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The Grantham Environmental Trust and Ocean Visions Announce New Partnership to Develop Ocean-climate Solutions

Led by Emanuele Di Lorenzo, the new partnership seeks to develop and deploy ocean-based technologies that can draw down carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and ocean to reverse the impacts of climate change.

2020 Nobel Prizes in Chemistry and Physics, Explained: Genetic Scissors, Black Holes and the Milky Way’s Darkest Secret

Faculty explain the work and importance of the 2020 Nobel Prizes in Chemistry and Physics, while the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences drops the name of a School of Physics professor emeritus in the background literature for this year's Physics prize.

Statewide Climate Solutions Powered by Georgia Tech Research Debut

Drawdown Georgia and its research team, led by the School of Public Policy's Marilyn Brown, rolls out its list of 20 climate solutions this week.

Yassin Watson holds two undergraduate degrees from Georgia Tech, one in industrial engineering and one in biology.

10 Questions with Yassin Watson

Biology and industrial engineering double-major Yassin Watson discusses his time at Tech, research, and passions.

An artist's rendition of Kepler 1625b-i and its exomoon candidate in the foreground (Image Wikimedia Commons)

That’s No Exomoon: Astrophysicists Reveal Method For Finding Exoplanets’ Satellite Neighbors

Billy Quarles, Gongjie Li run their “theoretical constraints” on six exoplanets suspected of harboring moons

VoterTech VIP Students Lead Effort to Inform, Engage, Would-Be Campus Voters

The VoterTech Vertically Integrated Project (VIP) team the team is developing technologies to help voters find information about registration, ballot information, and early and absentee voting.

U.S. Department of Energy Undersecretary Dabbar Visits Georgia Tech

Paul M. Dabbar, undersecretary for science at the U.S. Department of Energy, toured several of Georgia Tech’s energy-related labs on Sept. 25.

Experts In The News

Planetary Science Advisory Committee

The Planetary Science Advisory Committee (PAC) is a new FACA committee of NASA, and replaces the Planetary Science Subcommittee of the NAC SC. Jennifer Glass of the Georgia Institute of Technology is a PAC member.

NASA Science, Oct 27, 2020
Rule of six and curfews likely to have 'zero effect' on reducing contacts

Researchers at the London School for Hygiene and Tropical Medicine discovered respondents had seen roughly the same number of people. A new interactive tool developed by scientists at Georgia Tech University in the US gives the odds of an infected person being in a room as a percentage.

The Telegraph, Oct 25, 2020
‘We are out of time:’ Destructive wildfires in Colorado will grow worse as season lengthens, scientists warn

“We are out of time, and I shudder to think what other ‘fast-forward’ climate destruction we’re facing in the next years,” said climate scientist Kim Cobb of Georgia Tech.

CNBC, Oct 23, 2020
Tool from Georgia Tech can help families plan safe Thanksgiving dinners

Are you wondering how risky it is to have a group of people over for Thanksgiving or go visit a relative out of town? Georgia Tech's COVID-19 Event Risk Assessment planning tool can help you figure out what is the best option for you.

10 News, Oct 23, 2020