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.
Study shows that if autonomous vehicles are widely adopted, hardware efficiency will need to advance rapidly to keep computing-related emissions in check.
Using sand and rock, MIT senior Aviva Intveld tells stories of ancient climates.
Engineers designed a tool that enables faster measurements of the condition of some nuclear reactor components, potentially extending their lifetimes.
An unexpected ancient manufacturing strategy may hold the key to designing concrete that lasts for millennia.
In his research, Josué C. Velázquez Martínez focuses on logistics sustainability and small firms in emerging markets.
Startups founded by mechanical engineers are at the forefront of developing solutions to mitigate the environmental impact of manufacturing.
Unique PSFC-designed spectrometer provides crucial data about the implosion that yielded an historic fusion energy gain.
Professor Koroush Shirvan, who recently won a prestigious award from the American Nuclear Society, pursues avenues to lower the costs of nuclear energy.
At the MIT Energy Initiative Fall Colloquium, Philip R. Sharp highlighted dramatic steps the U.S. government has recently taken to combat climate change.
Health benefits of using wind energy instead of fossil fuels could quadruple if the most polluting power plants are selected for dialing down, new study finds.
MIT Conference on Mining, Environment, and Society convenes academics, industry, policymakers, and NGOs to discuss challenges of supplying the materials for clean energy.
Inaugural WORLDING workshops matched world-class climate story teams with relevant labs and researchers across MIT.
Delegates from MIT attended COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where international climate negotiations went down to the wire.
Battery power from electric vehicles to the grid could open a fast lane to a net-zero future.
Branchlike metallic filaments can sap the power of solid-state lithium batteries. A new study explains how they form and how to divert them.