Symposium calls for science-based climate action
Experts examine how MIT can be most effective in addressing climate-change issues.
Experts examine how MIT can be most effective in addressing climate-change issues.
MIT professor uses operations research and optimization modeling to investigate topics from traffic flows to subsidies for green energy technologies.
Results may help improve efficiency of solar cells, energy-harvesting devices.
At MIT’s Tata Center for Technology and Design, researchers are exploring ways to extend electricity access to rural communities in India using microgrids.
Solving a longstanding mystery, MIT experiments reveal two forms of turbulence interacting.
Model that predicts time from gate departure to takeoff could cut airport congestion, fuel waste.
MOSAIC award spurs MIT research into concentrator solar cells that can run in shade and full sun with power control and wavelength separation.
Researchers combine the warm look of traditional light bulbs with 21st-century energy efficiency.
Material could harvest sunlight by day, release heat on demand hours or days later.
New device could provide electrical power source from walking and other ambient motions.
Researchers are examining measures to ensure a reliable future power system.
"2015 Energy and Climate Outlook" sees international COP21 climate conference as progress, with more work ahead.