Slideshow: Solar power, shaped up
3-D shapes covered in solar cells could produce more power than flat panels, MIT researchers find.
3 Questions: David MacKay on renewable energy
Science advisor to the British government talks about Climategate, the Copenhagen conference, and emission-free energy technology
Slideshow: A Terrascope spring break
Students visit Abu Dhabi to learn about plans for the world’s first carbon-neutral city
A step toward lighter batteries
Research shows metal catalysts play important role in improving the efficiency of lithium-oxygen batteries
Charting a course toward cleaner cars
MIT team recommends strategy for reducing automotive fuel use, emissions
Taming the wild phonon
‘Particles’ of heat are everywhere, and usually a nuisance, but newly designed materials could help put them to good use.
Featured Video: President Obama at MIT
In October 2009, the president toured MIT research labs and delivered a major address about energy.
Wind resistance
MIT analysis suggests generating electricity from large-scale wind farms could influence climate — and not necessarily in the desired way.
Explained: Radiative forcing
When there’s more energy radiating down on the planet than there is radiating back out to space, something’s going to have to heat up
Action needed to save climate, create jobs
MIT Energy Conference speakers see need to boost clean-energy businesses through a price on carbon and incentives for manufacturing
Big power from tiny wires
New discovery shows carbon nanotubes can produce powerful waves that could be harnessed for new energy systems.
3 Questions: Hunt Allcott on behavioral economics and the energy crisis
Can understanding human irrationality help solve our energy problems? An MIT researcher explains