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Georgia Tech Strategic Energy Institute Executive Director Tim Lieuwen is quoted in this article…

<p>Picture of an empty gasoline pump with a bagged spout and paper signs taped to it. Credit: Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder</p>

Georgia Tech Strategic Energy Institute Executive Director Tim Lieuwen is quoted in this article…

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Emily Grubert, Assistant Professor in the Georgia Tech School of Civil and Environmental…

The cuttlefish contains a porous, layered architecture that simultaneously resists high pressures experienced in the deep sea while remaining lightweight and enabling the cuttlefish to control its buoyancy. The mantis shrimp has a dactyl club that exhibits functionally graded elasticity and hardness that leads to high impact resistance needed for striking its prey.

A mollusk and shrimp are two unlikely marine animals that are playing a very important role in…

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GT Assistant Professor Emily Grubert joins NPR Morning Edition host Noel King to discuss how the…

<p>Global Theromostat’s direct air capture installation in Huntsville, Alabama.</p>

Researchers in Georgia Tech’s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE) are…

A Battery that Powers the Future

It’s hard to believe that before coming to Georgia Tech, Gleb Yushin had never worked with…

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Georgia Tech Professor, and Director of the Center for Distributed Energy, Deepakraj Divan is…

Solid-state batteries are charged and discharged in custom-made hardware designed at Georgia Tech. A smaller, modified version of the cell shown here was used to image these materials during cycling. (Credit: Matthew McDowell)

Using X-ray tomography, a research team has observed the internal evolution of the materials…

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This study explores strategies of the energy sector towards Industrial Data (ID) production and…

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NY Times

Georgia Tech's Brian Stone weighs in on this feature looking at how Singapore could be a model for dampening the effects of climate…

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Business Wire

The Greenhouse Accelerator is announcing the launch of the Georgia Cleantech Innovation Hub, a public-private-academic…

Streets crack under heat because higher temperatures create more space between vibrating molecules, causing the material to expand and deform. Priscila Zambotto/Moment via Getty Images
The Conversation

Not only people need to stay cool, especially in a summer of record-breaking heat waves. Many machines, including cellphones,…

The utility Pacific Gas & Electric acknowledged responsibility for equipment that started the deadly 2018 blaze that burned through Paradise, Calif. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images
The Conversation

Maui County is suing Hawaiian Electric, claiming the utility was negligent for not shutting off power as strong…

Benoit Montreuil speaking to the Axios roundtable group. Credit: Shay Richards for Axios
Axios

On Wednesday, August 23, Axios hosted an Expert Voices roundtable discussion in Atlanta, featuring local leaders and experts in…

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Duke Nicholas Institute

Development of the portal–in collaboration with Georgia Tech and the SETRI network–was recently recognized as part of the White…

After more than 10 years, construction of Plant Vogtle Unit 3 is complete and has achieved full power output. (Courtesy of Georgia Power)
WABE

The first new nuclear reactor built in the U.S. in more than 40 years is now up and running in Waynesboro, Georgia.…

Georgia Tech's iconic Tech Tower with the Atlanta midtown skyline in the background

As more and more people move to metro Atlanta, we have somehow managed to reduce our carbon footprint in the state of Georgia.…

Roads leading to downtown Atlanta
DrawdownGA

Tracking Georgia’s progress toward net zero emissions is now easier and more convenient for local governments, researchers, and…

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Axios Atlanta

Georgia's carbon footprint is shrinking — but our reliance on cars and big SUVs persists. Greenhouse gas emissions declined by…