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Researchers discuss ideas at the spring 2023 EHT workshop at Georgia Tech. (Photo: Jess Hunt-Ralston)

School of Physics Professor and Chair Feryal Özel and Professor Dimitrios Psaltis were founding members of the Event Horizon Telescope in 2000. Now, they’re working with an international slate of researchers to leverage machine learning for more accurate weather forecasts near EHT’s 11 radio telescopes around the world.


 

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The campus community is invited to attend this year’s in-person 3MT Finals on Thursday, April 6, in the John Lewis Student Center. 

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Professor Emeritus John McDonald wrote the book for friends who were diagnosed and asked him about his unique perspective on the latest treatments.

An aerial view of the SPRUCE enclosures.

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.

Jennifer Leavey working with bees on top of The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design.

As the spring season commences, insects have emerged from their winter homes to do their part to pollinate the environment. While Georgia Tech is of course home to yellow jackets, it’s also home to many other insects that are part of the complex ecosystem of campus.

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Georgia Tech researchers from the School of Physics and Mathematics use complex math formulas and 3D climate modeling to study potential changes to TRAPPIST-1 exoplanets’ rotation and orbits.