MIT-powered climate resilience solution among top 100 proposals for MacArthur $100 million grant
High-scoring 100&Change applications featured in Bold Solutions Network.
MIT continues to advance toward greenhouse gas reduction goals
Investments in energy efficiency projects, sustainable design elements essential as campus transforms.
Seeding oceans with iron may not impact climate change
Study finds Earth’s oceans contain just the right amount of iron; adding more may not improve their ability to absorb carbon dioxide.
Brainstorming energy-saving hacks on Satori, MIT’s new supercomputer
Three-day hackathon explores methods for making artificial intelligence faster and more sustainable.
Powering the planet
Fikile Brushett and his team are designing electrochemical technology to secure the planet’s energy future.
For cheaper solar cells, thinner really is better
Solar panel costs have dropped lately, but slimming down silicon wafers could lead to even lower costs and faster industry expansion.
Reducing risk, empowering resilience to disruptive global change
Workshop highlights how MIT research can guide adaptation at local, regional, and national scales.
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Students propose plans for a carbon-neutral campus
Students in class 2.S999 (Solving for Carbon Neutrality at MIT) are charged with developing plans to make MIT’s campus carbon neutral by 2060.
Zeroing in on decarbonization
Wielding complex algorithms, nuclear science and engineering doctoral candidate Nestor Sepulveda spins out scenarios for combating climate change.
Pathways to a low-carbon future
A new study looks at how the global energy mix could change over the next 20 years.
Preventing energy loss in windows
Mechanical engineers are developing technologies that could prevent heat from entering or escaping windows, potentially preventing a massive loss of energy.
Bose grants for 2019 reward bold ideas across disciplines
Three innovative research projects in literature, plant epigenetics, and chemical engineering will be supported by Professor Amar G. Bose Research Grants.
The race to develop renewable energy technologies
Mechanical engineers rush to develop energy conversion and storage technologies from renewable sources such as wind, wave, solar, and thermal.
The uncertain role of natural gas in the transition to clean energy
MIT study finds that challenges in measuring and mitigating leakage of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, prove pivotal.
Taking the carbon out of construction with engineered wood
Substituting lumber for materials such as cement and steel could cut building emissions and costs.