ATLANTA—A fast, simple blood test for ulcerative colitis using infrared spectroscopy could provide a cheaper, less invasive alternative for screening compared to colonoscopy, which is now the predominant test, according to a study between the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University.
ATLANTA—A nanolaser known as the spaser can serve as a super-bright, water-soluble, biocompatible probe capable of finding metastasized cancer cells in the blood stream and then killing these cells, according to a new research study.
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ATLANTA–Georgia State has introduced programs for students interested in eSports, organized multiplayer video game competitions that are often broadcast, and which have spurred the development of collegiate teams at institutions across the United States.
ATLANTA—Chara Bohan, professor in Georgia State's College of Education and Human Development, has received a $141,073 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to develop a two-week teacher institute for U.S. history teachers.
ATLANTA—Georgia State Library’s Special Collection and Archives have acquired the records of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, a collection that documents the rich history of the organization since its founding in 1945.
ATLANTA—Georgia State University set an annual fundraising record in the fiscal year that ended June 30, raising more than $50 million in its Burning Bright campaign and bringing its campaign total to more than $272 million.
ATLANTA—Dual-income parents’ work hours lead to sizeable increases in their children’s probability of being overweight and obese, according to Georgia State University economists Charles Courtemanche, Rusty Tchernis and Xilin Zhou.
ATLANTA—Intoxicated, heavy drinkers have a tendency to act rashly in response to negative emotions, which can intensify the risk for intimate partner aggression, according to a study by Georgia State University and Purdue University.
ATLANTA—A total solar eclipse will cause daytime skies to darken in cities across the continental U.S. on Aug. 21, and organizers in Rabun County, Ga., and Atlanta are planning activities to enable people to experience an event that has not occurred for almost a century.
