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School of Public Policy Assistant Professor Lindsey Rose Bullinger’s latest study finds that the child tax credit payments received by millions of American families in the fall of 2021 may have helped reduce child abuse and neglect-related visits to emergency rooms. It’s the first paper examining the role of such unconditional payments in reducing…
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Wearable robotics promise to help older people retain their mobility and paraplegic patients regain theirs. They could help make humans stronger and faster. But, so far, they’re not great at keeping people from falling. Human balance is a complicated dance, and even the most advanced robots and wearables like robotic exoskeletons have trouble…
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Welcome to GTRI’s 2022 digital annual report. This report is intended to give you a glimpse into our accomplishments, research investments, and outreach programs that highlight our commitment to enhancing Georgia’s economic development, serving national security, improving the human condition, and educating future technology leaders. Those four…
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A $51 million, five-year contract awarded from the U.S. Marine Corps Logistics Command (MARCORLOGCOM) will expand Georgia Tech’s support to Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany in Southwest Georgia and open new opportunities for research to support U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) missions across a broad range of logistics, innovation, supply chain, and…
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The 68-year-old man was admitted to the Texas hospital with severe complications stemming from a previously implanted heart valve. Sales reps from two different heart valve manufactures told his surgical team they couldn’t help. The surgeons reached out to a startup — co-founded by a Georgia Tech researcher — to see if its technology could help…
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Basic nutrition teaches that fat, when consumed in large quantities, is harmful to human health. However, the components that make up fats are complex. Good, unsaturated fats, or lipids, can lower disease risk. In fact, in a new study, researchers found that a good fat derivative may be able to relieve symptoms in patients suffering from chronic…
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Words like billiards, flowers, and stadium get mentioned a lot alongside Leonid Bunimovich’s name. Yet in this context, none of these terms refer to pool tables, botany, or places where World Cup games are played — along with Bunimovich mushrooms, which you (fortunately and hopefully) won’t find on any pizzas or salads. Instead, these terms refer…
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Put on a virtual reality headset and, chances are, it will look like you are viewing the world through a screen door. Current flat panel displays use pixels that are visible to the naked eye, along with small bits of unlit dark space between each pixel that can appear as a black, mesh-like grid. Now, researchers from the Georgia Institute of…
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A new type of solar technology has seemed promising in recent years. Halide perovskite solar cells are both high performing and low cost for producing electrical energy – two necessary ingredients for any successful solar technology of the future. But new solar cell materials should also match the stability of silicon-based solar cells, which…
