Summer 2007
Georgia Tech Research Horizons
COVER STORY
Changing Energy
Georgia Tech takes an interdisciplinary approach to developing biofuels from forestry products.
by Abby Vogel
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SIDEBARS:
Companies and Georgia Research Alliance Support Biofuel Research
Biofuels Research — In Brief



FEATURES
Not Your Dad's Nintendo
Video games are a pervasive form of entertainmant -- and a lucrative industry that Georgia Tech is helping grow.
by T.J. Becker
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Nano-Manhattan
3-D solar cells boost efficiency while reducing size, weight and complexity of photovoltaic arrays.
by John Toon
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Powering Nanodevices
Nanogenerator provides continuous power by harvesting energy from the environment.
by John Toon
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Safe Water
Simpler method for analyzing radium in water samples wins EPA approval.
by Abby Vogel
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FEATURES
Won't You Be My Neighbor
New Georgia Tech research complex encourages collaboration at the intersection of disciplines.
by John Toon
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Getting Lean
Rural Georgia hospital increases efficiency and serves more patients by adopting principles developed for manufacturing.
by Nancy Fullbright
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Beneficial Bacteria Scientists create dual-modality microbeads to improve identification of disease biomarkers in body fluids.
by Jane M. Sanders
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DEPARTMENTS

Research Notes
1957 Evaporator Still Going Strong
Platinum Nanocrystals
Learning Job Safety
Phytoplankton Transformed
Chemotherapy Mystery
65 Nanometer Features
Attracting $1 Billion
     

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Faculty Awards
    and Honors
  


Faculty Research in the News
    
RESEARCH HORIZONS

Volume 24, Number 3
Summer 2007

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Georgia Institute of Technology




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