Making wireless communication more energy efficient
Along with studying theory, "it's also important to me that the work we are doing will help to solve real-world problems,” says LIDS student Omer Tanovic.
Experiments show dramatic increase in solar cell output
Method for collecting two electrons from each photon could break through theoretical solar-cell efficiency limit.
For Catherine Drennan, teaching and research are complementary passions
Professor of biology and chemistry is catalyzing new approaches in research and education to meet the climate challenge.
How Greentown Labs became the epicenter of clean tech
The incubator’s winding journey to success helped its startup community grow closer while addressing environmental challenges.
How to speed up the discovery of new solar cell materials
Streamlined system for creating and analyzing perovskite compounds may cut development time from 20 years to two.
Communities in the cloud
PhD student Steven Gonzalez studies cloud computing with the eye of an anthropologist.
Chip design drastically reduces energy needed to compute with light
Simulations suggest photonic chip could run optical neural networks 10 million times more efficiently than its electrical counterparts.
3Q: Yet-Ming Chiang on reopening the case of cold fusion
The materials science and engineering professor is part of a multi-institution effort to investigate the possibility of cold fusion in a scientifically rigorous way.
Steering fusion’s “D-turn”
Research scientist Alessandro Marinoni shows that reversing traditional plasma shaping provides greater stability for fusion reactions.
Solution for remotely monitoring oil wells wins MIT $100K
MIT startup Acoustic Wells earned the grand prize at the annual entrepreneurship competition.
Local high school girls build dye-sensitized solar cells at MIT
MRL Materials Research Science and Engineering Center encourages studies in science, engineering, and technology.
Making it real
Students in a cross-disciplinary projects course are working on real-world engineering problems posed by companies and MIT research labs.
3Q: Robert Stoner discusses clean energy for India
Tata Center director discusses energy opportunities and challenges for world’s third-largest economy.
Thermodynamic insights could lead to better catalysts
Experiments and analyses show how electrons and protons get together on an electrode surface.
Study: For low-income countries, climate action pays off by 2050
Economic benefits of mitigation arrive much sooner than previously thought.