How to pull carbon dioxide out of seawater
A new method for removing the greenhouse gas from the ocean could be far more efficient than existing systems for removing it from the air.
Featured video: Investigating our blue ocean planet
Since 1968, the MIT-WHOI Joint Program has provided research and educational opportunities for PhD students seeking to explore the marine world.
Responsive design meets responsibility for the planet’s future
Senior Sylas Horowitz tackles engineering projects with a focus on challenges related to clean energy, climate justice, and sustainable development.
Rescuing small plastics from the waste stream
PhD student Alexis Hocken is working with manufacturers to keep their products from (literally) falling through the cracks in the recycling process.
MIT Solve announces 2023 global challenges and Indigenous Communities Fellowship
More than $1 million in funding available to selected Solver teams and fellows.
To decarbonize the chemical industry, electrify it
Researchers urge industry and the research community to explore electrification pathways to reduce chemical industry emissions.
Blue-sky thinking and the next 150-year chair
MIT students studying advanced product design explored sustainable chair manufacturing and showed their work in a community exhibition space in Venice, California.
Preparing to be prepared
Miho Mazereeuw, an architect of built and natural environments, looks for new ways to get people ready for natural disasters.
Computers that power self-driving cars could be a huge driver of global carbon emissions
Study shows that if autonomous vehicles are widely adopted, hardware efficiency will need to advance rapidly to keep computing-related emissions in check.
Looking to the past to prepare for an uncertain future
Using sand and rock, MIT senior Aviva Intveld tells stories of ancient climates.
A new way to assess radiation damage in reactors
Engineers designed a tool that enables faster measurements of the condition of some nuclear reactor components, potentially extending their lifetimes.
Riddle solved: Why was Roman concrete so durable?
An unexpected ancient manufacturing strategy may hold the key to designing concrete that lasts for millennia.
Sustainable supply chains put the customer first
In his research, Josué C. Velázquez Martínez focuses on logistics sustainability and small firms in emerging markets.
Manufacturing a cleaner future
Startups founded by mechanical engineers are at the forefront of developing solutions to mitigate the environmental impact of manufacturing.
MIT scientists contribute to National Ignition Facility fusion milestone
Unique PSFC-designed spectrometer provides crucial data about the implosion that yielded an historic fusion energy gain.