Don Sadoway on innovation in energy storage
"What I Learned in 3.091 was All I Needed to Know" from Technology Day 2010
Small-scale understanding, large-scale enhancement
Better fuel cells and reactors, built from the atomic level
Explained: Phonons
When trying to control the way heat moves through solids, it is often useful to think of it as a flow of particles.
Jodie Wu ’09 and Jamie Yang PhD ’08 selected as 2010 Echoing Green Fellows
Chosen from a pool of 1,000 applicants from 73 countries
Moavenzadeh named president of Masdar Institute
Longtime MIT engineering professor takes on role in Abu Dhabi, effective July 1.
MITEI-led study offers comprehensive look at the future of natural gas
Researchers find significant potential for gas to displace coal, reducing greenhouse-gas emissions as a transition to a low-carbon future.
Thin films show surprising reactivity
MIT findings of high oxygen activity in thin-film materials might someday lead to greatly increased power production from future fuel cells
Enhancing the power of batteries
MIT team finds that using carbon nanotubes in a lithium battery can dramatically improve its energy capacity.
‘Efficiency Forward'
Ambitious collaboration between MIT and NSTAR aims to cut campus electricity use by 15 percent over 3 years.
Student-run MIT Energy Conference influences national legislation
Bingaman cites annual event as he introduces bill in U.S. Senate
MIT, NSTAR team up on energy-efficiency program
'MIT Efficiency Forward' aims to cut the Institute's electricity use by 15 percent over three years
Energy answer: Blowing in the wind?
MIT researchers say wind power can make sense for utility companies, starting now
Pooling MIT’s resources to ‘rethink’ water
Workshop assesses scope of water research currently underway at Institute, eyes work that lies ahead.
Environmental Research Council issues report
Council is asked to develop plan to establish MIT Environmental Initiative