Research Horizons
SUMMER/FALL 1998
COVER STORY
Taking the Pain Out of Needles
Microneedles being developed by Georgia Tech offer a painless technique for delivering drugs. Thinner than a human hair, they could improve administration of existing medications and open the door for microprocessor-based, need-responsive delivery systems.
By John Toon

FEATURES


The Life on Mars Debate
NASA scientists rocked the scientific world with the announcement that worm-like forms in a Mars rock might be nanofossils. A team of researchers, led by Georgia Tech Professor John Bradley, have other ideas about the findings.
By Jane M. Sanders

Technology Transfer
Moving the products of research from academia to industry is the goal — and achievement — of Georgia's Advanced Technology Development Center.
By Rick Robinson

Serving the Community
Communities dealing with complex environmental issues need independent, and free or low-cost technical expertise. Georgia Tech is strategically positioned to help.
By Jane M. Sanders

DEPARTMENTS

The Faculty View
Nanofossils or Non-Biological Magnetites?
By John Bradley

Research Notes
A Sustainable Biosphere
Tiny Computers of Carbon?
Prescription for Pilots: Realism
Traffic Fatalities and Seatbelts
Helicopter Cockpit Design
Environment of the Future
Dynamic Disorder and Friction
Faculty Honors


FEATURES


Help for the Industrial Fabric of Georgia
To help Georgia's textile industry remain competitive in world markets, Georgia Tech researchers, through CCACTI, are helping apply university-based knowledge to solve industry problems.
By Lincoln Bates


Smart Sensor
A new environmental monitoring system based on integrated optic interferometric sensors will reduce costs and improve efficiency.
By Jane M. Sanders

Research Horizons
Volume 16, Number 1
Summer/Fall 1998

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Georgia Institute of Technology


Editor
Jane M. Sanders
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Contributing Writers
Lincoln Bates
John Bradley
C. Blake Powers
Rick Robinson
Jane M. Sanders
John Toon
Patricia West

Photography
Stanley Leary
Jane M. Sanders
David Scott


Graphic Design
Everett Hullum
Nao Yamashita


Administration
Dr. Edward Reedy
Director, GTRI, and Vice President, Georgia Tech
Dr. Charles Liotta
Vice Provost for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies

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