Lowering emissions without breaking the bank
New research provides a look at how India could meet its climate targets while maintaining economic growth
Experiments show dramatic increase in solar cell output
Method for collecting two electrons from each photon could break through theoretical solar-cell efficiency limit.
How Greentown Labs became the epicenter of clean tech
The incubator’s winding journey to success helped its startup community grow closer while addressing environmental challenges.
MIT class of 2019 witnesses $500 million climate pledge
Michael Bloomberg announces new Beyond Carbon initiative in his Commencement address.
How to speed up the discovery of new solar cell materials
Streamlined system for creating and analyzing perovskite compounds may cut development time from 20 years to two.
3Q: Yet-Ming Chiang on reopening the case of cold fusion
The materials science and engineering professor is part of a multi-institution effort to investigate the possibility of cold fusion in a scientifically rigorous way.
Breakthrough in boiling
High-fidelity simulations by MIT nuclear researchers point the way to optimizing heat transfer in current and next-generation reactors.
Greener, more efficient natural gas filtration
Novel membrane material removes more impurities, without the need for toxic solvents.
MIT receives $30 million to help address energy challenges in Egypt
Award from USAID will support research collaborations through new Center of Excellence in Energy at Ain Shams University in Cairo.
Fine-tuning multiphysics problems
Nuclear science and engineering graduate student Miriam Kreher codes to create better models for complex interactions within nuclear reactors.
Entrepreneur Vinod Khosla: “Focus on the consequences of success”
In David Rose Lecture, Sun Microsystems co-founder urges bold plans to address global challenges.
MIT continues progress toward practical fusion energy
In series of talks, researchers describe major effort to address climate change through carbon-free power.