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A cross-section of nano-crystalline bismuth antimony telluride grains, as viewed through transmission electron microscope. Colors highlight the features of each grain of the semiconductor alloy in bulk form. A team of researchers from Boston College and MIT produced a major increase in thermoelectric efficiency after using nanotechnology to structure the material, which is commonly used in industr...

Boston College, MIT researchers achieve dramatic increase in thermoelectric efficiency

Nanotech advance heralds new era in heating, cooling and power generation

March 20, 2008

Team probes mysteries of oceanic bacteria

Wee creatures are key to Earth's environment

March 3, 2008

MIT expert: How to toughen up environmental treaties

February 16, 2008

A member of the Honduran woodcutting cooperative at work in the Biosphere Rio Platano, where they have been logging in a sustainable way under the guidance of the Rainforest Alliance and the State Forestry Administration.

Saving the rainforest with ... toys?

February 13, 2008

MIT to review U.S. energy technology innovation

February 7, 2008

New MIT program aims to monitor air, water quality around the globe

February 5, 2008

MIT Professor Heidi Nepf of civil and environmental engineering is working with scaled physical models of river plants, at right, to understand more precisely how water moves through such plants and their effect on aquatic ecology.

River plants may play major role in health of ocean coastal waters

January 31, 2008

MIT and ABB announce energy research partnership

Five-year, $5-million partnership to help develop green technologies and train graduate students

January 24, 2008

MIT Energy Initiative announces first seed grant winners for energy research

More than $1.6 million to fund projects

January 15, 2008

MIT, Eni announce energy research partnership

Advanced solar program planned

January 15, 2008

Recipients of first round of seed grants for MIT energy research

January 15, 2008

For seawalls, beauty is in the eye of the holder

January 11, 2008

Nicolina Akraboff, left, works on an MIT product engineering course project while Roderick La Foy looks on. The two mechanical engineering seniors were part of a team that sewed discarded, flattened plastic bottles together to create insulation for thin walls in Pakistani homes.

Students unveil eco-product prototypes

December 18, 2007

U.K.'s Stern eyes economic and policy responses to climate change

November 28, 2007

Seven-year-old Juliana Bach uses drops of dye and floating beads to study the pattern of water movement in a shallow basin. Juliana conducted the experiment as part of her dream come true to be a "scientist for a day," enabled by the Make-A-Wish Foundation and MIT. Heidi Nepf, rear, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, came up with a number of experiments for Juliana to do.

MIT hosts Make-A-Wish event

November 16, 2007

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Boston College, MIT researchers achieve dramatic increase in thermoelectric efficiency

Team probes mysteries of oceanic bacteria

MIT expert: How to toughen up environmental treaties

Saving the rainforest with ... toys?

MIT to review U.S. energy technology innovation

New MIT program aims to monitor air, water quality around the globe

River plants may play major role in health of ocean coastal waters

MIT and ABB announce energy research partnership

MIT Energy Initiative announces first seed grant winners for energy research

MIT, Eni announce energy research partnership

Recipients of first round of seed grants for MIT energy research

For seawalls, beauty is in the eye of the holder

Students unveil eco-product prototypes

U.K.'s Stern eyes economic and policy responses to climate change

MIT hosts Make-A-Wish event

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