{"628198":{"#nid":"628198","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Finding the Magic in Materials Science ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe next time you watch sports on your flat screen TV, or on your smartphone, you can thank Georgia Tech scientists.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENot for the action on the field, but for the technology behind that screen.\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech researchers in physics, chemistry, and materials sciences\u0026nbsp;have sparked winning advances over the years in photonics and optoelectronics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThey are also the sciences that get the attention of Carlos Silva, professor in the School of Physics and in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry. 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