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The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a syndicate of eight Southeast universities — with Georgia Tech as the lead — a $15 million grant to support the development of a regional innovation ecosystem that addresses underrepresentation and increases entrepreneurship and technology-oriented workforce development. The NSF Innovation Corps…

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Within Antarctic ice, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory is recording rare astronomical phenomena. Constructed in the harsh conditions of the South Pole, it is the first detector of its kind. But now, a sister project is underway — one located over 2,600 meters beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean.Called the Pacific Ocean Neutrino…

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Deep learning effectively predicts antibodies targeting distinct epitopes on the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (gray, center). [Image courtesy of Mu Gao; Illustration by Stephanie Stephens]From sending cancer into remission to alleviating Covid-19 symptoms, immunotherapy can provide revolutionary disease treatments. Immunotherapies use antibodies —…

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Imagine being a passenger in a self-driving car as the vehicle starts veering off the road. It’s not a faulty sensor causing the dangerous situation — it’s a cyberattack. Hackers can access the deep learning (DL) neural networks at the heart of the vehicle’s computer system, compromising the safety of its passengers, as well as other drivers…

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Tech AI at Georgia Tech has appointed Tim Brown as interim director of professional education. He is also the new academic program director for AI, a joint appointment by Tech AI and Georgia Tech Professional Education (GTPE). Previously, Brown served as managing director of Georgia Tech’s Supply Chain and Logistics Institute for nearly…

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A collaborative team from Georgia Tech, Purdue University, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), Michigan State University (MSU), and Brown University have been awarded a combined $7.3 million from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) as part of the Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) program. MURI seeks to fund research teams…

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Researchers at the Ben T. Zinn Combustion Lab (left to right): George Widmer, Srujan Gubbi, Ruhani Prasad, Ishan Gupta, Maksim Kvetny, Benjamin Emerson, Shivam Patel, Cristian D. Avila Jimenez.“There are a lot of people out there who assume the need for combustion will go away as our society decarbonizes,” said Ben Emerson, a principal research…

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Susan Puryear has been named interim associate vice president for Research Administration at Georgia Tech, effective November 1, 2024. Puryear most recently served as the associate vice chancellor for Research Administration, Integrity, and Development at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, where she led research infrastructure operations…

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For his work creating new kinds of drug delivery techniques and bringing those technologies to patients, Mark Prausnitz is one of the new members of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM).The Academy announced his election Oct. 21 alongside 99 others. Membership in NAM is considered one of the highest recognitions in health and medicine, reserved…

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If you’ve ever watched a large flock of birds on the wing, moving across the sky like a cloud with various shapes and directional changes appearing from seeming chaos, or the maneuvers of an ant colony forming bridges and rafts to escape floods, you’ve been observing what scientists call self-organization. What may not be as obvious is that self-…