinson as the new executive director of the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM).…

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Guest Ellen Dunham-Jones, who appeared on Adam Ruins the Suburbs, tells us how to improve our suburbs through redevelopment and retrofitting neighborhoods to make them greener, healthier, safer and more affordable.…