Environment

Green design research unites Institute across disciplines

November 1, 2006

Pie charts show how American attitudes have changed from doubt to acceptance of global warming. The chart at left reflects a 2003 MIT survey, the one at right the same survey in 2006. Yellow = serious, act now; red = some action; green = wait and see; blue = not a problem.

MIT survey: Climate change tops Americans' environmental concerns

October 31, 2006

MIT researchers have developed a half-sized engine that performs like a full-sized engine but offers the fuel efficiency of a hybrid electric car. The team includes, from left to right, Leslie Bromberg, principal research engineer at the Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC), Daniel Cohn, division head and senior research scientist at the PSFC, and John Heywood, director of the Sloan Automotive ...

MIT's pint-sized car engine promises high efficiency, low cost

Ethanol empowers the little engine that could

October 25, 2006

Research led by MIT professor Elfatih Eltahir indicates that trees in a desert forest in Oman survive by extracting moisture from low-lying clouds.

MIT team describes unique desert cloud forest

September 6, 2006

MIT energy experts explore life "beyond carbon"

September 5, 2006

A droplet of iron held by a magnet. The iron was produced by an MIT team using molten oxide electrolysis, which generates no carbon dioxide gases -- only oxygen.

Engineers forge greener path to iron production

August 25, 2006

Students working to develop fuel-efficient cars at MIT this summer test out a prototype vehicle powered by electricity and fuel cells. <a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('vehicle-1-enlarged.html','','width=509, height=583')">
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Sun and new fuels power student vehicles

August 14, 2006

Microbe center plumbs depths of ocean life

August 10, 2006

This Dungeness crab, a West Coast species, was caught by Captain Lou Williams of the Orin C two miles east of Thatcher Island, Massachusetts, on July 19. It's about 18 cm wide.

Crab nabbed; circumstances fishy

West Coast crustacean found in Atlantic waters

August 9, 2006

Deep-sea sediments could safely store man-made carbon dioxide

August 7, 2006

This artist's rendering shows the Fab Tree Hab, a home made of living plants.

Three from MIT envision grow-your-own home

August 1, 2006

Mass. governor hopefuls to meet at MIT

July 10, 2006

New fellowship supports environmental work

July 5, 2006

Nanotechnology 'fertile' for energy breakthrough

June 30, 2006

Lemelson program revamps prizes to inspire inventors

June 22, 2006

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