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Getting new treatments from the lab benchtop to patients&#039
Getting New Treatments to Patients can be Harder than Landing on Mars
Getting new treatments from the lab benchtop to patients' bedsides can be harder and more expensive…
Phil Santangelo, professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University
There's no Quit in Cassie Mitchell
A former track star with dreams of becoming an orthopedic surgeon, Cassie Mitchell is now an…
Wombats
Studying Wombats' Cubic Poop
Serious nature lovers and forest hikers might keep track of wildlife by the shape of animal…
Professor Phil Santangelo
Cassie Mitchell Receives 2019 Award from the American Neurological Association
The American Neurological Association (ANA), the professional organization representing the nation’…
<p>Test plots were used by researchers to study the effects of warming on microbial communities in the interior Alaskan landscape. (Photo: Professor Ted Schuur, Northern Arizona University)</p>
Rising Tundra Temperatures Create Worrying Changes in Microbial Communities
Rising temperatures in the tundra of the Earth’s northern latitudes could affect microbial…
Sargassum on Delray Beach in South Florida in May 2019. (Credit: Brian Cousin, Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute)
Scientists Discover the Biggest Seaweed Bloom in the World
A team of scientists from the University of South Florida, Florida Atlantic University, and Georgia…
<p>A new study has found that variability in night-to-night sleep time and reduced sleep quality adversely affect the ability of older adults to recall information about past events.</p>
Study Ties Poor Sleep to Reduced Memory Performance in Older Adults
A new study has found that variability in night-to-night sleep time and reduced sleep quality…
<p>The 3D-Fuge utilizes 3D-printed disks designed to hold small vials of liquid. Simple yarn is used to spin the disks. (Photo: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech).</p>
Ancient Toy Inspires Tool for State-of-the-Art Science
A 5,000-year-old toy still enjoyed by kids today has inspired an inexpensive, hand-powered…
<p>Jaydev Desai</p>
Desai Secures $2.8 Million Grant to Develop Steerable Robotic Guidewire
Jaydev Desai, a professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia…
Manu Platt accepts his award from Chaouki T. Abdallah, Georgia Tech&#039
Using Smartphones and Laptops to Simulate Deadly Heart Arrhythmias
Modeling the complex electrical waves that cause heart arrhythmias could provide the key to…

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