A panel of five speakers sits on tall stools at the front of a classroom, participating in a moderated discussion. The moderator on the left holds papers while addressing the group. A large presentation slide behind the panel displays names and academic titles. Audience members are partially visible in the foreground, and tables, chairs, and a water bottle are arranged throughout the room.
January 29, 2026
Confronting the Roadblocks in Medical Technology Innovation
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Clinicians and researchers outlined why breakthrough devices often fall short in clinical settings and emphasized the need for interdisciplinary collaboration and practical workflow integration.
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During a research session, a participant looks at a monitor and imagines saying the text cue displayed on screen. Text below the cue shows the brain-computer interface’s prediction of her imagined words.
January 28, 2026
Better Brain-Machine Interfaces Could Allow the Paralyzed to Communicate Again
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Biomedical engineer Chethan Pandarinath collaborates with neurosurgeons and scientists across the country in a massive project to help patients with ALS or stroke damage reconnect with the world.
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a patch of haptic actuators shown on a user's neck
January 22, 2026
Wearing the Future
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From smart textiles to brain-computer links, Georgia Tech engineers are designing wearables that connect humans and machines more closely than ever to sense, respond, and heal.
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Degraded marsh on Cumberland Island, Georgia.
January 12, 2026
Coastal Resilience Project Secures Nearly $1 Million to Restore Wetlands
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The award will support the design of nature-based solutions including living shorelines and marsh restoration in flood-prone areas of Camden County, Georgia.
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Lack of access to safe and affordable housing is harmful to health. Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
January 8, 2026
Illness Is More Than Just Biological – Medical Sociology Shows How Social Factors Get Under the Skin and Cause Disease
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By studying the way social forces shape health inequalities, medical sociology helps address how health and illness extend beyond the body and into every aspect of people’s lives.
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Two Georgia Tech researchers looking at a biomedical chip.
January 5, 2026
Georgia Tech Climbs to No. 2 University in Federally Sponsored Research Expenditures
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This is the Institute’s best ranking in the National Science Foundation’s annual survey.
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Mice have complex visual systems that can clarify how vision works in people. Westend61/Getty Images
December 16, 2025
Gazing Into the Mind’s Eye With Mice – How Neuroscientists Are Seeing Human Vision More Clearly
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Studying how mice see has helped researchers discover unprecedented details about how individual brain cells communicate and work together to create a mental picture of the visual world.
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Meet CSE Ziqi Zhang
December 11, 2025
Meet CSE Profile: Ph.D. Graduate Ziqi Zhang
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Ph.D. graduate Ziqi Zhang will join the Class of 2025 in walking across the stage, receiving diplomas, and graduating from Georgia Tech.
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Yunan Luo NSF CAREER Award
December 10, 2025
NSF Grant Funds Protein Research for Drug Discovery and Personalized Medicine
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Yunan Luo is the recipient of an NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award to use artificial intelligence to solve the protein annotation inequality problem.
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Wearable chest-mounted patch and forehead-mounted pulse oximeter shown on a mannequin baby for illustration
December 8, 2025
Advancing Neonatal Health Monitoring in Ethiopia
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Soft, wearable system offers continuous wireless monitoring of newborns’ health.
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Research building at Georgia Tech
December 2, 2025
Georgia Tech Researchers Among World’s Most Highly Cited in 2025
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Georgia Tech proudly announces its faculty who have been named to the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list.
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Three Georgia Tech researchers working together in the lab on cancer research
November 20, 2025
Georgia Tech Ranked No. 7 Globally in Interdisciplinary Science Rankings
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Georgia Tech has been ranked 7th in the world in the 2026 Times Higher Education Interdisciplinary Science Rankings
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Matthew Gombolay and Aaron Young pose in the lab while Ph.D. researchers work on a leg exoskeleton device.
November 19, 2025
Real-World Helper Exoskeletons Just Got Closer to Reality
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Georgia Tech researchers are using AI to quickly train exoskeleton devices, making it much more practical to develop, improve, and ultimately deploy wearable robots for people with impaired mobility.
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A mock-up of an AI-powered glove
October 27, 2025
Georgia Tech’s Soft Robotics Flips the Script on ‘The Terminator’
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AI-powered artificial muscles made from pliable materials are reshaping recovery, from stroke rehabilitation to prosthetic design. These machines help people regain motion, strength, and confidence.
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Yurt-like test chambers in a natural boreal spruce bog in northern Minnesota (provided).
October 23, 2025
Peatlands’ ‘Huge Reservoir’ of Carbon at Risk of Release
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Researchers analyzed data from 10, yurt-like test chambers in a natural boreal spruce bog in northern Minnesota.
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Illustration of cancer cells along a road with location markers next to each cell to represent the cancer "atlas" Gabe Kwong and his collaborators are building.
October 16, 2025
Cancer Atlas Offers a Roadmap to Detecting Tumors Earlier Than Ever
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Two years into a $49.5 million cancer-mapping project, researchers are opening the door to new kinds of tests that could alert doctors to multiple kinds of cancer when they’re most treatable.
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A person seated in a beige chair using a computer setup with multiple cables and devices, facing a large monitor in a testing or research room, with another individual visible through a window in an adjacent control room.
October 15, 2025
Head to Toe: Georgia Tech Researchers Treat the Entire Human Body Through Neuroscience Research
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Meet Georgia Tech’s neurology experts exploring the brain’s impact on the entire body.
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A brown basilisk missing both its entire left forearm and part of its right hind limb. Brian Hillen
October 13, 2025
3-Legged Lizards Can Thrive Against All Odds, Challenging Assumptions About How Evolution Works in the Wild
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Research uncovered 122 cases of limb loss across 58 lizard species and revealed that these “three-legged pirates” – the rare survivors of traumatic injuries – can run just as fast, maintain healthy body weight, reproduce successfully and live surprisingly
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Mark Styczynski in lab
October 7, 2025
ChBE Professor Leads Team Awarded $9.2M NSF Grant to Build “Plug-and-Play” Biotechnology
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Researchers received a $9.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to accelerate the adoption of cell-free systems in biomanufacturing.
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Researchers show off a lung-on-a-chip that has an immune system. Long term, this technology could lead to highly personalized medicine
September 24, 2025
Breathtaking Breakthrough: Lung-on-a-Chip Defends Itself
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Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt researchers have built the first lung-on-a-chip with a working immune system, a breakthrough with the potential to reshape how we study disease, move beyond animal testing, and administer lifesaving therapies.
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