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PostNovember 1, 2020

COMMENTARY: Multiple extreme climate events can combine to produce catastro...

MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy

Photo: Napa Valley vineyards engulfed by wildfire during extreme heat and severe drought.(Source: Yale Climate Connections)

PodcastOctober 29, 2020

E9: TIL about cleaning up clean tech

TILclimate Podcast

PostOctober 21, 2020

Engineers design a heated face mask to filter and inactivate coronaviruses

A team of researchers from MIT now hopes to go one step further than conventional masks that filter out viruses and create a mask that inactivates viruses using heat.

PostOctober 14, 2020

Solar-powered system extracts drinkable water from “dry” air

A prototype of the new two-stage water harvesting system (center right), was tested on an MIT rooftop. The device, which was connected to a laptop for data collection and was mounted at an angle to face the sun, has a black solar collecting plate at the top, and the water it produced flowed into two tubes at bottom.

PostAugust 28, 2020

The Timing and Effectiveness of Subsidies for Agricultural Technology Adopt...

Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)

Woman holding cotton in hand

PostJuly 22, 2020

Chemists make tough plastics recyclable

Thermoset polymers, found in car parts and electrical appliances, have to be durable and heat-resistant, but typically cannot be easily recycled or broken down after use. MIT chemists have now developed a way to modify thermoset plastics that allows them to be more easily broken down without compromising their mechanical strength.

PostJuly 7, 2020

Innovations in environmental training for the mining industry

MINE Program students and other program participants at a hackathon in Salvador, Brazil, are pictured here before the Covid-19 pandemic interrupted such gatherings.

PostMay 8, 2020

Kerry Emanuel, David Sabatini, and Peter Shor receive BBVA Frontiers of Kn...

Left to right: David Sabatini, Kerry Emanuel, and Peter Shor, 2020 recipients of BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Awards

PostApril 3, 2020

Explained: Cement vs. concrete — their differences, and opportunities fo...

After water, concrete is the most consumed material on Earth. Researchers in the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub study how to reduce its impact.

PostMarch 30, 2020

Discerning the texture of urban resilience

Researchers at the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub are studying the connections between urban layouts and hazard losses.

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