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Improved buildings could make a big dent in climate change
New MIT report on concrete buildings shows many areas for major reductions in their lifetime carbon footprint.
School of Architecture + Planning shares top honors in housing competition
Winning teams include students in planning, architecture and real estate
The too-smart-for-its-own-good grid
New technologies intended to boost reliance on renewable energy could destabilize the power grid if they’re not matched with careful pricing policies.
MIT Japan 3/11 Initiative raising funds, awareness
Memorial community center, long-term research are goals of the project
MIT faculty selected to attend NAE's Frontiers of Engineering
Two from CEE and one from EECS to participate in symposium for young engineering innovators.
Kevin Lynch Award presented to Randolph Hester
Landscape architect/sociologist extends Lynch’s legacy
De Weck and co-authors win best paper award
Research grew out of multi-year collaboration between MIT and Xerox
Faster computer graphics
Digitally mimicking the photographic blur caused by moving objects is surprisingly hard, but new research offers ways to make it easier.
‘Artificial leaf’ moves closer to reality
MIT researchers develop a device that combines a solar cell with a catalyst to split water molecules and generate energy.
‘To MIT — 150 more!’
Toast to Tech brings together the Institute community to cap its 150th anniversary celebrations in style.
New battery design could give electric vehicles a jolt
Significant advance in battery architecture could be breakthrough for electric vehicles and grid storage.