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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Mostafa El-SayedWhat does Georgia Tech think about element 79? Mostafa El-Sayed has many uses for gold, including stopping cancer metastasis. In a ScienceTrends article, he proposes gold as a catalyst for electrosynthesis of nitrogen-based fertilizers. By using Au nanoparticles, El-Sayed calculates that the cost of the gold used for synthesis would only 8% of the price of ammonia ($800 per ton of ammonia) that farmers currently purchase in the market. El-Sayed is a professor in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
