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PostMarch 11, 2024

Cutting carbon emissions on the US power grid

MIT Energy Initiative

An online model developed by an MIT Energy Initiative team enables other researchers and operators of U.S. regional grids to explore possible pathways to decarbonization. Case studies of the nine regional power grids shown here confirm the importance of designing a strategy based on the resources and electricity demand profiles of specific regions.

PostMarch 4, 2024

Tests show high-temperature superconducting magnets are ready for fusion

In MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center, the new magnets achieved a world-record magnetic field strength of 20 tesla for a large-scale magnet.

PostJanuary 11, 2024

Diving into nuclear submarines

MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering

Nuclear Technology for Marine Propulsion, a three-week course by the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, covered a broad range of topics, including the basics of nuclear reactor theory and design, operations and safety, training, the operation of nuclear shipyards, and more.

PostDecember 12, 2023

MIT campus goals in food, water, waste support decarbonization efforts

MIT Office of Sustainability

The 2030 Impact Goals for the MIT campus will help inform campus decarbonization efforts.

PostDecember 7, 2023

Making nuclear energy facilities easier to build and transport

MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering

At MIT, Isabel Naranjo De Candido is working on improving access to nuclear energy by scaling down reactor size and, in the case of micro-reactors, making them mobile enough to travel to places where they’re needed.

PostNovember 30, 2023

New study shows how universities are critical to emerging fusion industry

Plasma Science and Fusion Center

A rendering of the SPARC fusion tokamak, which is being developed as part of a research collaboration between the Plasma Science and Fusion Center and Commonwealth Fusion Systems.

PostNovember 21, 2023

Merging science and systems thinking to make materials more sustainable

Through teaching, research, and coalition building, professor of materials science and engineering Elsa Olivetti’s lifelong passion for sustainability bolters MIT’s efforts to combat climate change.

PostNovember 15, 2023

Dennis Whyte steps down as director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center...

Plasma Science and Fusion Center

Dennis Whyte, through the years at PSFC

PostNovember 3, 2023

How to decarbonize the world, at scale

MIT Energy Initiative

Vice Provost Anne White (left) presented a keynote on the role of the research university before joining MITEI Interim Director Robert Stoner to address audience questions.

PostOctober 26, 2023

Exploring E-waste Challenges through Regulatory Complexity Lens & Potential...

MIT Climate & Sustainability Consortium

New white paper on electronic waste (e-waste), co-authored by MCSC and Apple, published this week.

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