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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with its Crew Dragon capsule launches from Cape Canaveral, Fla., in January 2024. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images

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There’s a reason why a rocket has to go so fast to escape Earth. It’s about gravity – something all of us experience every moment of every day.
The Energy Department recently finished modernizing the B61-12 nuclear bomb, extending its service life by at least 20 years. Devan Halstead, U.S. Air Force

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The U.S. Department of Energy was created in 1977 by merging two agencies with different missions: the Atomic Energy Commission, which developed,…
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Professor Anna Erickson highlights the reopening of Three Mile Island Unit 1 as a crucial step in meeting the growing energy demands of AI data…
The global ocean’s surface temperature was still well above average going into 2025. Meaghan Skinner Photography/Moment via Getty Images

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In fact, every decade since 1984, when satellite recordkeeping of ocean temperatures started, has been warmer than the previous one.
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Georgia Tech’s Executive Vice President for Research search committee has selected three finalists, each of whom will visit campus.
Portrait of Johney Green, SEI EAB Member

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Johney Green Jr., M.S. ME 1993, Ph.D. ME 2000, has been chosen to serve as the new laboratory director for Savannah River National Laboratory. A…
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The technology's risks appear to be outweighed by its benefits, according to the researchers.
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Rising Tide will welcome researchers for two-year fellowships that are focused on faculty mentoring and skills development to apply for competitive…
Students using handheld portable chemical analysis instrumentation analogous to those used on Mars.

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From deserts in Arizona to salty lakes in Canada, these environments give…

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In October, Georgia Tech’s Strategic Energy Institute (SEI) celebrated its 20th anniversary with campus, government, and industry partners.…

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A portrait of Raheem Beyah is next to an image of a Colonial Pipeline company storage tank.
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On Wednesday’s edition of “Closer Look,” Raheem Beyah, the dean of Georgia Tech’s College of Engineering and the founder…

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

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

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Georgia Tech's Chuanyi Ji leads research on why power restoration after major storms can take so long.

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An editorial piece by Timothy Lieuwen, Seth Marder, and Chaouki T. Abdallah that argues that research universities should re-…

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Wind turbine blades are notoriously difficult to recycle. The Re-Wind Network wants to repurpose them.