Chemical Octopus Catches Sneaky Cancer Clues, Trace Glycoproteins

An artist's rendering of cancer cells clustering among healthy cells. Credit: iStock via rights purchase / not a press handout / not for redistribution outside Georgia Tech Generic cancer cell illustrations available at iStock/Getty Images.
May 04, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
Tiny cancer signals of the glycoprotein sort evade detection, but they'll have a hard time dodging the new "chemical octopus."

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.

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.

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.

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.

Looking Back in Time to Watch for a Different Kind of Black Hole

Image is a simulated UV false-color image showing heated gas spiraling into the black hole in the center. (Credit: Georgia Tech)
Sep 20, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
A new simulation may help astronomers watch for signals indicating the formation of black holes in early galaxies.

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.

Early-Career Astrobiologists Gather for AbGradCon 2018

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

Co-flowing liquids can stabilize chaotic “whipping” in microfluidic jets

Image shows a jet exhibiting chaotic whipping as it emerges from a needle in a microfluidic device. (Credit: Josefa Guerrero)
Sep 08, 2014 - Atlanta, GA
Researchers have now learned to control the chaotic structure that results from microfluidic jets..

Electrochromic polymers create broad color palette for sunglasses, windows

Georgia Tech researchers Eric Shen and Anna Osterholm demonstrate how films of electrochromic polymers can be applied to large surfaces. (Credit: Rob Felt)
Feb 09, 2015 - Atlanta, GA
Researchers have created a broad color palette of electrochromic polymers, materials that can be used for sunglasses, window tinting and other applications that rely on electrical current to produce color changes.
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