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GEMMA: a Smart Window that Generates Electricity and Regulates the Temperature of Buildings

Researchers at Tec de Monterrey have developed GEMMA, a smart window that integrates solar cells, light control, and thermal insulation to generate electricity and reduce heat entering buildings.
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Guardians of the Mangrove: A Multi-Species Design Project to Protect this Crucial Ecosystem

A project seeks to turn residents and visitors of Bahía de Banderas into mangrove guardians through role-playing games, dialogue, and collaborative art that foster empathy for the species inhabiting this ecosystem.

How Can Mexico Design and Implement Green Industrial Policies? Researchers Examine Case studies

The arrival and growth of industries tied to the energy transition, such as electric mobility, are among the developments that Greening Mexico seeks to understand.
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Decarbonizing Vulnerable Communities in Mexico Through a Participatory Energy Transition

Researchers are helping vulnerable communities in Mexico reduce household carbon emissions through community-led energy transition strategies.
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Fracking in Mexico: Between Energy Urgency and Environmental Costs

The growing demand for electricity and dependence on imported gas are reigniting the debate over fracking in Mexico and its environmental and geological impacts
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Women Transforming Science: Modeling Natural Hazards and Protecting Water

Researchers Blanca Brambila, Rosanna Bonasia and Karina Coronado received the Premio Mujer Tec 2026 for projects that apply science to challenges such as sustainability, water quality and risk management. Their work highlights the growing role of women in STEM, in a context where female leadership in science still faces barriers.
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Heliodome: A Simulator That Replicates Solar Radiation Inside the Lab

The device replicates different types of solar radiation and their thermal and material effects under controlled conditions.
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The experiment that brought Mexican Hass avocados to the Super Bowl

Two researchers from Tec de Monterrey conducted a series of experimental studies that demonstrated the resistance of Hass avocados to pests and changed the course of a multibillion-dollar industry.
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Mapping Cocaine Routes Reveals Colombia’s Hidden Environmental Toll

Researchers at Tecnológico de Monterrey developed a computational model that maps cocaine trafficking routes in Colombia and measures their environmental impact using satellite data.
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Climate Change Financing Ignores Early Childhood, Despite Vulnerability

While global delegations negotiate climate strategies, the missing topic in these conversations is early childhood.
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Climate and Sustainability

Photograph of a building with colorful windows

GEMMA: a Smart Window that Generates Electricity and Regulates the Temperature of Buildings

Researchers at Tec de Monterrey have developed GEMMA, a smart window that integrates solar cells, light control, and thermal insulation to generate electricity and reduce heat entering buildings.
Aerial photograph of a mangrove forest

Guardians of the Mangrove: A Multi-Species Design Project to Protect this Crucial Ecosystem

A project seeks to turn residents and visitors of Bahía de Banderas into mangrove guardians through role-playing games, dialogue, and collaborative art that foster empathy for the species inhabiting this ecosystem.

How Can Mexico Design and Implement Green Industrial Policies? Researchers Examine Case studies

The arrival and growth of industries tied to the energy transition, such as electric mobility, are among the developments that Greening Mexico seeks to understand.
colorful illustration of buildings

Decarbonizing Vulnerable Communities in Mexico Through a Participatory Energy Transition

Researchers are helping vulnerable communities in Mexico reduce household carbon emissions through community-led energy transition strategies.
Illustration Gerardo Castañeda

Fracking in Mexico: Between Energy Urgency and Environmental Costs

The growing demand for electricity and dependence on imported gas are reigniting the debate over fracking in Mexico and its environmental and geological impacts
Illustration about women in science and leadership in STEM research, in reference to the Premio Mujer Tec 2026.

Women Transforming Science: Modeling Natural Hazards and Protecting Water

Researchers Blanca Brambila, Rosanna Bonasia and Karina Coronado received the Premio Mujer Tec 2026 for projects that apply science to challenges such as sustainability, water quality and risk management. Their work highlights the growing role of women in STEM, in a context where female leadership in science still faces barriers.
heliodome

Heliodome: A Simulator That Replicates Solar Radiation Inside the Lab

The device replicates different types of solar radiation and their thermal and material effects under controlled conditions.
A bowl of guacamole on a table.

The experiment that brought Mexican Hass avocados to the Super Bowl

Two researchers from Tec de Monterrey conducted a series of experimental studies that demonstrated the resistance of Hass avocados to pests and changed the course of a multibillion-dollar industry.
llustrated map of Colombia with blue lines showing trafficking routes.

Mapping Cocaine Routes Reveals Colombia’s Hidden Environmental Toll

Researchers at Tecnológico de Monterrey developed a computational model that maps cocaine trafficking routes in Colombia and measures their environmental impact using satellite data.
climate change early childhood

Climate Change Financing Ignores Early Childhood, Despite Vulnerability

While global delegations negotiate climate strategies, the missing topic in these conversations is early childhood.

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