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Vision firm with R&D office in Durham closing on $4M investment

Hatteras Venture Partners is backing Georgia-based Clearside Biomedical which is developing a drug delivery platform for eye medications.

Clearside targets eye health

Sightless texting? There's a Braille app for that

Researchers at Georgia Tech in Atlanta are taking texting to a new level with an app that enables vision impaired people to utilize Braille on their mobile devices. At the same time, the app could be used by people who want to text while driving or walking - or sitting in a meeting - and don't have to take their eyes off the road, sidewalk or other people.

Georgia Tech lands $2.4M federal grant for carbon capture

The funding is meant to spur research on methods to cut greenhouse gas emissions from power plants without raising the cost of electricity more than 35 percent.

Southeast BIO picks 10 semifinalists for business plan competition

The life sciences organization representing many biotech, pharmaceutical and other firms across the region, will host its annual investors confernece in Durham.

Intellectual challenge, not money, drives innovation

Researchers at Duke University and Georgia Institute of Technology say money alone doesn't drive change.

Duke, UNC-CH move up in MBA rankings

Bloomberg Newsweek survey lists Fuqua as sixth, Kenan-Flagler 16th.

Ga. Tech offers new look at 'FutureMedia' trends

To kick off a four-day conference, the school has issued a multimedia publication that it says will be an annual look at content trends that affect businesses and individuals.

UNC-CH’s Thorp, Geomagic’s CEO join Innovation Council

Georgia Tech’s president is also named to the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Georgia Tech picks Research Institute director as first exec for research

Georgia Tech students share $35,000 in prizes at InVenture contest

Georgia Tech launches institute for data and high performance computing

Georgia Tech researchers receive $3 million for project to cut wind power costs

UniversityTech: Grant aims to reduce the cost of manufacturing, maintaining wind turbines for generating electricity.

Georgia Tech president joins Noro-Moseley advisory board

‘Operation Reboot’ – Georgia Tech lands $2.5M grant to train unemployed IT workers as teachers

Former VC is new leader at Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute