Shrinking deep learning’s carbon footprint
Through innovation in software and hardware, researchers move to reduce the financial and environmental costs of modern artificial intelligence.
What’s the best way to cut vehicle greenhouse-gas emissions?
Study finds that in some locations, lightweight gas-powered cars could have a bigger emissions-reducing impact than electric ones.
Turning desalination waste into a useful resource
Process developed at MIT could turn concentrated brine into useful chemicals, making desalination more efficient.
Bringing neural networks to cellphones
Method for modeling neural networks’ power consumption could help make the systems portable.
Internet of things: Let the avatars talk to each other
Sanjay Sarma has focused his research on new uses for RFID and security for the internet of things.
Solstice wins MIT Clean Energy Prize with efficient metering for developing nations
Technology will give Nigerian households greater control over energy consumption.
Energy-efficient design
MIT researchers are helping architects optimize both design and energy efficiency.
Study: Technological progress alone won’t stem resource use
Researchers find no evidence of an overall reduction in the world’s consumption of materials.
Batch desalination configuration bests standard reverse osmosis approach
Researchers develop a new way to create more clean water with less energy, thanks to clever timing.
A new twist on airplane wing design
“Morphing” wing could enable more efficient plane manufacturing and flight.
Engaging industry in addressing climate change
At Climate Week conference, MIT Joint Program lays out the 2 degree Celsius challenge for oil and gas producers.
Toward tiny, solar-powered sensors
New ultralow-power circuit improves efficiency of energy harvesting to more than 80 percent.
MIT and UC Berkeley launch energy-efficiency research project
The E2e Project aims to give decision-makers real-world evidence on the most cost-effective ways to reduce energy and emissions.
MIT ‘cheetah’ robot rivals running animals in efficiency
Robot’s custom-designed electric motors are powerful and efficient.
The case of the missing gas tax
MIT researchers find vehicle efficiency standards are at least six times more costly than a tax on fuel.