Fishes and healthy coral show the benefits of marine protected areas designed to protect reef ecosystems. (Credit: Cody Clements, Georgia Tech)

Size Matters for Marine Protected Areas Designed to Aid Coral

Atlanta, GA

For marine protected areas established to help coral reefs recover from overfishing, size really does seem to make a difference.

Photo shows the manufacture of polymer hollow fiber membranes, which are precursors to more advanced carbon molecular sieve hollow fiber membranes. (Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)

Advanced Materials Power Next-Generation Molecular Separations

Atlanta, GA

Researchers have identified opportunities for scalable membrane materials.

A plot with enclosure at the SPRUCE peat bog climate change experiment in northern Minnesota. Credit: Georgia Tech / Ben Brumfield

Climate Change: Potentially Good News on Methane and Peat Carbon

Atlanta, GA

Soil carbon stored in peat bogs may not convert to greenhouse gasses in the face of global warming.

Close-up of a polymer film on a glass substrate before immersion in a polyoxometalte solution to electrically dope the film over a limited depth. (Credit: Christopher Moore, Georgia Tech)

Simple Processing Technique Could Cut Cost of Organic PV and Wearable Electronics

Atlanta

A simple solution-based processing technique could help reduce the cost of polymer solar cells.

Gene puddle primeval, a drawing by first author Christine He to illustrate her discocery that viscosity moves DNA and RNA strands forward toward spontaneous gene strand replication. Credit: Georgia Tech / Christine He

Was the Secret Spice in Primal Gene Soup a Thickener?

Atlanta, GA

Searching for the origins of life, researchers add thickener to the broth

Startup Launch - Deadline Announcement!

Atlanta, GA

Startup Launch (formerly known as Startup Summer) is looking for the next great ideas from Tech students for its 2017 program.

A bacterial warrior the only one of its kind? This enzyme is "wacko" in many ways in its breakdown of a poison related to TNT. On top of that, 5NAA-A is known so far only to exist in a single living organism on Earth. Could it be the lone master of a rare bacterial enzymatic kung fu, in the war on potatoes? Or does a genomic clue point to its existence in one other solitary case?

Unique Bacterial Chemist in the War on Potatoes

Atlanta, GA

A bacterial warrior the only one of its kind? This enzyme is "wacko" in the ways it breaks down a poison related to TNT.

Images from the Encyclopedia of Life. Photo credits: Robertpollai, CC-BY; A. Fifis/Ifremer, CC-BY-NC; Kevin Raskoff & MPC, CC-BY-NC-SA; Sean McCann, CC-BY-NC-SA; Nick Hobgood, CC-BY-NC  

Addressing Environmental Challenges with Big Data and Artificial Intelligence

Atlanta, GA

NSF funding to link technologies from Georgia Tech, Smithsonian and IBM to study environment.

Grizzly bears (Ursus arctos), like this one photographed on the Bridger-Teton National Forest in Wyoming, require large areas to roam and tend to favor mesic, meadow and shrub habitats where there is ample food. (Credit: U.S. Forest Service)

Optimization Technique Identifies Cost-Effective Biodiversity Corridors

Atlanta

A new optimization technique could help conservation biologists choose the most cost-effective ways of connecting isolated populations of rare, threatened and endangered species living in protected areas.

Trees in the Southeast United States emit higher levels of isoprene as they are placed under stress from dry conditions. Isoprene is a precursor for the formation of ozone in the atmosphere. This forest is shown near Atlanta, Georgia. (Credit: John Toon, Georgia Tech)

Climate Change May Extend Ozone Season in the Southeastern U.S.

Atlanta, GA

Extreme weather conditions associated with climate change may extend the ozone season in the Southeastern United States.