Ecology and environment
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Research for Industries (RFI) Lecture Series: Matthew Realff & Christopher Jones
Out of thin air: Direct Air Capture of carbon dioxide to walk our carbon footprint backwards It is likely that to avert temperature increases greater than 1.5C society will need negative emission technologies – the…
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Microsoft Research 2021 Global PhD Fellowship Recipients
Meet some of 2021 global PhD Fellowship recipients from around the world.
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Project Zerix
Transitioned | By exploring new biological and chemical circularity pathways, Project Zerix aims to achieve net-zero embodied carbon and net-zero waste in our datacenters and beyond — eliminating environmental impacts that pose threats to the…
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Vasudha
Vasudha is a collection of projects that offer AI and IoT-enabled technology solutions to drive sustainability goals. This includes developing Vision AI algorithms for solar panel quality assurance or optimization and multi-agent simulations for renewable…
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Carbon Capture and Storage
In accordance with Microsoft’s pledge of reaching carbon negativity by 2030 and along with several promising avenues such as Energy 2.0 and agricultural carbon sequestration, we are actively contributing research towards enabling CCS as a…