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

June 22, 2015

The latest buzz in the information technology industry regards “the Internet of things” — the idea that vehicles, appliances, civil-engineering structures, manufacturing equipment, and even...

June 22, 2015

The latest buzz in the information technology industry regards “the Internet of things” — the idea that vehicles, appliances, civil-engineering structures, manufacturing equipment, and even...

June 18, 2015

Researchers from MIT and Tsinghua University in Beijing are collaborating to bring new insights into how China — now the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide (CO2) — can reverse the rising...

June 18, 2015

Researchers from MIT and Tsinghua University in Beijing are collaborating to bring new insights into how China — now the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide (CO2) — can reverse the rising...

June 17, 2015

This summer, nuclear fusion researchers at MIT and Germany’s Max Planck Institute will learn more about what’s going on inside their reactors, thanks in part to the accomplishments of two first-...

June 17, 2015

This summer, nuclear fusion researchers at MIT and Germany’s Max Planck Institute will learn more about what’s going on inside their reactors, thanks in part to the accomplishments of two first-...

June 17, 2015

To overcome the danger of fires and increase the energy density of lithium batteries, researchers are developing solid-state lithium batteries that replace flammable liquid electrolytes with a...

June 17, 2015

To overcome the danger of fires and increase the energy density of lithium batteries, researchers are developing solid-state lithium batteries that replace flammable liquid electrolytes with a...

June 10, 2015

The air around us is a chaotic superhighway of molecules whizzing through space and constantly colliding with each other at speeds of hundreds of miles per hour. Such erratic molecular behavior is...

June 10, 2015

The air around us is a chaotic superhighway of molecules whizzing through space and constantly colliding with each other at speeds of hundreds of miles per hour. Such erratic molecular behavior is...

June 01, 2015

Whether he's tackling thermodynamics and kinetics of batteries, modeling solid-state dewetting, or undertaking an artistic collaboration, MIT Professor ...

June 01, 2015

Whether he's tackling thermodynamics and kinetics of batteries, modeling solid-state dewetting, or undertaking an artistic collaboration, MIT Professor ...

June 01, 2015

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected Professor Yogesh Surendranath for a 2015...

June 01, 2015

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected Professor Yogesh Surendranath for a 2015...

June 01, 2015

Today’s computer chips pack billions of tiny transistors onto a plate of silicon within the width of a fingernail. Each transistor, just tens of nanometers wide, acts as a switch that, in concert...

June 01, 2015

Today’s computer chips pack billions of tiny transistors onto a plate of silicon within the width of a fingernail. Each transistor, just tens of nanometers wide, acts as a switch that, in concert...

May 29, 2015

Most of the world’s electricity-producing power plants — whether powered by coal, natural gas, or nuclear fission — make electricity by generating steam that turns a turbine. That steam then is...

May 29, 2015

Most of the world’s electricity-producing power plants — whether powered by coal, natural gas, or nuclear fission — make electricity by generating steam that turns a turbine. That steam then is...

May 20, 2015

After tinkering for months with thousands of lines of computer code, Benjamin L. Magolan believes he is finally getting somewhere: “I’ve had a breakthrough with my implementation and now...

May 20, 2015

After tinkering for months with thousands of lines of computer code, Benjamin L. Magolan believes he is finally getting somewhere: “I’ve had a breakthrough with my implementation and now...

May 13, 2015

A team that aims to drastically boost the efficiency of computing with silicon chips that move data using light — not electricity — took home both grand prizes at Monday night’s MIT Clean Energy...

May 13, 2015

A team that aims to drastically boost the efficiency of computing with silicon chips that move data using light — not electricity — took home both grand prizes at Monday night’s MIT Clean Energy...

May 11, 2015

Mention the economy of the United Arab Emirates to people from outside the region, and the first word that may come to their minds is “oil.” But today, the UAE is striving to change that initial...

May 11, 2015

Mention the economy of the United Arab Emirates to people from outside the region, and the first word that may come to their minds is “oil.” But today, the UAE is striving to change that initial...

May 07, 2015

In many developing countries, using solid fuels in open fires for cooking and heating creates everyday health concerns, right in the home. 

The World Health Organization (WHO)...

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