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The College's #StraightToTheSource social media series answers Covid-19-related community and frequently asked questions by directly examining scientific findings and research with College of Sciences experts.



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Chemists and materials scientists team up to investigate the nature of electrochemically induced charges in redox-active conjugated polymers.



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Researchers have proposed a new principle by which active matter systems can spontaneously order, without need for higher level instructions or even programmed interaction among the agents. And they have demonstrated this principle in a variety of systems, including groups of periodically shape-changing robots called "smarticles."



Michael Schatz, School of Physics interim chair and professor, wins his second award of the year for online education, receiving a statewide honor from the University System of Georgia for his work and new ideas on remote education.



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Researchers have applied the concepts behind the ancient Japanese paper-folding art of origami to various scientific disciplines. Now School of Physics' David Zeb Rocklin and his team may have found some new ways to incorporate the folding techniques to "metamaterials."

 



A researcher conducting studies with the School of Physics has won a major award for his work on how chemical models make copies of themselves, and whether scientists will be able to design that feature into their own models. 



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When faced with the spread of Covid-19, Georgia Tech’s entire community sprang into action to develop and implement a way to test the campus community.



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As Covid-19 outbreaks surge in several states, the choice to see family this holiday season gets more complicated by the day. Thankfully, Georgia Tech developed a tool that can help estimate the potential risk of exposure.

“Think of our research and the risk assessment tool like a weather map. We aren’t telling you to get your umbrella or to stay inside, but we are telling you that outside it is raining," said Clio Andris.



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The ExplOrigins group shares research, makes connections, and reaches out to early career scientists and others who are interested in work related to how life began on Earth — and where it might also exist in our cosmos.



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Faculty explain the work and importance of the 2020 Nobel Prizes in Chemistry and Physics, while the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences drops the name of a School of Physics professor emeritus in the background literature for this year's Physics prize.



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Two Georgia Tech scientists are raising new questions about the development of specialized cells in early multicellular organisms. 



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School of Physics professor Flavio Fenton is named to the 25th annual Governor's Teaching Fellows Program, set up to help higher education faculty develop teaching skills. Fenton will work on a classroom-related research project through the fellowship.