Environment

Bras wins faculty's Killian Award

May 27, 2008

Figure shows the likely habitats of vibrio bacteria populations mapped by MIT researchers onto a phylogenetic tree for all strains found in the samples taken from the Atlantic Ocean near Plum Island, Mass. Dot colors indicate the size of the bacteria (the largest attach to zooplankton, next size attaches to large organic particles, then small organic particles, and finally the smallest are free-fl...

MIT scientists fathom ecological niches of ocean microbes

May 22, 2008

A FEMA trailer en route to the MIT campus, where it will form the centerpiece of a new course on research as artistic practice.

FEMA trailer gets new lease on life

May 21, 2008

Happy anniversary, Prochlorococcus

Researchers holding bash 20 years after microbe's discovery

May 21, 2008

The new, thin material developed by MIT engineers for use in methanol fuel cells.

MIT creates new material for fuel cells

Increases power output by more than 50 percent

May 16, 2008

MIT researchers have figured out how the phalarope, a shorebird with a long, narrow beak, transports its food from the tip of its beak to its mouth. Here the bird feeds by pecking at the water surface.

MIT solves gravity-defying bird beak mystery

Shorebirds take advantage of surface tension to capture prey

May 15, 2008

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Art + technology = clean water in Ecuador

May 14, 2008

Turn trash into treasure at May 9 FreeMeet

May 8, 2008

MIT students work on a new kind of solar generator that employs low-cost materials. Here they mount the frame of the concentrator (which will be mounted with mirrors) on the base near Tang Hall on Memorial Drive.

Harnessing sunlight on the cheap

MIT student project aims to develop cost-efficient solar power

May 6, 2008

MIT examines reality of slashing vehicle fuel use

May 6, 2008

Steel away: Students prepare for bridge contest

May 6, 2008

Professor Dara Entekhabi will lead the science team for NASA's Soil Moisture Active-Passive (SMAP) satellite mission, scheduled to launch in December 2012. A 6-meter deployable mesh antenna on the satellite will gather soil moisture and freeze/thaw data across 1,000-kilometer swaths, creating ribbons of measurements around the globe and completing the cycle every few days.

Mapping Earth's soil moisture

Entekhabi to lead science team for NASA satellite mission

April 28, 2008

Deval Patrick addresses a crowd at MIT on Earth Day, April 22. The Massachusetts governor told the crowd that positioning the state as a center of innovation and clean energy alternatives could result in significant economic benefits.

Governor says Mass. can reap benefits from clean energy

April 23, 2008

MIT, Chesonis Foundation announce solar revolution

Goal: Bring the sun's power to the people

April 22, 2008

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April 18, 2008

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Bras wins faculty's Killian Award

MIT scientists fathom ecological niches of ocean microbes

FEMA trailer gets new lease on life

Happy anniversary, Prochlorococcus

MIT creates new material for fuel cells

MIT solves gravity-defying bird beak mystery

Art + technology = clean water in Ecuador

Turn trash into treasure at May 9 FreeMeet

Harnessing sunlight on the cheap

MIT examines reality of slashing vehicle fuel use

Steel away: Students prepare for bridge contest

Mapping Earth's soil moisture

Governor says Mass. can reap benefits from clean energy

MIT, Chesonis Foundation announce solar revolution

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