Environment

MIT marine biologists Ed DeLong and Penny Chisholm check out an ocean water sample. Researchers in Chisholm's lab have shown that gene-swapping takes place among ocean plankton and resembles the flow of genes known to occur among disease-causing bacteria.

Researchers: Oceans are a major gene swap-meet for plankton

March 23, 2006

Lighter vehicles may win 'Oil Endgame,' author says

March 2, 2006

Thousands of different types of microbes inhabit every cubic centimeter of seawater. Most of the organisms in this picture are about 1/2 of a micrometer, or thousandth of a meter, wide.

Microbe DNA helps scientists understand ocean

February 22, 2006

The structure of lithium nickel manganese oxide consists of layers of transition metal (nickel and manganese, blue layer) separated from lithium layers (green) by oxygen (red).

MIT powers up new battery for hybrid cars

February 16, 2006

What a hoot!

February 15, 2006

This conceptual drawing shows the structure of a nickel-tungsten alloy that promises a safer alternative to chromium. The nano-sized crystals (blue) are mostly composed of nickel, and are joined together by regions rich in tungsten (red).

Researchers think small to find safer alloys

February 15, 2006

MIT junior Elizabeth Ricker reports on the feasibility of establishing a biodiesel conversion facility on campus during final presentations held Feb. 2 for the four-week IAP course 'Energy and Climate in Cambridge.'

IAP seminar explores MIT's energy options

February 7, 2006

Energy talk explores biomass potential

February 6, 2006

Artist-in-residence Cindy Snodgrass shows off some painted fish that are part of her temporary installation about water in the Stata Center. The exhibit is called 'S.O.S.-Fish.'

Pretty fish carry water quality message to Stata

February 3, 2006

Researchers at MIT, Northeastern University and the Naval Research Laboratory used their new remote sensor system to measure fish populations on the edge of the continental shelf, south of Long Island, N.Y.

One fish, two fish: New sensor improves fish counts

February 2, 2006

MIT team analyzes wind energy potential in Northeast

December 21, 2005

Environmental writing contest now under way

December 7, 2005

Solar panels on top of the Hayden Memorial Library soak up the afternoon sun on Monday, Nov. 14, the day MIT celebrated the completion of its largest solar installation.

Solar power has shining moment

November 15, 2005

Series to examine 'Future of Water'

October 24, 2005

Students trash lawn to reduce waste

October 5, 2005

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