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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.
Historical sign depicting information about Tech Tower

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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.
Tech Tower

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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.…

Matthew McDowell, Associate Professor, Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and SEI Initiative Lead for Energy Storage

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Associate Professor Matthew McDowell has been selected as the next Associate Chair for Research in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical…
The Georgia Tech EcoCommons (Photo by Nick Hubbard)

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The College of Sciences at Georgia Tech has launched Science for Georgia’s Tomorrow, a new center focused on improving the lives of Georgians and…

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Harvard Business School

What’s your area of research and what led you to it? As a climate scholar, I focus on the intersection of technology and public…

Researcher working on battery technology
The Cool Down

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

Transformative Industry: Tim Lieuwen, professor and interim chair, the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech: photo Kevin Garrett.
Georgia Trend

A fleet of innovative new companies working at the limits of advanced technology could reshape the aerospace industry – and…

How to cool down a city - heat map of singapore
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…

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