Steven Chu (Credit: Imke Lass/Redux) , Steven Chu (Credit: Larry Downing/Reuters)

Physics to Host Climate Talk with Former U.S. Secretary of Energy, Nobel Laureate

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Physicist Steven Chu was the first person appointed to the U.S. Cabinet after having won a Nobel Prize. On April 26, he will deliver a public lecture at Georgia Tech on climate change and innovative paths towards a more sustainable future.

College of Sciences Honors Faculty and Staff at Spring Sciences Celebration

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Spring Sciences Celebration in Harrison Square recognizes excellence in research, teaching, service
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Using Coral to Unravel the History of the Slave Trade on St. Croix

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With funding from the National Geographic Society, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) will travel to St. Croix to analyze coral.
An aerial view of the SPRUCE enclosures. , Sphagnum mosses were taken from different SPRUCE enclosures and incubated in glass jars for the study (Photo Jennifer Glass). , A closeup of a member of the research team holding Sphagnum moss, one of the key drivers of carbon sequestration in peatlands. (Photo Jennifer Glass).

Rising Temperatures Alter ‘Missing Link’ of Microbial Processes, Putting Northern Peatlands at Risk

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Georgia Tech researchers show that rising temperatures in northern regions may damage peatlands: critical ecosystems for storing carbon from the atmosphere — and could decouple vital processes in microbial support systems.

Tech Beautification Day Kicks Off Earth Month

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The campus community is invited to participate in this kick-off event for Earth Month.
IceFin maps the Ross Ice Shelf near Kamb Ice Stream. (Icefin/NASA PSTAR RISE UP/Schmidt/Quartini) , Members of Britney Schmidt’s Icefin team (Icefin/NASA PSTAR RISE UP/Schmidt) , IceFin underwater robot (Icefin/NASA PSTAR RISE UP/Schmidt/Lawrence)

Robot Provides Unprecedented Views Below Antarctic Ice Shelf

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The Icefin robot’s unprecedented look inside a crevasse, and observations revealing more than a century of geological processes beneath the ice shelf, are detailed in a new paper in Nature Geoscience.
Atlanta Science Festival attendees engaged in a demonstration. Credit: Atlanta Science Festival.

Georgia Tech Students, Faculty, and Staff Bring STEAM to Atlanta During the Atlanta Science Festival

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For STEAM enthusiasts across Atlanta, the month of March is a highlight of the year for one big reason: the Atlanta Science Festival. We spoke with some of the event organizers to get a sneak peek at what this year's festival will have to offer.
Celebrating the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDG) Action and Awareness Week

SDG Week Highlights Sustainable Development Goals

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The campus community is invited to participate in a variety of events that increase awareness of and encourage actions that advance the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Researchers Land RCSA Funding to Study Mars Samples, Develop SMART Collaborations

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Elisabetta Matsumoto and Frances Rivera-Hernández have won funding and support from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA), continuing a long history of backing for leading-edge research honored by Cottrell Scholars and Scialog

In Puerto Rico, Georgia Tech Researchers Team Up to Build ‘Landslide-Ready’ Communities

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Frances Rivera-Hernández, Karl Lang, and Rafael Bras are leading an effort to gather data about landslides caused by hurricanes hitting the island. Joined by students, the researchers share an ultimate goal of creating a national geohazards center.