3 Questions: Secretary Kathleen Theoharides on climate and energy in Massachusetts
Massachusetts Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs discusses the state’s plans to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 and how to get there.
Massachusetts Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs discusses the state’s plans to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 and how to get there.
MIT researchers train a neural network to predict a “boiling crisis,” with potential applications for cooling computer chips and nuclear reactors.
Students in STS.032 (Energy, Environment, and Society) learn about environmental and health consequences of discarded electronics.
2021 Global Change Outlook from the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change shows how more aggressive policies can sharply reduce climate risk.
Study: Using trucks as both storage and means of energy transmission reduces hydrogen supply chain costs and encourages green hydrogen production from variable renewable energy.
Study of Beijing’s car-restriction policy underscores value of regional coordination to meet transportation and emissions goals.
A new material made from carbon nanotubes can generate electricity by scavenging energy from its environment.
Chemical engineering senior Awele Uwagwu works to accelerate the adoption of solar energy in Nigeria.
Whether testing high-field fusion magnets or his own physical endurance, Theo Mouratidis pushes the limits.
The Institute commits to net-zero emissions by 2026, charts course marshaling all of MIT’s capabilities toward decarbonization.
In the Northeast, Canadian hydropower could make it so.
How an MIT engineering course became an incubator for fusion design innovations.
By 2030, 40 percent of vehicles sold in China will be electric; MIT research finds that despite benefits, the cost to consumers and to society will be substantial.
Fifth-year nuclear science and engineering graduate student Arunkumar Seshadri looks to develop materials and fuels that can better withstand the extreme conditions in nuclear reactors.
Symposium highlights ambitious goals of MIT–industry research targeting technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.