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PostJune 4, 2025

Study helps pinpoint areas where microplastics will accumulate

MIT News
One key factor in determining where microparticles are likely to build up has to do with the presence of biofilms — thin, sticky biopolymer layers shed by microorganisms, which can accumulate on surfaces, including sandy riverbeds or seashores.
PodcastMay 29, 2025

E6: Dealing with dead batteries

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PostJuly 25, 2024

A recipe for zero-emissions fuel: Soda cans, seawater, and caffeine

MIT News
MIT engineers Aly Kombargi (left) and Niko Tsakiris (right) work on a new hydrogen reactor, designed to produce hydrogen gas by mixing aluminum pellets with seawater.
PostJuly 27, 2022

At MIT, Lesson from Space for Handling Waste

MIT Spectrum
An illustrated flow chart showing the process of how animal waste is taken from the farm and transformed into energy sources.
PostApril 21, 2022

Given what we know, how do we live now?

MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
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PostApril 29, 2021

China’s transition to electric vehicles

MIT Energy Initiative
“The benefits appear to be the same order of magnitude as the costs,” says I-Yun Lisa Hsieh PhD ’20 of China’s transition to electric vehicles. “It’s so close that we need to be careful to get the numbers right.”
PostFebruary 13, 2019

Turning desalination waste into a useful resource

MIT News
PodcastAugust 17, 2017

Climate Conversations S1E6:  Plastics and Siberia

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PostJuly 22, 2017

A novel engineering approach to cleaning our oceans of plastic debris

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