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PostJune 4, 2025

Study helps pinpoint areas where microplastics will accumulate

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.

PostJune 2, 2025

AI stirs up the recipe for concrete in MIT study

MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub

A team led by Soroush Mahjoubi, a postdoc in civil and environmental engineering, built a machine-learning framework that evaluates and sorts candidate materials for cleaner concrete based on their physical and chemical properties. “Some of the most interesting materials that could replace a portion of cement are ceramics,” notes Mahjoubi. “Old tiles, bricks, pottery — all these materials may have high reactivity.”

PodcastMay 29, 2025

E6: Dealing with dead batteries

TILclimate Podcast

PostMay 28, 2025

MIT D-Lab students design global energy solutions through collaboration

Students in the D-Lab course 2.651 / EC.711 designed an egg incubator system for rural poultry farmers in Cameroon. From left to right: Lilly Heilshorn, Maeve McGinnis, Jamel Merritt, and Gracie Goll.

PostMay 26, 2025

Can Pennsylvania dairies profit from carbon markets?

A large metal generator converts methane from an anaerobic digester into electricity.

PostMay 24, 2025

Could measuring greenhouse gases increase returns on Pennsylvania dairies?

A large machine spreads manure on a field on Pennsylvania.

PostMay 22, 2025

New landfill rules were supposed to cut methane. Michigan’s still falling...

A large red truck drops off trash into a pile on the South Kent County Landfill.

PostMay 21, 2025

A new technology for extending the shelf life of produce

The bottom of a pak choy plant with an inset showing a patch of microneedles.

PostMay 21, 2025

Banana peels to coasters: Is this the future of food waste?

Kameron Dye, Chief Business Officer, and Brittanie Dabney, CEO of Ecosphere Organics, in their workspace at NewLab.

PostMay 21, 2025

Startup enables 100-year bridges with corrosion-resistant steel

“Across the U.S., the typical bridge deck lasts about 30 years on average — we’re enabling 100-year lifetimes,” says Allium Engineering co-founder and CEO Steven Jepeal PhD ’21.

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