@Joel Kostka will lead a new Georgia Sea Grant–funded project to improve coastal marsh restoration in Georgia. His team will study how Spartina and beneficial microbes can boost growth and resilience, offering practical strategies for stronger coastal ecosystems. sciences.gatech.edu/news/joel-ko...
Researchers have captured the most detailed structural images to date of a specific type of protein’s DNA repair process. The research could reveal ways to inhibit the effects of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations that heighten the risk for breast, ovarian, and other cancers. b.gatech.edu/4fuNJBe
Assistant Professor Saumya Jain has been named a 2026 Searle Scholar and awarded a $450,000 research grant. He is one of only 15 scientists selected nationwide this year.
🔗Learn about his research: sciences.gatech.edu/news/biology...
Why do mosquitoes swarm your head?
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A quieter-than-usual severe weather season in Georgia came down to one missing ingredient. Zachary Handlos explains how persistent high-pressure systems suppressed storm development.
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🎉 We congratulate these @gtsciences.bsky.social faculty members who were recently awarded tenure:
-Hannah Choi, Math
-Winnie Chu, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)
-Itamar Kimchi, Physics
-Pengfei Liu, EAS
-Cheng Mao, Math
-Samer Naif, EAS
🔗: sciences.gatech.edu/news/celebra...
A team of students helped develop a tool to improve workers' responses to chemical spills and open containers as part of Georgia Tech’s Vertically Integrated Projects program.
This program embeds students in LT research teams that span disciplines and semesters.
👉 sciences.gatech.edu/news/georgia...
🎉 We congratulate the following @gtsciences.bsky.social faculty on being honored by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia:
-Rafael L. Bras
-Randall Engle
-Thomas Orlando
-Jeffrey Skolnick
-Santosh Vempala
🔗Learn more: sciences.gatech.edu/news/science...
New paper! We examined how affective experience+drive to explore spaces can shape memory, emphasizing that "complexity" is a moderator and only part of the story for configural learning
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Curiosity is a key driver of exploration and learning. Prior empirical studies have largely focused on internal mechanisms of curiosity and not its in…
And we're off! The Machine Learning for Fundamental Physics School 2026 starts at @gtsciences.bsky.social. Melissa Quinnan introduces foundational concepts to a room full of eager learners
