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Carbon soot particles, dust blamed for discoloring India’s Taj Mahal

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Workers cleaning Taj Mahal
Mercury ID
353451
Dec 10, 2014

The Taj Mahal’s iconic marble dome and soaring minarets require regular cleaning to maintain their dazzling appearance, and scientists now know why.

NSF Sustainable Nanotechnology Center Includes Georgia Tech Researchers

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Sustainable nanotechnology researchers
Mercury ID
441701
Aug 31, 2015

Georgia Tech is among a dozen institutions that are part of the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology, a $20 million research center.

Georgia Tech Receives $30 Million Grant from The Kendeda Fund

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Tech Tower
Mercury ID
449181
Sep 18, 2015

Tech receives funding to pursue the first Living Building Challenge 3.0-certified facility of its size and function in the Southeast.

Coral Reef Researcher Wins Explorer’s Club Honor

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Mark Hay with Glaciers
Mercury ID
468501
Nov 11, 2015

Georgia Tech Teasley Professor Mark Hay has received the Lowell Thomas Award from the New York-based Explorers Club.

“First Arrival” Hypothesis in Darwin’s Finches Gets Some Caveats

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Colonies of competing bacteria
Mercury ID
590944
Apr 26, 2017

Researchers have extended the hypothesis for how early arriving species gain an ecosystem advantage through adaptive radiation.

Rising Temperatures Threaten Stability of Tibetan Alpine Grasslands

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Test plots to study climate change effects on the Tibetan Plateau
Mercury ID
591620
May 10, 2017

A warming climate could affect the stability of alpine grasslands in Asia's Tibetan Plateau.

Four Communities Selected for Inaugural Georgia Smart Communities Challenge

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Georgia Smart Communities Challenge Winners Map
Mercury ID
606867
Jun 12, 2018

Albany, Chamblee, Chatham County and Gwinnett County will implement smart development through a Georgia Tech-led program.

Lifting Communities with Smart Technology

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Georgia Smart Communities Challenge Winners Map
Mercury ID
606867
Jun 12, 2018

Georgia Smart Communities Challenge helps small and large cities improve quality of life.

Rising Tundra Temperatures Create Worrying Changes in Microbial Communities

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Tundra test plot
Mercury ID
623061
Jul 08, 2019

Rising temperatures could affect the microbial communities in northern latitude tundra.

Peatlands’ ‘Huge Reservoir’ of Carbon at Risk of Release

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Yurt-like test chambers in a natural boreal spruce bog in northern Minnesota (provided).
Mercury ID
678444
Oct 23, 2025

Researchers analyzed data from 10, yurt-like test chambers in a natural boreal spruce bog in northern Minnesota.

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