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PostSeptember 24, 2024

Study evaluates impacts of summer heat in U.S. prison environments

“In terms of environmental hazards, extreme heat causes some of the most acute impacts for incarcerated people,” says Ufuoma Ovienmhada.

PostAugust 21, 2024

MIT engineers’ new theory could improve the design and operation of wind ...

MIT engineers’ new theory could improve the way turbine blades and wind farms are designed and how wind turbines are controlled.

PostAugust 19, 2024

More durable metals for fusion power reactors

MIT Energy Initiative

Based on theoretical and experimental studies, MIT engineers have shown that adding nanoparticles of certain ceramics to the metal walls of the vessel containing the reacting plasma inside a nuclear fusion reactor can protect the metal from damage, significantly extending its lifetime. Professor Ju Li (right) and postdoc So Yeon Kim (left) examine samples of the composite they have fabricated for their demonstrations.

PostAugust 8, 2024

Going Dutch on climate

MIT Energy Initiative

As part of a MITEI-sponsored field trip to the Netherlands to experience the country’s approach to sustainable energy, MIT students received a tour of EnTranCe, a facility dedicated to researching hydrogen usage within the energy grid, at Hanze University in Groningen.

PostAugust 7, 2024

Tracking emissions to help companies reduce their environmental footprint

“There’s an old adage: Unless you measure something, you can’t change it,” says Context Labs founder Dan Harple.

PostAugust 5, 2024

MIT School of Science launches Center for Sustainability Science and Strate...

“As critical challenges such as climate, health, energy, and food security increasingly affect people’s lives around the world, decision-makers need a better understanding of the earth in its full complexity — and that includes people, technologies, and institutions as well as environmental processes,” says Professor Noelle Selin.

PostJuly 18, 2024

China-based emissions of three potent climate-warming greenhouse gases spik...

MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy

Aluminum production in western China is a major source of PFC-14 and PFC-116 emissions, which contribute to global warming.

PostJuly 12, 2024

Q&A: What past environmental success can teach us about solving the climate...

MIT Department of Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences

"Students today have grown up in a very contentious and difficult era in which they feel like nothing ever gets done. But stuff does get done, even now," says Professor Susan Solomon. "Looking at how we did things so far really helps you to see how we can do things in the future."

PostJuly 11, 2024

Study finds health risks in switching ships from diesel to ammonia fuel

A new study led by MIT scientists reveals that burning ammonia in ship engines could still contribute to ozone pollution while causing serious impacts on air quality.

PostJuly 8, 2024

“They can see themselves shaping the world they live in”

MIT Open Learning

Langston Reid, Vishnu Bharath, and Simon Zall (left to right) discuss their project at the 2024 Day of AI global celebration at the Museum of Science. Day of AI is a free, hands-on curriculum developed by the MIT Responsible AI for Social Empowerment and Education (RAISE) initiative.

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