Three Georgia Tech researchers working together in the lab on cancer research
November 20, 2025
Georgia Tech Ranked No. 7 Globally in Interdisciplinary Science Rankings
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Georgia Tech has been ranked 7th in the world in the 2026 Times Higher Education Interdisciplinary Science Rankings

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Biobased film for packaging
November 4, 2025
Researchers Develop Biobased Film that Could Replace Traditional Plastic Packaging
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Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a biologically based film made from natural ingredients found in plants, mushrooms, and food waste that can block moisture and oxygen as effectively as conventional plastics

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Tiny helices emerge during a phase separation process, offering clues about how life's building blocks may have first developed a preference for one 'handed' form over another. (Credit: Jong-Hoon Lee, Ziming Wang, Ying Diao)
October 16, 2025
Researchers Discover Spontaneous Chirality in Conjugated Polymers
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A surprising behavior, overlooked for decades, could pave the way for development of a new class of energy-efficient electronics inspired by nature.

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cover of the 2023-2030 Sustainability Next Plan
October 7, 2025
BBISS Announces 2025 Sustainability Next Seed Grant Recipients
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The seed grant program reaches many faculty members from a diverse array of disciplines due to the generous support provided by broad-based partnerships in addition to the Sustainability Next funds.

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Headshots of Matthew McDowell and Ryan Lively
September 9, 2025
Georgia Tech Researchers Named Finalists for Prestigious Blavatnik Science Awards
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Ryan Lively and Matthew McDowell are recognized for pioneering work in sustainable chemical engineering and advanced battery technologies.

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Abstract design in yellows, blue, orange and pink on a puckered blue and white background.
September 6, 2025
Cutting-edge Paper Artists Exhibit at Paper Museum
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Legacies in Paper showcases artwork by Nancy Cohen, Sara Garden Armstrong, and Helen Hiebert

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HyunJoo Oh
September 5, 2025
Atlanta Youth to Design ‘Future of Paper’ Exhibit at Papermaking Museum
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Paper-based electronics and student scientists

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Rampi Ramprasad
September 4, 2025
Rampi Ramprasad Awarded $2 Million Grant to Pioneer AI-Driven Recyclable Packaging Materials Design
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The project addresses one of the world’s most pressing challenges in sustainability: eliminating plastic waste.

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Ahmed Yunus and Yongsheng Chen working with a wastewater reactor system in the lab.
July 10, 2025
‘Biochar’ Can Naturally Clean the Pollution that Rain Washes Off Georgia’s Roads
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A new study shows how the material made from leaves and branches that collect on forest floors can be mixed with local soil to filter out road grime before it reaches waterways.

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Angshuman Guin (a male professor wearing a black suit) sits at a desk in front of two monitors displaying data
June 26, 2025
The Slow and the Furious: The Researcher Driven to Curb Atlanta’s Soul-Crushing Commute
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An engineer’s unexpected path to Georgia Tech is paved with detours, data, and a dose of humor.

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Georgia Tech logo on a graduation cap.
June 25, 2025
Georgia Tech Tops Princeton Review’s Best Value List
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The Institute earned the recognition for the third consecutive year.

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A diagram showing how the atoms are connected in the praseodymium compound (left); a chart showing the most important electron interactions (right).
June 24, 2025
Georgia Tech Researchers Make an Elemental Discovery
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New Oxidation State for a Rare Earth Element Could Advance Quantum and Electronic Devices

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