News tagged with georgia institute of technology
New nanogenerator may charge iPods and cell phones with a wave of the hand
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Imagine if all you had to do to charge your iPod or your BlackBerry was to wave your hand, or stretch your arm, or take a walk? You could say goodbye to batteries and never have to plug those devices into ...
Aeroacoustics Research Could Quiet Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
Jan 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are playing increasingly important roles in many fields. Ranging in size from the huge Global Hawk aircraft to hand-held machines, these remotely controlled ...
Scientists Extend the Lifetime of Quantum Memory
Jan 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Storing and sending information using quantum phenomena is one of the hottest areas of research today; scientists across the globe are investigating how to make quantum communication possible for real-life ...
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Sun Dial uses mobile phones to alert Muslims to prayer (w/Video)
Apr 06, 2009 |
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Religious technology may seem like an oxymoron, but as more people obtain mobile phones, iPhones and other devices to help them manage their lives, it's only natural that many of them will be using their gadgets ...
Using magnetic nanoparticles to combat cancer
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 16, 2008 |
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Scientists at Georgia Tech have developed a potential new treatment against cancer that attaches magnetic nanoparticles to cancer cells, allowing them to be captured and carried out of the body. The treatment, ...
Scientists discover new ocean current
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 30, 2008 |
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Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered a new climate pattern called the North Pacific Gyre Oscillation. This new pattern explains, for the first time, changes in the water that are ...
Diatoms discovered to remove phosphorus from oceans
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May 02, 2008 |
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Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered a new way that phosphorus is naturally removed from the oceans – its stored in diatoms. The discovery opens up a new realm of research into ...
NASA awards innovative research contract
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 27, 2008 |
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has awarded a $36 million research contract to the U.S. National Institute of Aerospace Associates.
New technology puts biomedical imaging in palm of hands
May 20, 2008 |
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Researchers at Georgia Tech have developed a narrowband filter mosaic that will expand the uses and functionality of multispectral imaging—a technology that enables subsurface characterization. The new, single-exposure ...
Study Shows Atlanta Kills Off Start-Up Companies
Sep 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Atlanta is poised to become the nation’s poster child for how to kill off a burgeoning industry. A new study by professors at Georgia Tech reveals that the city’s reputation as a high technology ...
Using new technique, scientists find 11 times more aftershocks for 2004 quake
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a technique normally used for detecting weak tremor, scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology discovered that the 2004 magnitude 6 earthquake along the Parkfield section of the San Andreas ...
Georgia Tech wins NSF award for next-gen supercomputing
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 21, 2009 |
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The Georgia Institute of Technology today announced its receipt of a five-year, $12 million Track 2 award from the National Science Foundation's Office of Cyberinfrastructure to lead a partnership of academic, industry and ...
Cancer: The cost of being smarter than chimps?
Jun 10, 2009 |
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Are the cognitively superior brains of humans, in part, responsible for our higher rates of cancer? That's a question that has nagged at John McDonald, chair of Georgia Tech's School of Biology and chief research ...
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