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April 21, 2026

Georgia Is Building for an AI Future That May Not Happen

3 min read

The state is spending $16 billion to power data centers that could be obsolete in seven years. Two Georgia Tech researchers say residents will pay for that gamble either way.

April 20, 2026

The Hidden Language of Life’s Early Proteins

4 min read

Life’s first alphabet was likely small — but surprisingly powerful.

A group of 15 round metal tags of various shapes and a penny to show the tags are smaller.

April 20, 2026

Batteries Not Included, or Required, for These Smart Home Sensors

1 min read

Engineering and computing researchers create simple metal tags with unique ultrasonic fingerprints to detect door openings and other movements.

April 20, 2026

The Physics of Brain Development: How Cells Pull Together to Form the Neural Tube

3 min read

Georgia Tech researchers demonstrated the mechanics behind neural tube closure, which can lead to severe or fatal birth defects if unsuccessful.

Graph showing supply demand of crude oil with price plotted in the Y axis and quantity in million barrels per day in the X axis during the months of Feb-April 2026.

April 20, 2026

When oil prices spike, where does the money go?

5 min read

Georgia Tech–affiliated energy and trade economists describe how higher oil prices don’t just hurt consumers—they also shift enormous amounts of money to oil producers, with impacts varying by region, ownership, and government policy.

Ground‑mounted solar panel array in the foreground with wind turbines and large battery storage units visible in the background under a cloudy sky.

April 17, 2026

Frontiers of Weatherization

2 min read

A recent review published in Energy Research & Social Science by EPIcenter public policy affiliates – Ryan Anthony, Brian An, Marilyn A. Brown, Michelle Graff, and Daniel C. Matisoff – examines five decades of low-income weatherization program evaluations

David Hu and his students run an experimental composting unit within a greenhouse on top of a building on Georgia Tech's campus.

April 17, 2026

Doing the Dirty Work of Sustainability

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Georgia Tech researchers and students are advancing campus sustainability by using black soldier fly larvae to quickly convert food waste into an organic, nutrient-rich fertilizer. The hands-on project offers a fast, low-waste alternative to traditional composting, reduces greenhouse gas emissions, and gives students firsthand experience with the practical — and often messy — work required to make sustainability solutions scale.

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April 17, 2026

Researchers Survey the Challenges of Integrating Wind and Solar Into Power Grids

3 min read

New interdisciplinary research highlights how engineering, economics, and policy experts must work together to manage intermittent renewable energy.

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April 16, 2026

RBI Announces New Fellowships, Expanding Interdisciplinary Reach

3 min read

The Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI) has announced its newest cohort of 12 fellowship projects, an expansion that reflects both growing interest and a broader vision for bioproducts research at Georgia Tech.

April 16, 2026

Inside RBI’s Labs: John Xu Advances More Efficient, Sustainable Papermaking

1 min read

Hanjiang (John) Xu serves as director of the Multiphase Forming Lab at Georgia Tech’s Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI), where he leads efforts to advance more efficient and sustainable approaches to paper formation.

April 15, 2026

This New Tool Makes AI’s Role in Student Writing Visible

4 min read

Created by Georgia Tech researchers, DraftMarks reveals how AI shapes the writing process and offers a new way to assess learning in the age of generative AI.

Photo of Rallming Yang in a lab holding a syringe

April 15, 2026

Inside RBI’s Labs: Rallming Yang’s Work Supporting Industry and Biomass Research

2 min read

Georgia Tech’s Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI) supports industry and research partners through a range of testing and analysis services—and much of that work runs through the labs led by Rallming Yang, a senior research scientist at the institute.

April 15, 2026

Vision AI Models Improve Decision Making in Manufacturing, Energy, and Finance

4 min read

Georgia Tech researchers have developed Diffusion-DFL, the first decision-focused learning model built on diffusion AI technology. It uses the same engineering behind image generators to help industries make more accurate, lower-cost planning decisions.

April 15, 2026

John Xu Leads Research on Sustainable Papermaking at RBI

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April 15, 2026

This New Tool Makes AI’s Role in Student Writing Visible

4 min read

Created by Georgia Tech researchers, DraftMarks reveals how AI shapes the writing process and offers a new way to assess learning in the age of generative AI.

April 14, 2026

Georgia Tech Hosts Third Annual Crane Safety Research Center Meeting

1 min read

The two-day event showcased student research, innovations in advancing tower crane safety.

April 13, 2026

Georgia Universities and U.K. Partners Strengthen Collaboration on Critical Minerals at GEMS‑4 Symposium

4 min read

In February, the Georgia Institute of Technology, together with the University of Georgia, Georgia State University, the Georgia Mining Association, and the British Consulate‑General Atlanta, hosted the fourth GEMs workshop.

Karen Rommelfanger smiling in a warmly lit room. A window and brick wall are visible behind her.

April 13, 2026

Georgia Tech Welcomes a Neuroethics Pioneer

5 min read

As brain interfacing tools move out of the lab and into everyday life, Karen Rommelfanger is bringing her global neuroethics expertise to Georgia Tech to prepare the next generation of ethical innovators.

A man typing on a computer. There is a hovering screen hovering over his hands that says "Vibe Coding"

April 13, 2026

Bad Vibes: AI-Generated Code is Vulnerable, Researchers Warn

4 min read

Researchers at the Georgia Tech School of Cybersecurity and Privacy are uncovering a growing risk in modern software development: vulnerabilities introduced by AI-generated code.

A yellow star shape is shown next to a microscope image of an artificial cell colony that has been directed to form the shape of a star.

April 10, 2026

Researchers Use Light to Make Their Microscopic ‘Muscle’ Contract on Command

2 min read

Engineers interested in creating artificial cells to deliver drugs to unhealthy parts of the body face a key challenge: for a cell-like system to move, change shape, or divide, it needs a way to generate force on command.