Making alternative fuels cheaper
Chemical engineers’ new synthesis could make biofuel more appealing for mass production.
Holding the salt
MIT graduate student David Cohen-Tanugi works to improve water filtration, desalination.
Putting a price on adaptation
Researchers use new method to calculate the impacts and adaptation costs of climate change
Footwear’s (carbon) footprint
Study finds the bulk of shoes’ carbon footprint comes from manufacturing processes.
Funding clean-energy solutions
MIT’s Clean Energy Prize awards more than $300,000 to support green startups and technologies.
MIT signs Compact for Sustainable Future with City of Cambridge and Harvard
Akamai to join universities and city in new agreement; others encouraged to follow suit.
The case for optimism about a renewable energy future
Researcher Eric Martinot presents findings of two-year project at campus event
Mission Southwest: Mines, water and rocks
Undergrads in Terrascope Mission 2016 course visit mines and water facilities in the American Southwest.
3Q: Jeffrey Ravel on the French past and our future
With MIT hosting a global French history conference, a look at the international growth of — and changes in — the field.
Living in a material world
Report finds materials manufacturers will likely be unable to meet targets for carbon-emissions reductions by 2050.
The case of the missing gas tax
MIT researchers find vehicle efficiency standards are at least six times more costly than a tax on fuel.
Students witness science policy in action
MIT students participate in the final mercury talks resulting in an international treaty.
Purification on the cheap
System developed at MIT cleans ‘produced water’ from natural gas wells, could lead to improved desalination plants for developing countries.
Renovation plans offer MIT opportunities to save energy, improve design
Work aims to make the Institute more energy-efficient and to influence design standards in the construction industry.