The race to develop renewable energy technologies
Mechanical engineers rush to develop energy conversion and storage technologies from renewable sources such as wind, wave, solar, and thermal.
Mechanical engineers rush to develop energy conversion and storage technologies from renewable sources such as wind, wave, solar, and thermal.
Following a successful project creating bricks from pulp plant waste in northern India, Elsa Olivetti is looking for ways to repurpose slag produced by the metals industry.
MIT study finds that challenges in measuring and mitigating leakage of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, prove pivotal.
The 2019 MIT EnergyHack presented opportunities for students and companies to collaborate and solve problems facing the energy sector today.
Substituting lumber for materials such as cement and steel could cut building emissions and costs.
MIT symposium looks at the role of advances in storage, solar, nuclear, EVs and more in cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
The $250,000 prize is awarded to six teams of college and university dining programs to bring more local food to campus menus.
Mining materials from the sea floor could help secure a low-carbon future, but researchers are racing to understand the environmental effects.
A specialized silk covering could protect seeds from salinity while also providing fertilizer-generating microbes.
Collaborative process makes space for community, plants, and pollinators alike.
Technological innovations, policies, and behavioral changes will all be needed to reach Paris climate agreement targets.
Techniques for observing concrete as it sets could facilitate the development of new cements.
Recommendations could help companies deliver more useful disclosures to investors on risks they face due to climate change.
Grad student Brandon Leshchinskiy created EarthDNA Ambassadors, an outreach program “for the Earth, for future generations.”
New position to oversee facilities, construction, planning, sustainability, and EHS.