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Scientific rendering of multiple DNA double helices with several embedded ribonucleotides highlighted in red along the strands. The red RNA building blocks appear at distinct locations within the gray DNA structure, illustrating how ribonucleotides can become incorporated into human DNA.
August 28, 2026

Georgia Tech Researchers Discover New Layer of the Human Genome

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A new study led by Francesca Storici reveals that RNA building blocks embedded in human DNA are organized in distinct patterns and may play an important role in regulating DNA structure and gene activity.
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Angus Wilkinson
August 27, 2026

Wilkinson Elected Chair of Georgia Tech’s Faculty Executive Board

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The longtime Georgia Tech professor and academic leader in the College of Sciences will guide the Faculty Executive Board as it upholds the Institute's shared governance.
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August 26, 2026

Speare Earns Highly Competitive NIH MIRA Grant

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The award will support funding aimed at uncovering new insights that could support future coral restoration and disease management efforts.
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Farzaneh Najafi standing outside smiling with her arms crossed. Green foliage is visible in the background.
August 24, 2026

A Neuroscientist Went Looking for Prediction. She Found Time Instead.

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A Georgia Tech study challenges a decades-old explanation for one of neuroscience's most famous signals, revealing an intrinsic neural code for tracking time.
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Associate Professor Yuhang Hu and three male students from her lab gather around and look at a soft adhesive hydrogel they are studying.
August 19, 2026

Georgia Tech Researchers Discover New Mechanism Behind Soft-Material Adhesion

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The discovery challenges a long-held assumption in adhesion mechanics and reveals a new physical mechanism that governs how soft materials attach and detach.
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Simon Sponberg smiling in front of a whiteboard.
August 14, 2026

Institute for Neuroscience, Neurotechnology, and Society Names Simon Sponberg Associate Director for Interdisciplinary Research

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The Georgia Tech researcher and longtime neuroscience community leader will help catalyze new collaborations and research opportunities across the Institute for Neuroscience, Neurotechnology, and Society (INNS).
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Three men who co-founded and lead Huxley Medical stand together on the field of a baseball stadium, smiling at the camera. They are wearing SANSA-branded hats, with a large video board behind them displaying the SANSA logo and the stadium seating in the background.
August 5, 2026

Where Breakthrough Meets Business: Georgia Tech Grad Makes Impact Through Research, Entrepreneurship

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Alumnus and serial entrepreneur Chris Lee is using research from his latest company, Huxley Medical, to improve the diagnosis of sleep apnea and related cardiovascular disease with a simple wearable device.
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Two researchers in a laboratory examine a blue-green silicon wafer. One, wearing a lab coat, safety goggles, and a blue glove, holds the wafer up for inspection while the other stands beside them. Laboratory equipment is visible in the background.
August 5, 2026

Your Immune Cells Are Tired. Georgia Tech Researchers Found a Way to Wake Them Up.

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Georgia Tech researchers developed a way to rejuvenate aging immune cells, potentially restoring the body’s ability to better fight cancer, infection, and other diseases. 
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Two researchers in a laboratory examine a blue-green silicon wafer. One, wearing a lab coat, safety goggles, and a blue glove, holds the wafer up for inspection while the other stands beside them. Laboratory equipment is visible in the background.
August 5, 2026

Your Immune Cells Are Tired. Georgia Tech Researchers Found a Way to Wake Them Up.

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Georgia Tech researchers developed a way to rejuvenate aging immune cells, potentially restoring the body’s ability to better fight cancer, infection, and other diseases.
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Staghorn coral samples used in Lauren Speare's research.
July 27, 2026

Tiny Predatory Bacteria Help Protect Endangered Caribbean Corals

4 min read
Georgia Tech researchers found that predatory bacteria can halt the spread of a destructive coral disease by hunting and consuming pathogens responsible for the infection.
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Researcher fits and adjusts an EEG brain-monitoring cap with electrode leads on a seated participant in a neuroscience laboratory while holding a tablet.
July 22, 2026

The Neuro Revolution Is Dawning. Are We Ready?

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As neuroscience and neurotechnology accelerate, Georgia Tech researchers are examining what a neuro-connected future could mean for society and for humanity itself.
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Jeffrey Skolnick
July 16, 2026

Georgia Tech Receives Commitment to Launch New AI-Driven Health Innovation Center 

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Parker H. Petit’s commitment will launch a research hub focused on using artificial intelligence to model diseases, identify treatment paths, and move discoveries closer to patient care.
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