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This story by Jennifer Woodruff is shared jointly with the University of Colorado Denver. In response to rising global temperatures, many plants and animals are moving to higher elevations to survive in cooler temperatures. But a new study from the University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver) and Georgia Tech finds that for flying insects —…
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Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) have received funding to study the concept of using modified strains of probiotic bacteria – that are already part of the human gut microbiome – to stimulate the formation of antibodies against the flu virus in the body’s mucosal membranes. Respiratory viruses like influenza infect…
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Lurking just under the surface of popular online applications like Dropbox and Discord is a threat lying in wait to infect users unlucky enough to cross its path. Findings produced by Georgia Tech's Cyber Forensics Innovation (CyFI) Lab reveal this new type of menace, labeled as web app engaged (WAE) malware by the lab, has seen an increase…
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"Warning! Your computer is infected with a virus. Click the button below to take immediate action!" Online ads like this are all too familiar and often the opening salvo in personal cyberattacks that can lead to unwanted software or other malicious downloads. Georgia Tech researchers are countering deceptive online ads with a pioneering solution…
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Large-bodied mammals play crucial roles in ecosystems. They create habitats, serve as prey, help plants thrive, and even influence how wildfires burn. But now, fewer than half of the large mammal species that were alive 50,000 years ago exist today, and those that remain are threatened with extinction from intensifying climate change and human…
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Just as social media exploded on the scene in the 2010s, artificial intelligence (AI) is having its moment. Decision-making algorithms have gone from science labs and sci-fi movies to everyday use in our homes — recommending movies, summarizing documents, and more. This technology comes with many benefits but raises many ethical concerns as well…
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The sixth mass extinction is currently happening on Earth. Rapid biodiversity loss is affecting every corner of the globe, as species of plants, mammals, fish, and reptiles disappear due to the changing climate. While much of the climate crisis and biodiversity loss looks grim, a group of researchers has recently highlighted some of the newest…
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The Strategic Energy Institute (SEI) of the Georgia Institute of Technology is excited to welcome Laura Taylor as the interim director of the Energy, Policy, and Innovation Center (EPICenter).Taylor is currently serving as chair of the School of Economics in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts at Georgia Tech. Prior to joining the…
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A team of School of Computing Instruction (SCI) lecturers is implementing grading rubrics to help ensure fair grading in large computer science (CS) classes. Grading coding assignments for these courses presents a unique set of challenges. The subjective nature of evaluating code correctness can lead to inconsistencies and biases among graders.…
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The last few decades have brought advances in biomedical imaging that allow researchers to capture still and moving images at an unprecedented level of detail. Analyzing those images, however, often remains a manual, error-prone process that fails to maximize their value for understanding biological systems. A team at Georgia Tech and Emory…
