Ocean vital signs
MIT scientists hope to deploy a fleet of drones to get a better sense of how much carbon the ocean is absorbing, and how much more it can take.
MIT scientists hope to deploy a fleet of drones to get a better sense of how much carbon the ocean is absorbing, and how much more it can take.
Faculty leaders detail promising technologies, materials, and methods that could help unlock a low-carbon future in sectors where emissions are hardest to cut.
When it comes to carbon storage, some MIT scientists think the best solution is to find the fastest way to turn carbon into rock.
Faculty leaders describe their efforts to develop potentially game-changing tools.
Postdoc Francesco Benedetti strives to make a positive impact — from helping to form supportive student groups to tackling industrial energy waste.
A new cleaning method could remove dust on solar installations in water-limited regions, improving overall efficiency.
A new approach enables architects to use discarded tree forks as load-bearing joints in their structures.
The computer-vision technique behind these maps could help avoid contrail production, reducing aviation’s climate impact.
Faculty leaders discuss the opportunities and obstacles in developing, scaling, and implementing their work rapidly.
Growing demand for an energy transition could move the needle, but not far enough.
Thirty-six million people in the U.S. use an energy system developed by a handful of activists in the 1990s. An MIT scholar examines this unusual story.
A subset of the finalists will be announced as multiyear flagship projects this spring.
Through MIT’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, students explore research topics relevant to their own interests, the MCSC, and member companies.
Loci Controls, founded by two MIT alumni, helps landfill operators capture more of the potent greenhouse gas.
New MITEI consortium focuses on speeding the energy transition, engaging with industrial leaders to deploy clean energy advances at scale.