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AP News

Matthew McDowell, associate professor of engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, said…

Chunks of ice with distinctive melting patterns at the water line, float in a cluster near Antarctica.
Wired

Alexander Robel, assistant professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences who leads…

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AJC

Suniva had been growing rapidly since its 2007 founding at Georgia Tech. The company filed…

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SciTechDaily

Researchers from Georgia Tech's McDowell Lab are developing high-energy-density batteries using…

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BBC Future

Helen Anne Curry, a Georgia Tech professor in the School of History and Sociology, talks about…

Researcher working on battery technology
The Cool Down

Georgia Tech researcher Gleb Yushin is quoted about recent innovations in battery technology.

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The New York Times

Georgia Tech's Brian Stone weighs in on this feature looking at how Singapore could be a model…

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CleanTechnica

Matthew McDowell's lab at Georgia Tech is using aluminum foil to create batteries with higher…

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The Conversation

Srinivas Garimella from Georgia Tech and Matthew Hughes from MIT write about the vulnerability…

Associated Press

SEI executive director, Tim Lieuwen, comments on the Department of Energy's largest investment…

News Listings

Collage of four images taken at the New York Climate Exchange 2025 events with Georgia Tech participants.

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Across five New York Climate Exchange partner events, the Georgia Tech community demonstrated something essential: Georgia Tech bridges research and…
Rampi Ramprasad

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The project addresses one of the world’s most pressing challenges in sustainability: eliminating plastic waste.
Drawdown dashboard

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The climate solutions tracker features a county-by-county breakdown of which technologies could most benefit the environment.
A tractor applying lime

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Liming, a centuries-old agricultural practice, can improve crop yield and greenhouse gas reduction.
stock image of people planting trees in a forest

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Agriculture is the largest cause of deforestation. So, it follows that forest expansion efforts would displace agriculture — but new research from…
Georgia Tech intern Morgan Hale and Lifecyle Building Center Executive Director Shannon Goodman stand in a warehouse.

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Georgia Tech interns fuel high-impact sustainability ventures throughout Atlanta, from insect farms to salvaged building materials.
three seashells

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Researchers from Georgia Tech have created a material inspired by seashells to help improve the process of recycling plastics and make the resulting…
Farhan and Farshid Khan in the lab

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Environmental Engineering graduate students Farhan Khan and Farshid Khan are passionate about providing access to clean water. They have a lot in…
Nicole Kennard holds a young chicken.

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Kennard supports faculty in building meaningful and co-creative research partnerships with local communities.
Server room in data center

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Georgia’s booming data center industry brings economic promise and environmental pressure. Researchers say innovation and local action can tip the…