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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.

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.

Energy Regulation Rollbacks Threaten Progress Against Harmful Ozone

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Coal-fired power plant by day
Mercury ID
628279
Oct 29, 2019

This is what could happen if all endangered regulations that help in the fight against harmful ozone go away.

Robotic Submarine Snaps First-Ever Images at Foundation of Notorious Antarctic Glacier

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Thwaites Glacier's outer edge
Mercury ID
623047
Jan 29, 2020

These are the first-ever images taken at the foundations of the glacier that inspires more fear of sea-level rise than any other - Thwaites Glacier.

‘SlothBot in the Garden’ Demonstrates Hyper-Efficient Conservation Robot

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SlothBot operating in Atlanta Botanical Garden - 2
Mercury ID
636285
Jun 16, 2020

Visitors to the Atlanta Botanical Garden can observe the testing of SlothBot, a new high-tech tool in the battle to save some of the world’s most endangered species.

Georgia Tech Will Help Manage DOE’s Savannah River Laboratory

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Georgia Tech and SRNL
Mercury ID
642334
Dec 28, 2020

Georgia Tech is part of a team that has been selected to manage the DOE's Savannah River National Laboratory

Shuttering Fossil Fuel Power Plants May Cost Less Than Expected

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Gibson Generating Station
Mercury ID
641827
Dec 03, 2020

A generator-level model suggests that most fossil fuel power plants could complete normal lifespans and still close by 2035.

Restoring Power During Severe Storms

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Power lines
Mercury ID
650994
Sep 22, 2021

Researchers studied how recovery, guided by common policies from FEMA and industry, varies with respect to the severity of disruptive events.

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