Topic
Environment
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A steward for ocean research and climate health
Raffaele Ferrari honored with School of Science Ally of Nature Fund Award.
April 19, 2019 -
Robots that can sort recycling
CSAIL’s "RoCycle" system uses in-hand sensors to detect if an object is paper, metal or plastic.
April 16, 2019 -
Earliest life may have arisen in ponds, not oceans
Study finds shallow bodies of water were probably more suitable for Earth’s first life forms.
April 12, 2019 -
Engineers develop concept for hybrid heavy-duty trucks
Long-haul trucks with electric motors combined with gas-alcohol engines could slash pollution levels and greenhouse gases.
April 9, 2019 -
Center for Environmental Health Sciences announces 2019 call for pilot project proposals
Proposals are invited for basic and translational environmental health sciences research.
April 3, 2019 -
Machine learning identifies links between world’s oceans
Maike Sonnewald adapts a method that identifies areas of the global ocean with similar physics, revealing global dynamical regimes.
March 20, 2019 -
Tectonics in the tropics trigger Earth’s ice ages, study finds
Major tectonic collisions near the equator have caused three ice ages in the last 540 million years.
March 14, 2019 -
Solve launches 2019 global challenges
Anyone can submit tech-based solution applications until July 1.
March 4, 2019 -
Leventhal City Prize seeks to spark transformative urban design and planning approaches
New prize honors legendary developer and philanthropist Norman B. Leventhal.
February 20, 2019 -
Local rocks can yield more crops
J-WAFS-funded MIT research team shows a new method of fertilizer production can better suit the needs of farms in Africa and around the globe.
February 12, 2019 -
New technique pinpoints milestones in the evolution of bacteria
Results show bacterial genomes provide “shadow history” of animal evolution.
February 7, 2019 -
Pitching transformative design
Undergraduates put their ideas on the line in a competition showcasing novel, consequential applications of nuclear science and engineering.
February 5, 2019 -
Study: Much of the surface ocean will shift in color by end of 21st century
Climate-driven changes in phytoplankton communities will intensify the blue and green regions of the world’s oceans.
February 4, 2019 -
Study evaluates China’s progress in establishing accounting measures to reinforce its Paris pledge
Firms learn from experience in the measurement, reporting, and verification of carbon emissions under China’s emissions trading systems.
February 1, 2019 -
In China, a link between happiness and air quality
Moods expressed on social media tend to decline when air pollution gets worse, study finds.
January 21, 2019 -
Tackling greenhouse gases
Faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering are developing technologies that store, capture, convert, and minimize greenhouse gas emissions.
January 7, 2019 -
A “pacemaker” for North African climate
Study shows the Sahara swung between lush and desert conditions every 20,000 years, in sync with monsoon activity.
January 2, 2019 -
Exploring New England's coastal ecosystems in the dead of winter
Independent Activities Period class explores the role coastal ecosystems play in protecting the environment and how climate change has affected them.
December 27, 2018 -
Oil and water: Studying pressing environmental dilemmas in the Middle East
Visiting Assistant Professor Maryam Rashed Alshehhi models a region with freshwater shortages, oil spills, and frequent dust storms.
December 26, 2018 -
Modeling climate risk where it hits home
A new MIT-led study projects a dramatic increase in annual high-heat days in the U.S. Northeast by the century’s end.
December 20, 2018