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Images of a light bulb, solar panels, and batteries
Energy is everywhere, affecting everything, all the time. And it can be manipulated and converted into the kind of energy that we depend on as a…
Participants of the 2024 Georgia Partnerships for Essential Minerals (GEMs) Workshop held on February 2, 2024
Demand for critical minerals and rare earth elements is rapidly increasing as the world accelerates toward clean energy transitions. Concerns…
Portrait of Emma Blandford
Emma Blandford is the Program & Portfolio Manager for Sustainability Next, an initiative outlined in Georgia Tech’s strategic plan which seeks to…
Researchers working in one of Georgia Tech's space labs
Some Georgia Tech researchers solve cosmic mysteries such as how supermassive black holes were born — and others now are getting a better, sharper…
Overhead view of the Re-Wind crew doing structural testing on a decommissioned wind turbine blade bridge on an industrial lot.
Pioneering a new recycling approach led to a big win for Re-Wind USA, a Georgia Tech research team led by Russell Gentry. The team has…
Astronaut floating in space with Earth behind them
Humans have looked to the stars for guidance for thousands of years — and when it comes to questions of sustainability, the practice is no different…
3D illustration of diamond-shaped perovskite structure in longs rows stacked in two layers.
Georgia Tech materials engineers have unraveled the mechanism that causes degradation of a promising new material for solar cells — and they’ve…
EAS graduate students sample water during a November trip to Puerto Rico: (From L to R) Sharissa Thompson, Tatiana Gibson, Dru Ann Harris. (Photo Frances Rivera-Hernández.)
The Kendeda Building Advisory Board has awarded 12 micro research grants ($50 – $500) for sustainability-related, small-scale, short-term…
Montage of portraits of the inaugural class of BBISS Graduate Fellows. L to R, top to bottom, Bettina Arkhurst, Katherine Duchesneau, Marjorie Hall, Meaghan McSorley, Udita Ringania, Ioanna Maria Spyrou, Yilun 'Elon' Zha.
The first cohort of the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems (BBISS) Graduate Fellows published an article in the open-access, peer-reviewed…
Outline of the state of Georgia on a dark blue background with the image of the sun shining through a tree inside the outline of the state.
Georgia Tech researchers have spent years diving deep into climate solutions for Georgia. Now, the state Department of Natural Resources’…