3 Questions: Angela Belcher and Kristala Prather on the promise of energy bioscience
Engineers and co-directors of MITEI's Energy Bioscience Low-Carbon Energy Center discuss their vision for transforming the energy system.
Summer interns' lab work underway
Summer Scholars in materials science and engineering are tackling projects ranging from magnetic thin films to catalysts for energy.
Monitoring and mitigating mercury
Amanda Giang PhD '17 models a pollutant’s pathways and helps decision makers craft more effective mitigation policies.
Dora Aldama: Drawn to multidimensional problems
MIT graduate student connects the business, engineering, and human elements of producing aerospace technology.
Sustainability Connect 2017 brings MIT together to balance needs of the present and future
Third annual conference explores innovation, social justice, and the Institute as a living lab for sustainability.
Envisioning the future of metal and mineral production
MIT researchers team up with leaders from the metals and minerals industry to envision a more sustainable future.
MIT $100K winner’s optical chips perform AI computations at light speed
A flushless toilet that shrinks waste and a device that detects leaky pipes also won top prizes.
J-WAFS awards $1.4 million in third round of seed grant funding
Principal investigators will receive grants of up to $200,000 per year for two years, overhead free, for innovative research on food and water challenges.
MIT opens its energy-use data to the community
Campus energy “dashboard” will provide detailed information to Institute’s faculty, staff, and students.
Funding solutions for pressing food and agriculture issues
Teams tackling crop spoilage, pesticide pollution, and farming efficiency win annual competition.
Mass. Department of Environmental Protection set to approve application for Central Utilities Plant upgrade
Public hearing scheduled for May 22.
“IDEAS” to change the world
MIT teams innovating in medical, education, environmental, and other fields split prizes totaling $95,000.
A tax plan to stop climate change
At MIT, former Congressman Bob Inglis speaks about climate and free enterprise.