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
Throughout decades of research on solar cells, one formula has been considered an absolute limit to the efficiency of such devices in converting sunlight into electricity: Called the Shockley-...
Like many Nigerians, MIT graduate student Chidube Ezeozue grew up frustrated by his nation’s erratic electrical grid.
“Electrical outages are a huge problem in Nigeria,” says Ezeozue, who...
“Electrical outages are a huge problem in Nigeria,” says Ezeozue, who...
As an undergraduate engineering student, Zach Hartwig was introduced to the methods, procedures and practices that form an engineer’s toolkit. But, he recalls, his real interest was in “the...
Using exotic particles called quantum dots as the basis for a photovoltaic cell is not a new idea, but attempts to make such devices have not yet achieved sufficiently high efficiency in converting...
Nuclear science and engineering graduate students Leslie Dewan and Mark Massie and recent alum Robert Petroski PhD ’11 have been named to the Forbes "30 Under 30" list in the energy sector for...
Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) and the MIT Industrial Performance Center (MIT-IPC) today announced a national series of regional forums that will bring together business leaders to promote regional...
Lady Barbara Judge has a unique global perspective on nuclear power, combining top-level financial and legal experience with oversight and advisory roles in nuclear energy efforts in the United...
The key to making improvements in the energy landscape for this country, and for the world, is finding better ways to get ideas out of the laboratory and into the marketplace. That was the theme of...
Bringing the concept of an “artificial leaf” closer to reality, a team of researchers at MIT has published a detailed analysis of all the factors that could limit the efficiency of such...
President Barack Obama announced today that he intends to nominate MIT’s Ernest J. Moniz to head the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
Moniz is the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics...
Moniz is the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics...
Some of the most important lessons a student can learn are not taught in a classroom. That’s what Jean Sack, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering, discovered last summer thanks to her...
With the recent launch of MIT’s Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, MIT News examines...
Capping what he called a successful five-year partnership between the Italian energy company Eni and the MIT Energy Initiative, Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni this week enthusiastically renewed his company’s...
Silicon, the material of high-tech devices from computer chips to solar cells, requires a surface coating before use in these applications. The coating “passivates” the material, tying up loose...
This article first appeared in the Autumn 2012 issue of Energy Futures, the...
Increased natural gas production is seen as a crucial step away from the greenhouse gas emissions of coal plants and toward U.S. energy independence. But natural gas wells have problems: Large...
This article first appeared in the Autumn 2012 issue of Energy Futures, the magazine of the MIT...
Like many in the MIT community, Jake Jurewicz has felt a lifelong attraction to engineering. “Growing up, all I ever played with were Legos and Lincoln Logs, things that involved building,” he...
Just days after President Obama called for action on climate change in his second inaugural address, members of Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick’s administration joined energy and environment researchers at...
This article first appeared in the Autumn 2012 issue of Energy Futures, the magazine of the MIT...
Michael Liebreich
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James Watt, who served as Secretary of the Interior from 1981 to 1983, is remembered primarily for a short, business-friendly tenure that ended with his resignation soon after an ill-judged remark...
This article first appeared in the Autumn 2012 issue of Energy Futures, the magazine of...
This article first appeared in the Autumn 2012 issue of Energy Futures, the magazine of...
Valerie Karplus PhD ’11, research scientist, and Sergey Paltsev, assistant director for economic research, both of MIT’s Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, were awarded the...