MIT-led teams win National Science Foundation grants to research sustainable materials
The teams will work toward sustainable microchips and topological materials as well as socioresilient materials design.
Fiber “barcodes” can make clothing labels that last
Drawing inspiration from butterfly wings, reflective fibers woven into clothing could reshape textile sorting and recycling.
Engaging enterprises with the climate crisis
John Sterman brings workshops with management flight simulators to businesses working toward environmental sustainability.
Titanic robots make farming more sustainable
MIT alumnus-founded FarmWise uses autonomous machines to snip weeds while preserving crops, eliminating the need for herbicides.
Creating the steps to make organizational sustainability work
MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative Director Jason Jay helps organizations decide on and implement their sustainability goals.
Study: Carbon-neutral pavements are possible by 2050, but rapid policy and industry action are needed
Analyses show stakeholders of all levels must get involved in decarbonizing pavements to reach climate goals.
A more sustainable way to generate phosphorus
MIT chemists found a way to cut the carbon footprint of producing white phosphorus, an ingredient in many consumer products.
Rescuing small plastics from the waste stream
PhD student Alexis Hocken is working with manufacturers to keep their products from (literally) falling through the cracks in the recycling process.
To decarbonize the chemical industry, electrify it
Researchers urge industry and the research community to explore electrification pathways to reduce chemical industry emissions.
Blue-sky thinking and the next 150-year chair
MIT students studying advanced product design explored sustainable chair manufacturing and showed their work in a community exhibition space in Venice, California.
Riddle solved: Why was Roman concrete so durable?
An unexpected ancient manufacturing strategy may hold the key to designing concrete that lasts for millennia.
Manufacturing a cleaner future
Startups founded by mechanical engineers are at the forefront of developing solutions to mitigate the environmental impact of manufacturing.
Pursuing a practical approach to research
Professor Koroush Shirvan, who recently won a prestigious award from the American Nuclear Society, pursues avenues to lower the costs of nuclear energy.
Mining for the clean energy transition
MIT Conference on Mining, Environment, and Society convenes academics, industry, policymakers, and NGOs to discuss challenges of supplying the materials for clean energy.
A breakthrough on “loss and damage,” but also disappointment, at UN climate conference
Delegates from MIT attended COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where international climate negotiations went down to the wire.