Benoit Forget: Unraveling complexities of nuclear reactors
By making detailed simulations of reactor cores, the MIT engineer is helping to advance new designs.
Engaging industry in addressing climate change
At Climate Week conference, MIT Joint Program lays out the 2 degree Celsius challenge for oil and gas producers.
Lourdes Melgar SM '88, PhD '92 named a Wilhelm Fellow at the MIT Center for International Studies
Mexico's former deputy secretary of energy for hydrocarbons will write on Mexican energy reform and research women’s roles in political and social transformation.
How to power up graphene implants without frying cells
New analysis finds way to safely conduct heat from graphene to biological tissues.
Education leaders gather to chart a future for sustainability at universities
International meeting examines progress on campuses, explores goals for coming years.
3Q: Kerry Emanuel on a “Parexit” and the serious risks of climate change
In open letter, 375 National Academy of Sciences members warn against opting out of Paris Agreement.
Drive-by monitoring for urban streetlights
System developed at MIT could automate inspection for efficiency and maintenance issues.
Solve at HUBweek offers local showcase, global springboard for solutions to society’s challenges
Innovators from many sectors to tackle issues involving the digital economy, education, and more.
Sixteen MIT grad students named Siebel Scholars for 2017
MIT graduate students from bioengineering, business, computer science, and energy fields are honored.
Calculating the financial risks of renewable energy
Financial-modeling software for sustainable-infrastructure projects could boost investment in sector.
MIT and French research institutions collaborate on climate-conscious materials
MultiScale Material Science for Energy and Environment research partnership could reduce the carbon footprint of materials such as concrete.
Tiny gold grids yielding secrets
Summer Scholar Justin Cheng explores process in Berggren group for making ordered metal nanostructures that display interesting new properties.
New applications for ultracapacitors
Startup’s energy-storage devices find uses in drilling operations, aerospace applications, electric vehicles.
Designing safe, cheap batteries for grid level storage
Summer Scholar Victoria Yao experiments with water-based, flow-driven battery concept in Brushett Lab.