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Oliver was inspired by the stickers he saw on gas pumps showing Joe Biden pointing at the price saying "I did that." Photo by Whoisjohngalt, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

September 29, 2026

Can Presidents Influence Gas Prices? New Research Fuels the Debate

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Economists have long dismissed the public perception that presidents influence gas prices as economic illiteracy. New research from Georgia Tech economists Dylan Brewer and Matthew Oliver calls that assumption into question.

September 29, 2026

Quadrant-i Awards $150,000 to Help Georgia Tech Researchers Build Startups

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Quadrant-i is awarding $150,000 to 15 Georgia Tech research teams to help turn their discoveries into startups.

Candid photo of Georgia Tech's Kamau Bobb speaking during a campus event in 2026.

September 29, 2026

Registration Open: Author to Examine Social Impacts of AI During Upcoming Event

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Georgia Tech's Kamau Bobb will discuss his new book as the Oct. 16 guest of the CM+CTRL Speaker Series.

In the movie ‘War Games’ an AI plays a game with the real threat of triggering nuclear Armageddon. Courtesy of United Artists/Amazon MGM Studios

September 29, 2026

The ‘WarGames’ Problem: Computer Science Has Long Understood What it Takes to Keep AI Under Control

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AI agents don’t go rogue. That’s something only humans do.

Smiling woman sitting in front of a window. Behind her buildings of Midtown Atlanta are visible.

September 29, 2026

Cybersecurity Student Spends Summer of Securing the High Seas

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Anna Raymaker’s maritime cybersecurity research is advancing through controlled AIS testing and collaboration with mariners.

Alex Abramson, Ramy Ghanim, and Abdulraouf Abbas working in the lab.

September 28, 2026

Gut mRNA Tech Supercharges Vaccine and GLP-1 Delivery

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Georgia Tech and Emory researchers found that delivering vaccine and GLP-1 mRNA nanoparticles through different regions of the gastrointestinal tract can redirect therapies to key organs while reducing side effects.

Georgia Tech's Tech Tower with flowers blooming in the foreground

September 28, 2026

Georgia Tech AI Symposium Connects Research and the Future Workforce

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The challenges of turning artificial intelligence research into useful tools brought Georgia Tech researchers, educators, students, and industry leaders together Sept. 28 at Exhibition Hall for the Tech AI Symposium.

2026 MES Workshop Participants at the Kendeda Building for Innovative Design at Georgia Tech

September 28, 2026

Georgia Tech Hosts Macro-Energy Systems Workshop

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Georgia Tech hosted more than 130 students, researchers, and energy professionals for the fourth Macro-Energy Systems Workshop, chaired by Micah Ziegler, to strengthen collaboration across the macro-energy systems community.

The ISyE research team from left to right: Xiao Liu, the David M. McKenney Family Associate Professor; Yu Ding, the Anderson-Interface Chair and professor and project lead; and Ph.D. student Quan Zeng.

September 28, 2026

Can a Machine or AI Agent Be Surprised? Helping Autonomous Systems Respond to the Unexpected

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Researchers at Georgia Tech's H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) are rethinking how intelligent systems recognize and respond to the unexpected.

It's not just our ancestry that determines health, Gibson says. It's also culture and environment. (Credit: Juliane Liebermann / Unsplash)

September 28, 2026

Beyond DNA: Large Study Adds Context of Life Circumstances, Environment to Genetic Risks

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New research from Georgia Tech shows that a person's environment and life circumstances can amplify or reduce the health risks encoded in our DNA — leading to an array of health outcomes.

September 25, 2026

Georgia Tech Space Week Showcases the Institute’s Space Research Enterprise

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Held Sept. 22–25, Space Week brought together researchers, students, government representatives, industry professionals, and entrepreneurs.

Saman Zonouz is a Georgia Tech associate professor and lead researcher for the DerGuard project.

September 25, 2026

GT Cybersecurity Expert Helping to Chart the Future of AI on the Energy Grid

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Georgia Tech researcher Saman Zonouz is helping shape resilient AI practices for the electricity grid. His work connects workshop planning with research on AI-enabled grid protection and emerging vulnerabilities.

Ramy Ghanim, Joy Jackson, and Alex Abramson test a tiny implantable device in the lab.

September 24, 2026

Engineers Connect Health Wearables and Implants Using the Body as the Network

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Inspired by the ionic signaling of our nervous system, researchers built sensors and therapeutic devices that can communicate and coordinate with each other through tissue.

A digital image of a car with a lock on it

September 24, 2026

Study Uncovers Security Weaknesses in Next-Generation Vehicle Technology

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Georgia Tech researchers found seven security flaws in CAN XL, a vehicle network standard intended for future driver-assistance systems.

Zsolt Kira sitting in office chair surrounded by old computers

September 24, 2026

New Benchmark Measures Memory Capabilities of VLM-Powered Robots

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To improve robot performance and advance memory capabilities needed for reliable home use, Georgia Tech researchers have developed a new benchmark to evaluate the memory capabilities of vision-language models (VLMs).

People attending a scientific software poster session hosted by IDEaS and the OSPO at Georgia Tech

September 24, 2026

Open Source Program Offices’ Virtual Summer Internship Closes with Scientific Software Research Poster Session

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Event showcased the wide range of campus developed solutions across domains.

September 24, 2026

Can Brain Activity Reveal What Surveys Miss?

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D.J. Wu discusses how his brain activity research could help inform future business decisions.

A Florida neighborhood destroyed in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, 2002.

September 23, 2026

After the Storm: When Recovery Creates a Community Crisis

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After hurricanes and wildfires, rebuilding homes is only part of recovery. Rising rents can decide who gets to come home, and who must leave.

Mississippi River agricultural landscape on open data satellite image

September 23, 2026

Researchers Confirm Common Soil Treatment Can Improve Farm Crop Yields and Remove Carbon

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Scientists used the Mississippi River Basin’s 100-year record to show that liming, long considered a source of carbon emissions, may actually remove carbon overall.

September 23, 2026

Georgia Tech Faculty Explore New Approaches to Learning With AI

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Georgia Tech faculty are using AI to deepen student reflection and expand opportunities for healthcare communication practice, showing how intentional uses of the technology can support meaningful learning.