MIT ‘cheetah’ robot rivals running animals in efficiency
Robot’s custom-designed electric motors are powerful and efficient.
Robot’s custom-designed electric motors are powerful and efficient.
MIT researchers find vehicle efficiency standards are at least six times more costly than a tax on fuel.
Much energy is wasted heating and cooling indoor spaces when no one or almost no one is present. Now, MIT researchers have used their own campus to demonstrate a means of measuring that energy/occupancy mismatch.
Work aims to make the Institute more energy-efficient and to influence design standards in the construction industry.
Karplus, Paltsev honored for their study on the impacts of vehicle efficiency standards.
MIT researchers show merits of a carbon tax.
MIT researchers find that lubricated, nanotextured surfaces improved performance of condensers in power and desalination plants.
New methods and software developed at MIT can predict optimal paths for automated underwater vehicles.
Economist Christopher Knittel uncovers surprising facts about the cars we drive — and about the price of gas.
Automakers have made great strides in fuel efficiency in recent decades — but the mileage numbers of individual vehicles have barely increased. An MIT economist explains the conundrum.
A megawatt saved is better than a megawatt made, and there are plenty of ways to save energy without sacrifice.