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Carbon Reduction Challenge Summer 2018 winner

Georgia Tech’s Carbon Reduction Challenge (CRC), a program that helps students design and implement large-scale projects to save energy, received two first-place awards at the 2019 Reimagine Education Conference & Awards in San Francisco

College of Sciences Fall 2018 Graduates

They chose to study at Georgia Tech. Once here, they discovered that the academic rigor and leading-edge science research they’ve heard so much about is true – and demands their best. Some found Tech overwhelming at times, but all succeeded.

The Journal of Organic Chemistry, December 2018 cover (Courtesy ACS Publications)

Georgia Tech researchers have expanded the synthetic value of the common building block dihydroxyfumaric acid (DHF).

Clownfish in anemone

The fish killer and the fish live in perfect harmony: But how the clownfish thrives in the venomous tentacles of the anemone remains a mystery. A new study tackles the iconic conundrum from the microbial side by watching bacterial colonies shift in fish mucus, as the clownfish cozy up to anemones.

A Panama City resident forced out of his home

Kim Cobb talks to Vice about the disastrous effects of huricanes caused by climate change.

Lightning

Kim Cobb organized an open letter challenging the AGU's decision to honor an anti- environment senator.