Environment

Icelandic geothermal facilities near GrindavÃk.

Chemical engineer: Geothermal is undervalued U.S. energy source

February 13, 2007

Biodiesel@MIT first-year students Katie Rowe, left, and Katrina Ellison embrace while junior Joe Roy-Mayhew, left, and senior Matt Zedler high-five. The group had just learned they had won the national Ecomagination Challenge for their initiative to turn used vegetable oil into biodiesel fuel for MIT campus vehicles.

MIT biodiesel student group wins national contest

February 9, 2007

Postdocs' series explores hype and hope of a hydrogen economy

February 7, 2007

Carbon dioxide could be injected underground into the briny porous rock below. Most of the CO2 gas would be immobilized (light blue), trapped as small bubbles (white) in the pore space of the rock (gray). Only a small portion of the CO2 (dark blue) will continue to flow up towards the impermeable layer of caprock (yellow).

Storing carbon dioxide below ground may prevent polluting above

February 7, 2007

Report: Human activity fuels global warming

February 2, 2007

MIT Professor Franz-Josef Ulm and post-doc Georgios Constantinides have shown that the strength of concrete lies in the way its nanoparticles are organized -- like oranges stacked in a supermarket. Their findings could lead to a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions during concrete manufacturing.

Nanoengineered concrete could cut carbon dioxide emissions

January 30, 2007

Physicist recommends US develop 'portfolio of fuels, electricity and efficiency'

Expert likens scalability of current alternative energy technologies to wild animals: fuzzy and cute when they're small, impractical at a large scale

January 29, 2007

MIT students help design new exhibit at the Aquarium of the Pacific

January 26, 2007

MIT Professor Jefferson Tester points to a geothermal map of the U.S. Tester lead a panel that has concluded that a substantial portion of the country's energy needs could be met by mining geothermal resources.

MIT-led panel backs 'heat mining' as key U.S. energy source

January 22, 2007

MIT ethanol analysis confirms benefits of biofuels

January 8, 2007

Student 'Generator' develops ways to improve sustainability

December 13, 2006

Stephen Meyer, expert on interaction of science, economics and politics, dies at 54

December 12, 2006

Conceptual design for a silent, environmentally friendly passenger plane designed by researchers at the Cambridge-MIT Institute's Silent Aircraft Initiative.

Team moves toward silent, eco-friendly plane

MIT and Cambridge design a silent knight

November 6, 2006

Green design research unites Institute across disciplines

November 1, 2006

Engineer launches review of energy use in manufacturing