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In South Florida, two Caribbean lizard species met for the first time. What followed provided some of the clearest evidence to date of evolution in action. Lead author James Stroud, an assistant professor in the School of Biological Sciences, was studying Cuban brown anoles (Anolis sagrei) in South Florida when the Puerto…
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As part of the CHIPS National Advanced Packaging Manufacturing Program (NAPMP), three advanced packaging research projects will receive investments of up to $100 million each. This work will accelerate the development of cutting-edge substrate and materials technologies essential to the semiconductor industry. NAPMP was developed to support…
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On September 29, 2024, a chemical plume of chlorine- and bromine-containing compounds spread across the Atlanta area. The result of a fire at the BioLab pool chemical manufacturing facility in Conyers, Georgia, the plume impacted communities for several weeks, prompting a stay-at-home order and the temporary evacuation of approximately 17,000…
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Erika Rader (left) and Elena Amador (right) use handheld portable chemical analysis instrumentation analogous to those used on Mars, but in Dyngjusandur, a basaltic tephra plain in Iceland.The surface is covered with fine ash. The lava fields stretch for miles, punctuated only by basalt mountains. But life could be found here if you look hard…
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A firm handshake between proteins on immune cells is important for the body’s ability to fight infection. Meanwhile, a weak grip helps explain the poor immune deficiencies caused by a rare genetic disorder.A new study led by Georgia Tech and Emory University researcher Cheng Zhu explores the role of physical force on the immune system’s ability to…
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In October, Georgia Tech’s Strategic Energy Institute (SEI) celebrated its 20th anniversary with campus, government, and industry partners. Since its inception as an interdisciplinary research initiative in 2004, SEI has grown and evolved into one of the top energy institutes in the nation, convening and facilitating multidisciplinary teams…
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Saurabh Sinha and a multi-institutional team of researchers have created a computational toolkit with the detection power and precision of a spy satellite. But instead of keeping tabs of human traffic on the ground, or infrastructure development in a city, they’re focusing on RNA with unprecedented clarity at the subcellular level. Their…
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The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) is adding two more Georgia Tech researchers to its roster of innovators: Larry Heck and Younan Xia.Heck is an artificial intelligence and speech recognition pacesetter who helped create virtual assistants for Microsoft, Samsung, Google, and Amazon. Xia is a nanomaterials pioneer whose inventions include…
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Created in partnership with the new Science for Georgia’s Tomorrow initiative, the College of Sciences has launched the Rising Tide Program, which will equip early career scientists with two-year fellowships that are focused on faculty mentoring and skills development to apply for competitive faculty positions.The inaugural Rising Tide…
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Over the past few years, Antioquia, a department located in the northwest region of Colombia with a population of about 6.9 million, has seen an influx of people, not only from other parts of Colombia, but from all over the world.While this has stimulated economic growth, especially in Medellín, Antioquia’s capital and largest city, it has also…
