July 8, 2025
These ‘Exploding’ Capsules Could Deliver Insulin Without a Needle
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Engineers use sodium bicarb to “self-pressurize” a pill able to deliver drugs that usually require injection directly to the small intestine.

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July 1, 2025
Georgia Tech Launches Two New Interdisciplinary Research Institutes
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By uniting experts across disciplines, Georgia Tech is positioning itself at the forefront of neuroscience and space research.

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July 1, 2025
Why the US Bombed a Bunch of Metal Tubes − a Nuclear Engineer Explains the Importance of Centrifuges to Iranian Efforts to Build Nuclear Weapons
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When U.S. forces attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities on June 21, 2025, the main target was metal tubes in laboratories deep underground. The tubes are centrifuges that produce highly enriched uranium needed to build nuclear weapons.

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June 27, 2025
Celebrating Employee Excellence
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Five honored with IMS Employee Excellence Awards

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June 24, 2025
Georgia Tech Researchers Make an Elemental Discovery
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New Oxidation State for a Rare Earth Element Could Advance Quantum and Electronic Devices

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June 24, 2025
Space Station Testing Will Evaluate Photovoltaic Materials
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Georgia Tech researchers will soon send 18 photovoltaic cells to the International Space Station for a study of how space conditions affect the devices’ operation over time.

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June 18, 2025
Spring 2025 IMS Seed Grant Awards Announced
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Five interdisciplinary projects to receive IMS technical support and facility access

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June 5, 2025
A New Metal Design for Solid-State Batteries
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The solid-state battery would be game-changing for electric vehicles.

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June 5, 2025
Army Awards Tech-Led Project $20M to Develop Aluminum Manufacturing for Hydrogen Energy Production
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The multi-year research project could make scalable off-grid power sources a reality for rural communities and the military.

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May 28, 2025
Fusion Energy’s Starry Future
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Georgia Tech professor Eric Vogel is part of a national collaboration working to develop advanced materials for commercial fusion reactors.

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May 27, 2025
Empowering Undergraduate Research Through Collaboration
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The SENIC Catalyst Program provided resources that helped a liberal arts college student publish his first scientific paper and win a top national scholarship

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May 19, 2025
10 Questions with Jud Ready
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Ready had hoped earning his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in materials science and engineering at Georgia Tech would lead him to a spot in NASA’s Astronaut Corps. Instead, it’s led him to GTRI, where his passion for space is alive and well.

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