Control System Simulator Helps Operators Learn to Fight Hackers

Screen capture shows a chemical processing plant in which critical parameters are rising due to false process data and control commands injected by an attacker. 
Aug 23, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
A control system simulator for a chemical processing plant could help train operators on security measures.

ScienceMatters, the Podcast, Arrives

Aug 20, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
15-Minute stories of curiosity-driven discoveries and achievements, of “Wow” and “Aha” moments, from the College of Sciences

More Workers Working Might Not Get More Work Done, Ants (and Robots) Show

To understand their strategies for working effectively without clogging traffic jams, researchers studied how fire ants dug tunnels in glass particles that simulated soil. (Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)
Aug 16, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
A new study shows that ants have a lot to teach robots about working in confined spaces.

This Matrix Delivers Healing Stem Cells to Injured Elderly Muscles

  Hydrogel delivered stem cells called muscle satellite cells integrate to form new muscle strands, in green, along with existing muscle tissue, in red. Yellow strands may descend from existing muscle cells and from delivered MuSCs.
Aug 15, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
Elderly accident victims and Duchene muscular dystrophy sufferers could someday benefit from this stem cell hydrogel successfully tested in mice.

Previously Overlooked “Coral Ticks” Weaken Degraded Reefs

Corallivorous gastropod (Coralliophila violacea) feeding on a Porites cylindrica coral. (Credit: Cody Clements, Georgia Tech)
Jul 27, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
A previously overlooked predator could be increasing the pressure on endangered coral reefs.

School of History and Sociology Hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow in Sports Studies

Jun 19, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
Applications are now being taken for a postdoc in the Sports, Society, and Technology Program.

Zhu Invited to Rising Stars Workshop

Yiying Zhu
Jun 18, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
ECE Postdoctoral Research Fellow Yiying Zhu has been invited to attend the 2018 Rising Stars Workshop, hosted by the MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Early-Career Astrobiologists Gather for AbGradCon 2018

Jun 04, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
AbGradCon 2018 showcases Georgia Tech’s leadership in astrobiology research and education.

Bacterial Conversations in Cystic Fibrosis

May 31, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
Georgia tech researchers obtain benchmark data for the impact of spatial arrangement in bacterial signaling in a cystic fibrosis model.

Study Shows How Bacteria Behave Differently in Humans Compared to the Lab

Image shows a rendered confocal laser scanning micrograph of a mixed species bacterial biofilm observed in a chronic wound model of infection. Staphylococcus aureus (yellow) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (purple), organize themselves in small, dense clusters of cells called aggregates. (Credit: Sophie Darch, Whiteley Lab and Rumbaugh Lab at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.)
May 22, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
Study shows how bacteria behave differently in humans versus the lab.