Robots that can sort recycling
CSAIL’s "RoCycle" system uses in-hand sensors to detect if an object is paper, metal or plastic.
CSAIL’s "RoCycle" system uses in-hand sensors to detect if an object is paper, metal or plastic.
Study finds shallow bodies of water were probably more suitable for Earth’s first life forms.
Long-haul trucks with electric motors combined with gas-alcohol engines could slash pollution levels and greenhouse gases.
Proposals are invited for basic and translational environmental health sciences research.
Maike Sonnewald adapts a method that identifies areas of the global ocean with similar physics, revealing global dynamical regimes.
Major tectonic collisions near the equator have caused three ice ages in the last 540 million years.
Anyone can submit tech-based solution applications until July 1.
New prize honors legendary developer and philanthropist Norman B. Leventhal.
J-WAFS-funded MIT research team shows a new method of fertilizer production can better suit the needs of farms in Africa and around the globe.
Results show bacterial genomes provide “shadow history” of animal evolution.
Undergraduates put their ideas on the line in a competition showcasing novel, consequential applications of nuclear science and engineering.
Climate-driven changes in phytoplankton communities will intensify the blue and green regions of the world’s oceans.
Firms learn from experience in the measurement, reporting, and verification of carbon emissions under China’s emissions trading systems.
Moods expressed on social media tend to decline when air pollution gets worse, study finds.
Faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering are developing technologies that store, capture, convert, and minimize greenhouse gas emissions.