Energy
“If one advance could transform America's prospects, it would be ready access, at scale, to a range of affordable, renewable, low-carbon energy technologies. Only one path will lead to such transformative technologies: research.” - Susan Hockfield
Researchers at MIT are seeking to redesign concrete — the most widely used human-made material in the world — by following nature’s blueprints.
In a paper published online in the...
A new approach to the design of a liquid battery, using a passive, gravity-fed arrangement similar to an old-fashioned hourglass, could offer great advantages due to the system’s low cost and the...
In China, coal is king. The source of about 70 percent of the nation’s energy supply, it has long been the engine of the Chinese economy. But the reign of coal, which has the highest carbon...
In a new working paper titled "Carbon pricing under binding political constraints...
A team of MIT researchers has for the first time demonstrated a device based on a method that enables solar cells to break through a theoretically predicted ceiling on how much sunlight they can...
MIT has formally joined the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition, a global partnership of governments, businesses, and civil society...
The MIT campus Main Group buildings, which celebrate their 100th anniversary this year, were a marvel of modern construction when they were designed and built a century ago. But some things have...
How much will your cost of living rise if a price is put on carbon? According to a new study in The...
“Metal production is like cooking,” says C. Cem Tasan. “Sometimes you try to optimize a recipe and find new ingredients to bring in, and sometimes you have a crazy idea — like adding orange to...
The following is adapted from a ...
SustainabilityConnect 2016, the second annual conference sponsored by MIT’s Office of Sustainability, embraced the local and the global...
As it pursues its mission of developing and applying nuclear technology for the benefit of society, MIT’s Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE) has cultivated a tightly integrated...
Students and staff members at MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) have completed their third outreach event in as many weeks. Middle School Outreach Day on May 5, which invites students...
A new and unexpected magnetic effect has taken researchers by surprise, and could open up a new pathway to advanced electronic devices and even robust quantum computer architecture.
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Laptop computer users operating their devices on their laps will be familiar with the heat they generate, which comes from electrical resistance converting waste energy to heat. Scientists dream...
A team of MIT students and alumni won the MIT Clean Energy Prize (CEP) competition on Saturday for creating a “brain” for microgrids, which are smaller, localized versions of traditional power...
One of the most promising ways to combat carbon emissions is to transform those emissions into something useful. Recently,...
MIT Physics Department Senior Research Scientist Jagadeesh S. Moodera was one of the pioneers in the field of spin-polarized magnetic tunnel junctions, which led to a thousand-fold increase in...
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering doctoral student Carolyn Coyle ’13 SM ’16 specializes in the corrosive particle buildup found on primary components of nuclear reactors, known by its...
Vice President for Research Maria Zuber today released a report outlining progress in several key...
The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) has made nine awards totaling $1.3 million under its annual Seed Fund Program....
Signed in December by climate negotiators from around the globe, the Paris Agreement centers on pledges from...
The 2015 Paris Climate Agreement was a vote on behalf of the international community to look to the future and redouble their tandem efforts to combat climate change. Fred Krupp, executive...
Many programs encourage owners of homes and other buildings to improve their energy efficiency, sometimes offering substantial subsidies or tax incentives for doing so. Now, planners may have a...
On Thursday, March 17, members of the MIT community and researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) convened for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Day, an event dedicated to the...