Reporter’s Notebook: How to spur energy storage innovations
Proposed X-Prizes for energy storage could produce key enabling technologies to make renewable energy development more practical
MIT’s big wheel in Copenhagen
New bicycle wheel not only boosts power, but also can keep track of friends, fitness, smog and traffic
Harnessing the world’s collective intelligence to deal with climate change
Climate Collaboratorium lets the public review the impacts of plans now being discussed and debated internationally
MIT goes to Copenhagen
Delegation of MIT professors, students and alumni attend historic global warming conference to present research and report on event
A greener way to get electricity from natural gas
A proposed system would use solid-oxide fuel cells to produce power without sending CO2 into the atmosphere. But can it compete with conventional power plants?
Travels With Melville: Wyn Kelley's excellent adventure
Melville scholarship takes Kelley to Tahiti, the Galapagos, China, and the Middle East
Liquid battery big enough for the electric grid?
Professor Donald Sadoway’s research in energy storage could help speed the development of renewable energy.
Turning heat to electricity
MIT research points to a much more efficient way of harvesting electrical power from what would otherwise be wasted heat.
One word: bioplastics
At a new plant in Iowa, MIT-rooted technology will use bacteria to turn corn into biodegradable plastics.
Energy, environment, health care discussed at annual Systems Thinking Conference
On Oct. 22-23, MIT faculty and industry leaders discussed the need for a systems-based approach to tackle complex challenges such as health care, energy, and the environment at the 2009 MIT conference on systems thinking for contemporary challenges.
Energy, behavior, and climate: Many answers, no miracles
BP CEO Tony Hayward Discusses the Harsh Realities at MITEI Colloquium
The politics of climate fixes
Judith Layzer says there’s no easy way out when it comes to climate change — but that geo-engineering might be a last-ditch solution.