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PostApril 18, 2023

Even as temperatures rise, this hydrogel material keeps absorbing moisture

MIT engineers have found that a common hydrogel has unique, super-soaking abilities. Even as temperatures climb, the transparent material continues to absorb moisture, and could serve to harvest water in desert regions, and passively regulate humidity in tropical climates.

PostApril 18, 2023

MIT Energy Conference grapples with geopolitics

The student-run MIT Energy Conference brought together energy leaders from around the world, with an eye toward the war in Ukraine and other international developments.

PostApril 13, 2023

MIT engineers devise technology to prevent fouling in photobioreactors for ...

A new, inexpensive technology can limit the buildup of algae on the walls of photobioreactors that can help convert carbon dioxide into useful products. Reducing this fouling avoids costly cleanouts and allows more photosynthesis to happen within tanks.

PostApril 11, 2023

Responding to Ukraine’s “ocean of suffering”

MIT Energy Initiative

Ian Miller SM ’18 (left) with his colleague Evan Platt SM ’20 in Kyiv's Mykhailivs'ka Square. Alongside Ukrainians, they co-founded Zero Line, a nonprofit delivering medical aid, vehicles, and equipment to Ukrainians on the front lines.

PostApril 10, 2023

Study: Shutting down nuclear power could increase air pollution

An MIT study shows that if U.S. nuclear power plants are retired, the burning of coal, oil, and natural gas to fill the energy gap could cause more than 5,000 premature deaths.

PostApril 7, 2023

Flow batteries for grid-scale energy storage

MIT Energy Initiative

Associate Professor Fikile Brushett (left) and Kara Rodby PhD ’22 have demonstrated a modeling framework that can help speed the development of flow batteries for large-scale, long-duration electricity storage on the future grid.

PostApril 6, 2023

Earth Day Colloquium: Decarbonizing Massachusetts

MIT Energy Initiative

PostApril 4, 2023

Staying the course: Achieving climate change goals in turbulent times

MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy

Photo: The XLV (45th) MIT Global Change Forum explored how decision-makers can stay on course in achieving climate change goals as the world confronts multiple and expanding crises. (Source: NASA)

PostMarch 29, 2023

The Role of State Investment Banks for Renewable Energy Technologies in OEC...

MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research

PostMarch 24, 2023

Michael Howland gives wind energy a lift

MIT Energy Initiative

Assistant professor civil and environmental engineering Michael Howland aims to get more electricity out of renewable energy systems — and to prepare young scientists and engineers with the training and tools they need to tackle climate change mitigation.

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