MIT engineers create an energy-storing supercapacitor from ancient materials
Made of cement, carbon black, and water, the device could provide cheap and scalable energy storage for renewable energy sources.
3 Questions: What’s it like winning the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition?
The founders of MIT spinout Active Surfaces describe their thin-film solar technology and their experience winning this year’s $100K.
Addressing food insecurity in arid regions with an open-source evaporative cooling chamber design
Less expensive than refrigerated cold rooms, this cooling chamber offers accessible cold storage for smallholder farmers.
Cutting urban carbon emissions by retrofitting buildings
Study shows that cities’ plans often won’t achieve their goals, but decarbonizing the local grid could make the difference.
MIT welcomes Brian Deese as its next Institute Innovation Fellow
The former senior advisor to two U.S. presidents will focus on how to advance U.S. industrial strategy and address climate change.
Chemists discover why photosynthetic light-harvesting is so efficient
The disorganized arrangement of the proteins in light-harvesting complexes is the key to their extreme efficiency.
Panel addresses technologies needed for a net-zero future
Critical needs for curbing greenhouse gases include non-fossil fuel aviation, buildings, electric grids, industrial processes, and the potential of fusion power.
A new mathematical “blueprint” is accelerating fusion device development
New research explores how Dyson maps are putting quantum computers to work in designing fusion energy devices.
Powering the future in Mongolia
Through coursework, intercollegiate collaboration, and a site visit, MIT students fuse engineering and anthropology to propose innovative energy solutions.
Arina Khotimsky ’23 awarded 2023 Michel David-Weill Scholarship
The award will support a master’s degree in international relations, the next step in Khotimsky’s planned career in international energy negotiations or policy.
Embracing life’s surprises
Unexpected experimental results often give Associate Professor Cem Tasan new insights into how metals break and deform — and how to design damage-resistant alloys.
Tackling the MIT campus’s top energy consumers, building by building
A full-building energy efficiency project aims to reduce total campus emissions by 2 percent.
Understanding boiling to help the nuclear industry and space missions
Florian Chavagnat seeks to answer fundamental questions about heat transfer that will shape the success of nuclear power plants — and extended missions in space.
MIT junior Anushree Chaudhuri named 2023 Udall Scholar
Udall Foundation Scholarship honors public service commitment to environmental issues.
Six ways MIT is taking action on climate
A variety of recent events highlighted efforts by faculty, staff, and students to make a difference today.