Researchers find benefits of solar photovoltaics outweigh costs
Over a seven-year period, decline in PV costs outpaced decline in value; by 2017, market, health, and climate benefits outweighed the cost of PV systems.
Startup with MIT roots develops lightweight solar panels
“The inventions and technical advancements of Swift Solar have the opportunity to revolutionize the format of solar photovoltaic technology.”
A layered approach to safety
Using 3D fabrication, researchers develop novel nuclear materials that optimize both accident tolerance and performance.
Controlling plasma and plasma turbulence
After his PhD thesis invalidates an old assumption, Norman Cao wonders what’s next.
Lighting the way to better battery technology
Doctoral candidate Supratim Das wants the world to know how to make longer-lasting batteries that charge mobile phones and electric cars.
Making nuclear energy cost-competitive
Three MIT teams to explore novel ways to reduce operations and maintenance costs of advanced nuclear reactors.
Solar energy farms could offer second life for electric vehicle batteries
Modeling study shows battery reuse systems could be profitable for both electric vehicle companies and grid-scale solar operations.
The quest for practical fusion energy sources
Graduate student Erica Salazar tackles a magnetic engineering challenge.
A scientist turns to entrepreneurship
After delivering novel computational methods for nuclear problems, nuclear science and engineering PhD candidate Pablo Ducru plunges into startup life.
Q&A: Energy studies at MIT and the next generation of energy leaders
Abigail Ostriker ’16 and Addison Stark SM ’10, PhD ’15 share how their experiences with MIT’s energy programs connect them to the global energy community.
Technique could enable cheaper fertilizer production
Chemical engineers take a step toward generating ammonia with small-scale, electrochemical reactors.
Understanding how fluids heat or cool surfaces
Textbook formulas for describing heat flow characteristics, crucial in many industries, are oversimplified, study shows.
Associate Professor Amy Moran-Thomas receives the 2020 Levitan Prize in the Humanities
The award will support the MIT anthropologist's research on the cultural dimensions of climate denialism.
Shedding light on complex power systems
Senior Research Scientist Marija Ilic is making electric energy systems future-ready.