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Honey bees spend hours each day collecting pollen and packing it into tidy bundles attached to their hind legs. But all of that hard work could instantly be undone during a sudden rainstorm were it not for two substances the insect uses to keep the…
More than 50 students, faculty and staff took part in the recent RBI Fellowship orientation, hosted by the Renewable Bioproducts Institute. The short program followed by dinner was designed as a way to introduce new RBI Fellowship recipients…
Plastic is everywhere. It pools in the farthest reaches of the ocean and collects on the slopes of the highest mountains; researchers have found it in whales’ bellies and in the groundwater reserves we tap for drinking. Every day, about one megaton…
Students enrolled in Assistant Professor Pamela Peralta-Yahya’s (far right) Renewable Biochemistry class recently got a first-hand look at one of Georgia’s premier biorefineries, LanzaTech Freedom Pines. The class is an elective for students…
For Eric Taylor, Georgia Tech’s Professional Master’s in Manufacturing Leadership (PMML) program elevated his professional value and opened his eyes to a new take on management -- part of what he sees as a continual journey. Taylor grew up in…
Four years ago, Georgia Tech launched the Professional Master’s degree in Manufacturing Leadership (PMML) as a way to energize manufacturing leadership within specific industries. The academic program aims to instruct on…
The future of forest products-related industries will not solely be based upon emerging technologies, but on continuous improvement in foundational technologies and new, higher margin products from existing processes. Join us for “Advancing…
The solution to a 75-year-old materials mystery might one day allow farmers in developing nations to produce their own fertilizer on demand, using sunlight and nitrogen from the air. Thanks to a specialized X-ray source at Lawrence Berkeley…
Researchers have demonstrated an integrated technique for monitoring specific biomolecules – such as growth factors – that could indicate the health of living cell cultures produced for the burgeoning field of cell-based therapeutics. Using…
