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GTRI Agile Aperture Antenna Technology is Tested on an Autonomous Ocean Vehicle

June 18, 2013 — Antenna technology originally developed to quickly send and receive information through a software-defined military radio may soon be used to transmit ocean data from a wave-powered autonomous surface vehicle. The technology, the lowest-power method for maintaining a satellite uplink, automatically compensates for the movement of the antenna as the boat bobs around on the ocean surface.

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Moving Iron in Antarctica

June 12, 2013 — Georgia Tech research indicates that diatoms stuff more iron into their silica shells than they actually need. As a result, there’s not enough iron to go around, and the added iron may stimulate less productivity than expected.

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Polymer Structures Serve as “Nanoreactors” for Nanocrystals with Uniform Sizes and Shapes

June 11, 2013 — Using star-shaped block co-polymer structures as tiny reaction vessels, researchers have developed an improved technique for producing nanocrystals with consistent sizes, compositions and architectures – including metallic, ferroelectric, magnetic, semiconductor and luminescent nanocrystals. The technique relies on the length of polymer molecules and the ratio of two solvents to control the size and uniformity of colloidal nanocrystals.

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Ravi Bellamkonda Named Biomedical Engineering Chair

June 10, 2013 — Ravi Bellamkonda Named Biomedical Engineering Chair - Bellamkonda to serve as chair of Georgia Tech & Emory's joint biomedical engineering department

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Borneo Stalagmites Provide New View of Abrupt Climate Events Over 100,000 Years

June 6, 2013 — A new set of long-term climate records based on cave stalagmites collected from tropical Borneo shows that the western tropical Pacific responded very differently than other regions of the globe to abrupt climate change events. The 100,000-year climate record adds to data on past climate events, and may help scientists assess models designed to predict how the Earth’s climate will respond in the future.

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Online Tool Creates Catch-Up Immunization Schedules for Missed Childhood Vaccinations

November 28, 2012 — A new online tool takes the guesswork out of developing individualized catch-up immunization schedules by allowing parents and health care providers to easily create a schedule that ensures missed vaccines and future vaccines are administered according to approved guidelines.

Georgia Tech Awarded $9.4M to Develop Energy Technology Solutions

November 28, 2012 — Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have been awarded three grants totaling more than $9 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) to develop energy technology solutions.

Microneedle Patch May Advance World Measles Vaccination Effort

November 27, 2012 — Measles vaccine given with painless and easy-to-administer microneedle patches can immunize against measles at least as well as vaccine given with conventional hypodermic needles, according to research done by the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Research Will Study How Diversity Helps Microbial Communities Respond to Change

November 26, 2012 — Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have received a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study how complex microbial systems use their genetic diversity to respond to human-induced change. The work is important because these microbial communities play critical roles in the environment, breaking down pollutants, recycling nutrients – and serving as major sources of nitrogen and carbon.

Georgia Tech Collaborates with GE, Ford on Alternative Fuel Vehicle Research

November 21, 2012 — Researchers from Georgia Tech are partnering with GE and Ford Motor Co. to study ways to add greater efficiencies to electric driving and charging performance.

Helpful Hints for Healthy Holiday Eating

November 21, 2012 — As the holiday season begins, so does holiday eating. Here are tips for eating healthy, based on studies by Associate Professor Koert van Ittersum.

Georgia Tech Launches Manufacturing Institute

November 20, 2012 — To support a new industry-friendly research strategy, the Georgia Institute of Technology announces the launch of an interdisciplinary research institute to promote a technologically advanced and globally competitive manufacturing base in the United States.

NIH awards Georgia malaria research consortium up to $19.4 million contract

November 19, 2012 — The research team will use the comprehensive research approach of systems biology to study and catalog in molecular detail how malaria parasites interact with their human and animal hosts.

New Whale Shark Study Used Metabolomics to Help Understand Shark and Ray Health

November 19, 2012 — New research from Georgia Aquarium and Georgia Institute of Technology provides evidence that a suite of techniques called “metabolomics” can be used to determine the health status of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus), the world’s largest fish species. The study, led by Dr. Alistair Dove, director of Research & Conservation at Georgia Aquarium and an adjunct professor at Georgia Tech, found that the major difference between healthy and unhealthy sharks was the concentration of homarine in their in serum—indicating that homarine is a useful biomarker of health status for the species.

Fabrication on Patterned Silicon Carbide Produces Bandgap for Graphene-Based Electronics

November 18, 2012 — By fabricating graphene structures atop nanometer-scale “steps” etched into silicon carbide, researchers have for the first time created a substantial electronic bandgap in the material suitable for room-temperature electronics. Use of nanoscale topography to control the properties of graphene could facilitate fabrication of transistors and other devices, potentially opening the door for developing all-carbon integrated circuits.

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