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A 40-year field study of Galápagos ground finches (Geospiza sp.) has provided unparalleled insights into how natural selection operates in the wild and how new species might form. (Illustration: Mark Belan/ArtSciStudios)

March 19, 2025

Nature's Time Machine: How Long-Term Studies Unlock Evolution's Secrets

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Through a new review paper published in Nature, Georgia Tech scientists are revealing how decades-long research programs have transformed our understanding of evolution, uncovering secrets that would remain hidden in shorter studies.

March 14, 2025

Machine Learning Encoder Improves Weather Forecasting and Tsunami Prediction

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Ph.D. student Phillip Si and Assistant Professor Peng Chen developed Latent-EnSF, a technique that improves how ML models assimilate data to make predictions.

March 13, 2025

Organization Spotlight: ElectrifyGT

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ElectrifyGT is at the forefront of Georgia Tech’s push for a cleaner future.

Four researchers standing in a lab with a large roll of fiberglass insulation and a wooden rack holding small bags of hemp fiber-based insulation materials. (Photo: Candler Hobbs)

February 27, 2025

Using Hemp in Building Insulation Could Make Structures Greener, Create Jobs, and Be a Profitable Industry

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CEE researchers’ analysis outlines path to a U.S. construction market for hemp-based fibers, which are already used for clothing and biodegradable plastics.

February 16, 2025

Georgia Tech Research Targets ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water

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Professor Yongsheng Chen leads a multi-university team using machine learning to discover PFAS-removing membranes.

Researchers launch a a lightweight, balloon-borne instrument to collect data. "To keep advancing, we need scientists who can determine what data we need, collect that data, and solve problems," Bracco says. (NOAA)

January 22, 2025

At the Intersection of Climate and AI, Machine Learning is Revolutionizing Climate Science

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A Georgia Tech-led review paper recently published in Nature Reviews Physics is exploring the ways machine learning is revolutionizing the field of climate physics — and the role human scientists might play.

December 19, 2024

‘Murder Hornet’ Eradication is Relief to US Honeybees

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A Georgia Tech professor says eradicating the “murder hornet” will help the U.S. avoid a potential agricultural and commercial disaster.

Two Cuban brown anoles, Anolis sagrei (Credit: Day's Edge Productions)

December 13, 2024

When Two Lizards Meet for the First Time, Scientists Witness Evolution in Action

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The Georgia Tech-led study captures two lizard species adapting in response to competition. The study provides some of the clearest evidence to date of evolution in action.

A group of Georgia Tech students gather for a group photo including a sign that says, "8th Global Botanic Gardens Congress."

November 7, 2024

Georgia Tech UrbanAg Project Presents to International Conference

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Georgia Tech’s Students Organizing for Sustainability (SOS) recently traveled across the world to Singapore for the 8th Global Botanic Garden Congress.

Saman Zonouz is a Georgia Tech associate professor and lead researcher for the DerGuard project.

October 18, 2024

Georgia Tech Cybersecurity Goes Green with $4.6 Million DOE Grant

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Georgia Tech researchers received a $4.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to enhance cybersecurity for renewable energy technologies.

A rufous-tailed jacamar (Photo by Benjamin Freeman)

October 15, 2024

Research Takes Flight: Benjamin Freeman Named 2024 Packard Fellow

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The Fellowship will support the Freeman lab as it The Freeman lab investigates how mountain biodiversity persists in a warming world.

Ant hill cast in molten aluminum to show intricate underground structure of tunnels and chambers, much like the branches of coral.

October 15, 2024

Nature’s Ingenuity Inspires Civil Engineer to Design Efficient and Effective Solutions

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David Frost sees endless innovation in natural systems to solve real-world civil engineering problems.

An Adobe stock conceptual image of a lighted bulb in the dirt illustrating new technology that draws energy from dirt.

October 11, 2024

Soil-Powered Fuel Cell Makes List of Best Sustainability Designs

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New technology being developed at Georgia Tech placed in Fast Company’s list of the best sustainability-focused designs of 2024.

Beril Toktay, Brady Family Chair in Management and regents professor

September 25, 2024

Scheller Business Insights: Achieving Net Zero Featuring Beril Toktay

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Beril Toktay, director of the Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business and Regents' Professor in Operations Management, discusses achieving net zero and provides examples of how some industries can reduce carbon emissions to combat climate change.

Tim Lieuwen standing above one of the Strategic Energy Institute's (SEI) research areas.

September 18, 2024

Tim Lieuwen Honored by Royal Academy of Engineering

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The former interim chair for the AE School has been elected an International Fellow for his contributions to the aerospace and energy professions.

Ice fog over Fairbanks as seen from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. (Debbie Dean)

September 6, 2024

In Fairbanks, Alaska, Researchers Unravel Frigid Air Pollution

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New research shows that an effort to improve wintertime air quality in Fairbanks, Alaska may not be as effective as intended.

James Stroud examines an anole (Day’s Edge Productions)

September 4, 2024

James Stroud Awarded British Ecological Society Founder's Prize

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Stroud is being recognized for his groundbreaking research as an integrative evolutionary ecologist.

Montage of five portraits, L to R, T to B: Josiah Hester, Peng Chen, Yongsheng Chen, Rosemarie Santa González, and Joe Bozeman.

August 21, 2024

How Georgia Tech is Using AI to Solve Sustainability Problems

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Georgia Tech researchers are leveraging AI to address sustainability challenges in areas like climate change, urban farming, food distribution, and carbon storage, while ensuring ethical use of the technology.

August 5, 2024

Community Spotlight - Yuanzhi Tang

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Tang took on the role of associate co-director of interdisciplinary research for BBISS so she could help others access resources that had shaped her growth as a researcher at Georgia Tech.

Ross Brockwell exiting the Mars Dune Alpha habitat at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

July 31, 2024

A Yellow Jacket on Mars

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A Georgia Tech alum has emerged after living in a simulated Mars habitat at the Johnson Space Center in Houston for the past year.