Collaborative effort supports an MIT resilient to the impacts of extreme heat
Increasing severity and duration of heat drives data collection and resiliency planning for the forthcoming Climate Resiliency and Adaptation Roadmap.
Increasing severity and duration of heat drives data collection and resiliency planning for the forthcoming Climate Resiliency and Adaptation Roadmap.
Surprising “photomolecular effect” discovered by MIT researchers could affect calculations of climate change and may lead to improved desalination and drying processes.
A newly identified process could explain a variety of natural phenomena and enable new approaches to desalination.
A cross-departmental team is leading efforts to utilize machine learning for increased efficiency in heating and cooling MIT’s buildings.
A collaboration between MIT and Miami-Dade County has students working with city planning officials to understand why people wait patiently for a bus — and why they bail.
Through coursework, intercollegiate collaboration, and a site visit, MIT students fuse engineering and anthropology to propose innovative energy solutions.
Mechanical engineering professor receives the NSF’s highest honor for an outstanding early-career scientist or engineer.
Hailing from a small town in Italy, Matteo Bucci is determined to address some of the unknowns plaguing fundamental science.
New technology could help generate hydrogen and chemical industry ingredients.
Longtime professor of mechanical engineering influenced nuclear reactor design and shaped thermodynamics education at MIT.
MIT research scientist explores how cool pavements can offer climate change solutions in more than just the summer.
In the intensity of basic training, a smartwatch-based system warns recruits when they are at risk of heat injury.
PhD student Limiao Zhang sees surprising connections between the behavior of cars and bubbles.
PhD student Madhumitha Ravichandran identifies the three main factors that trigger the boiling crisis through machine learning models.
Researchers affiliated with the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub find that paving material selection could mitigate extreme heat and greenhouse gas emissions.