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Driving Change: Georgia Tech Experts Lead in Electrification of America’s Roads

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Driving Change: Georgia Tech experts are leading the way in EV innovation
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<p>Top: Rich Simmons, Marilyn Brown, Gleb Yushin </p><p>Bottom: Valerie Thomas, Hailong Chen, Tim Lieuwen</p>

Mercury ID
670207
Mar 21, 2023

Electric vehicles are becoming increasingly popular, and with economic and environmental impacts colliding, Georgia Tech experts are leading the way in the development of next-generation solutions.

GTRI Works to Enhance EV Battery Reuse and Recycling in Georgia

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GTRI's EV battery recycling efforts
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<p><em>GTRI's EV battery recycling efforts are crucial because many of the key minerals found in lithium-ion batteries are sourced from geopolitically sensitive regions across the globe (Photo Credit: iStock). </em></p>

Mercury ID
670938
Jun 07, 2023

The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is working to optimize Georgia’s EV battery supply chain by developing cost-and energy-efficient methods that pose fewer environmental risks.

Inside-Out Heating and Ambient Wind Could Make Direct Air Capture Cheaper and More Efficient

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DAC Coated Carbon Fibers Heat Measurement
Mercury ID
670971
Jun 12, 2023

Chemical engineers use coated carbon fibers and eliminate steam-based heating in their simpler design, which also can be powered by wind energy.

Georgia Tech Making Waves in Tsunami Research

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Volcanic Tsunami Simulator
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<p>The volcanic tsunami simulator, developed by Georgia Tech researchers, gets a test run in an Oregon State wave basin.</p>

Mercury ID
671539
Aug 30, 2023

Researchers develop volcanic tsunami simulator to closely study potential natural disasters

Poor and Disadvantaged People Sit in the Dark Longer After a Storm Outage

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<p>Extreme weather events impact disadvantaged communities more harshly, and extended power outages can be dangerous and life-threatening. </p>

Mercury ID
672579
Dec 14, 2023

The research shows that people in lower socioeconomic tiers wait nearly three hours longer on average for their power to be restored.

Machine Learning Predicts Biodiversity and Resilience in the Coral Triangle

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A school of planktivorous fish sheltering around a coral on a reef in the Solomon Islands in the Coral Triangle. Photo by Mark Hay
Mercury ID
665649
Feb 09, 2023

The team's new methodology offers hope for better coral connectivity monitoring and protection in the future.

Balancing Act of Hurricane Season Sways With Climate Change

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3D Render of Category 4 Major Hurricane Fiona east of Florida. Getty Images.
Mercury ID
672670
Jul 06, 2023

Forecasts call for a near-normal hurricane season, but climate change could make future seasons more unpredictable than ever before.

Photochemistry and a New Catalyst Could Make Fertilizer More Sustainable

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Tractor Fertilizer stock
Mercury ID
672644
Jan 04, 2024

New insight into the role of carbon in a low-temperature, light-based reaction may help create ammonia for fertilizer while a new catalyst offers a path to recycling the runoff.

Digging Into Greenland Ice: Unraveling Mysteries in Earth's Harshest Environments

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The team snowmobiling to a remote field site.
Mercury ID
672274
Nov 09, 2023

Rachel Moore spent nearly 50 days in one of the most remote places on Earth, collecting ice cores; the research has implications for climate change predictions and searching for signs of life on icy worlds.

Study Reveals Wintertime Formation of Large Pollution Particles in China’s Skies

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Beijing pollution (Photo Kevin Dooley, Creative Commons)
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<p>Beijing pollution (Photo Kevin Dooley, Creative Commons)</p>

Mercury ID
672402
Nov 16, 2023

School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences researchers find dangerous sulfates are formed, and their particles get bigger, within the plumes of pollution belching from coal-fired power plants.

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