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April 22, 2026
Andrés García Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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The honorary society dates to the early days of the United States and honors excellence and contributions that advance society.

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April 20, 2026
The Hidden Language of Life’s Early Proteins
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Life’s first alphabet was likely small — but surprisingly powerful.

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April 17, 2026
Doing the Dirty Work of Sustainability
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A Georgia Tech researcher and his students are using experimental composting to reduce campus food waste and support agriculture.

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A yellow star shape is shown next to a microscope image of an artificial cell colony that has been directed to form the shape of a star.
April 10, 2026
Researchers Use Light to Make Their Microscopic ‘Muscle’ Contract on Command
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Engineers interested in creating artificial cells to deliver drugs to unhealthy parts of the body face a key challenge: for a cell-like system to move, change shape, or divide, it needs a way to generate force on command.

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Digital illustration of a human brain split down the middle: the left side is filled with white mathematical equations, diagrams, and formulas, while the right side is surrounded by colorful, flowing lines and abstract wave patterns against a dark blue background.
April 9, 2026
Georgia Tech Researchers Use Statistics and Math to Understand How The Brain Works
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Researchers at Georgia Tech are using math, science, and artificial intelligence to better understand how people think, move, and perceive the world.

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A presenter stands at the front of a lecture room speaking to a seated audience while a projected slide titled “Synthetic Biology: Engineered Gene Circuits” illustrates the design–build–test cycle with diagrams and icons explaining gene circuit construction and testing.
April 8, 2026
2026 Suddath Symposium Showcases Biomedical Applications of Synthetic Biology
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The 34th annual Suddath Symposium brought together researchers, trainees, and invited speakers from across disciplines to discuss cutting-edge efforts to translate synthetic biology advances into human health-relevant technologies.

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 AI and machine learning provide new tools for scientists to think about drug discovery. gorodenkoff/iStock via Getty Images
April 7, 2026
AI is Reengineering Drug Discovery by Speeding Up Testing and Scanning Petabytes of Data for Connections Between Diseases
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AI and machine learning provide new tools for scientists to think about drug discovery.

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Ankur Singh, a man in a gray suit jacket with a dark pink button-up shirt stands in front of a work bench in a lab.
April 2, 2026
Georgia Tech-led Research Team to Develop SHIELD Against Deadly Biological Threats
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A Georgia Tech-led research team has received up to $6 million to develop SHIELD, a new platform designed to rapidly create immune-based countermeasures against a wide range of deadly biological threats.

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Four headshots of Singh Family Award winners: Andrew McShan, John Blazeck, Yann Ferry, and Alexander Kedzierski
April 2, 2026
Singh Family Gift Funds High-Risk Research at Center for Immunoengineering
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The Center for Immunoengineering at Georgia Tech has awarded the inaugural Singh Family Research Awards to two faculty members and two students advancing innovative immunoengineering projects.

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Ankur Singh, the Carl Ring Family Professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, in his lab.
April 1, 2026
Georgia Tech-led Research Team to Develop SHIELD Against Deadly Biological Threats
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A team of researchers led by Ankur Singh has been awarded up to $6 million from DTRA of the U.S. Department of Defense to accelerate the development of MCMs against deadly biological threats that endanger public health, national security, and warfighters.

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Research team members Ishita Kumar, Corey Wilson, and Luisa F. Barraza-Vergara
April 1, 2026
Georgia Tech Researchers Develop First Genetic Passcode Lock to Protect Valuable DNA
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Research published in Science Advances demonstrated the effectiveness of this technology in protecting high-value engineered cell lines.

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March 30, 2026
The Smartest Robots May Be the ‘Dumbest’ Ones
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Georgia Tech engineers have created electronics-free robotic swarms whose collective intelligence emerges entirely from mechanical design, enabling coordinated behavior for applications in medicine, space, and beyond.

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