Energy

MIT report debunks China energy myth

The problem isn't in the technology, it's the operations

October 6, 2008

From left are NAE members Subra Suresh, MIT dean of engineering; Irwin Jacobs '57 M.S., '59 Sc.D.; and professors Robert Armstrong and Arvind. Armstrong and Arvind were elected members in 2008.

National Academy of Engineering welcomes two from MIT

October 6, 2008

MIT creates Environmental Research Council

Sets stage for Institute environment initiative

October 3, 2008

Left image highlights two platinum-cobalt catalyst nanoparticles (inside the dashed boxes) with a 'sandwich' structure of platinum and cobalt atoms near the surface. At right is a cross-sectional model corresponding to the lower particle, showing platinum atoms enriched in the outermost layer, cobalt enriched in the second, and additional layers containing a mixture of the two. (Image at left take...

Team takes first atomic-scale compositional images of fuel-cell nanoparticles

Work could lead to better catalysts for eco-friendly energy storage devices

October 2, 2008

Graduate student in urban studies and planning Michael Hogan, left, andÂ Larry Susskind, Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning, discuss Hogan's thesis on government rules and renewable energy technologies.

Renewable energy regulations may miss the mark, says MIT graduate student

Research shows different approach is needed

October 1, 2008

Oct. 6 energy debate to feature presidential campaign reps

October 1, 2008

MIT senior Christopher Love and colleagues are working to find out whether energy from trees can be used to prevent forest fires. Love works here with a test tree behind the copper-plated insulated door of MIT's Faraday cage.

Preventing forest fires with tree power

Sensor system runs on electricity generated by trees

September 23, 2008

CMSE wins six-year, $19.2m NSF grant

September 23, 2008

Ray Magliozzi, right, of NPR's 'Car Talk,' listens to MIT students and staff on Sept. 19. Magliozzi and his brother, Tom, who are alumni of MIT, toured the campus to see up-and-coming energy technologies being developed at the school. From left are sophomores Mike Roberts and Rachel Roberts of the MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team, and MIT staff member Brenda Richard.

Click and Clack glimpse cars of the future

NPR's Magliozzi brothers in 'chock-full' tour of MIT

September 19, 2008

Team Heliotrope demonstrates its sun-tracking technology that won first prize in an MIT competition aimed at developing innovative energy technologies. At left is team member George Whitfield, a graduate student in materials science. His teammate and fellow grad student Vyom Sharma is at right. The third member, Forrest Liau, is not shown. <a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('madmec-4-enlarged.html','','w...

Sun-tracking device wins student prize

Window coatings, wind generators and power unit also win

September 19, 2008

Rudie Berkhout's "Delta II" is among the works of art that make up the MIT Museum's second annual winter holography exhibition.

MITEI awards second round of seed grants

September 18, 2008

MIT President Susan Hockfield speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 17.

Hockfield continues push for energy R&D boost

September 17, 2008

Agenda for the MIT Energy Fellows Fall Symposium

September 17, 2008

$25K X-Prize offered for best 'green idea' video

September 16, 2008

On Capitol Hill, Deutch stresses all-out energy approach

Calls for carbon tax, efficiency improvements, and new agencies

September 12, 2008

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