Cooling homes without warming the planet
The startup Transaera is using a class of materials, advanced by MIT Professor Mircea Dinca for over a decade, to create a more energy-efficient air conditioner.
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MIT engineers make filters from tree branches to purify drinking water
Prototypes tested in India show promise as a low-cost, natural filtration option.
Traveling the world for global health solutions
After studying and working on three continents, senior Andrea Orji now seeks to become a physician, eventually working in Nigeria.
Industry, labor, and education leaders discuss the work of the future
At MIT Forefront, panelists explore ways to prepare workers and improve jobs.
Exploring generations of influence between South Asia and MIT
Oral history project allows MIT students to dig deep into the longstanding connection between the Institute and South Asia.
3 Questions: Claude Grunitzky MBA '12 on launching TRUE Africa University
CIS research affiliate describes his goals in creating a webinar series exploring sustainable development in Africa.
King Climate Action Initiative announces new research to test and scale climate solutions
Research is part of a $25 million effort to generate evidence on the real-world effectiveness of policies and programs at the intersection of poverty and climate change.
Fight or flight? Why individuals react as they do
Political science graduate student Aidan Milliff finds differences in how people in similar situations respond to threats of violence.
Meet the research scientists behind MITEI’s Electric Power Systems Center
Team brings diverse backgrounds and expertise to address technology and policy challenges for the clean energy transition.
The sound of a global MIT
MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives launches MISTI Radio, a cross-platform podcast that connects MIT to the world.
Reducing inequality across the globe and on campus
Through research and student leadership, senior Orisa Coombs is tackling problems including water scarcity, food insecurity, and racial injustice.
Foreign policy advice: Don’t look back
The Biden administration must navigate a new set of global challenges, experts say in MIT panel discussion.
Connecting machines in remote regions
Skylo, co-founded by an MIT alumnus, is transforming fishing, farming, and shipping with an inexpensive network for transmitting data through satellites.
Robust artificial intelligence tools to predict future cancer
Researchers created a risk-assessment algorithm that shows consistent performance across datasets from US, Europe, and Asia.
Rock magnetism uncrumples the Himalayas’ complex collision zone
MIT EAPS researchers find the impressive mountain range formed over a series of impacts, not a single event, as previously thought.