May 15, 2024
From Brewery to Biofilter: Making Yeast-Based Water Purification Possible
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A team of Georgia Tech and MIT researchers found that discarded brewer’s yeast, when encased in hydrogel capsules, becomes a viable and inexpensive method for purifying contaminated water.
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May 8, 2024
Tropical Revelations: Unearthing the Impacts of Hydrological Sensitivity on Global Rainfall
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Georgia Tech researcher investigates how rainfall will change as Earth’s atmosphere heats up.
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March 14, 2024
Faculty is First from Georgia Tech to Receive New Fellowship for Artificial Intelligence Research
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Schmidt Sciences has selected Kai Wang as one of 19 researchers to receive this year’s AI2050 Early Career Fellowship. In doing so, Wang becomes the first AI2050 fellow to represent Georgia Tech.
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February 21, 2024
Energy Materials: Driving the Clean Energy Transition
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Energy materials facilitate the conversion or transmission of energy. They also play an essential role in how we store energy, reduce power consumption, and develop cleaner, efficient energy solutions.
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January 23, 2024
What Can Space Teach Us About Sustainability?
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Researchers in the Ivan Allen College think big to explore questions of sustainability on Earth, in outer space, and on a cosmic scale.
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January 19, 2024
Marta Hatzell Wins ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Lectureship Award
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The award recognizes leading contributions of scientists and engineers active in the general fields of green chemistry, green engineering, and sustainability in the broadest sense of the chemical enterprise.
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December 7, 2023
Team iManhole Wins Fall 2023 EGHI/GT Global Health Hackathon
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Students tackled climate change in the Fall 2023 Emory Global Health Institute (EGHI) /Georgia Institute of Technology (GT) Global Health Hackathon, Nov. 11, at Tech Square ATL Social.
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October 19, 2023
Three Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Researchers Awarded DOE Earthshot Funding for Carbon Removal Strategies
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Annalisa Bracco, Taka Ito, and Chris Reinhard from the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences will create computer models to measure how well CO2 removal techniques work on land, rivers, and oceans, as part of $264 million in grants.
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October 18, 2023
Professor David Sholl Leading New Energy Earthshot Research Center to Stem Climate Change
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The NEETER Energy Earthshot Center is focused on developing chemical processes that use sustainable methods instead of burning fossil fuels to radically reduce industrial greenhouse gas emissions.
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September 20, 2023
The Sustainability Next Plan Transforms Vision Into Reality
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On the one-year anniversary of the launch of Sustainability Next, a publicly available version of the plan is being released and several plan initiatives are coming to life.
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August 31, 2023
Hidden Gems: Hunting Rare Earth Elements in Georgia Kaolins
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Rare earth elements are critical to technology, electronics, and rapidly evolving clean energy efforts. Equipped with a new NSF grant, Yuanzhi Tang is helping find and unlock these key minerals in Georgia kaolin deposits.
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August 21, 2023
Thinning Ice Sheets May Drive Sharp Rise in Subglacial Waters
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Up to twice the amount of subglacial water that was originally predicted might be draining into the ocean – potentially increasing glacial melt, sea level rise, and biological disturbances.
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July 28, 2023
NSF RAPID Response to Earthquakes in Turkey
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Zhigang Peng and graduate students Phuc Mach and Chang Ding are using small seismic sensors to better understand just how, why, and when certain earthquakes are occurring.
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