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PostApril 11, 2022

MIT announces five flagship projects in first-ever Climate Grand Challenges...

The winners of the first-ever Climate Grand Challenges (CGC) will become multi-year flagship research projects, helping define a new research agenda focused on addressing complex unsolved climate problems and bringing high-impact solutions to the world on an accelerated basis.

PostApril 8, 2022

New England renewables + Canadian hydropower

MIT Energy Initiative

“Hydropower is a more-than-hundred-year-old technology, and plants are already built up north,” says Emil Dimanchev SM ’18. “We might not need to build something new. We might just need to use those plants differently or to a greater extent.”

PostApril 8, 2022

Global net-zero emissions goals: Challenges and opportunities

MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy

Photo: Deployment of offshore wind at utility scale is one of many strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in alignment with net-zero emissions targets. (Source: Jesse Costa/WBUR)

PostMarch 29, 2022

How molecular biology could reduce global food insecurity

Mary Gehring, associate professor of biology and a member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

PostMarch 28, 2022

Q&A: Climate Grand Challenges finalists on new pathways to decarbonizing in...

MIT Climate Grand Challenges finalists are working with promising technologies, materials, and methods that could help unlock a low-carbon future in sectors where emissions are hardest to cut.

PostMarch 17, 2022

Q&A: Climate Grand Challenges finalists on accelerating reductions in globa...

Faculty leaders of three research teams explain how they are drawing upon geological, biological, chemical, and oceanic processes to develop game-changing techniques for carbon removal, management, and storage.

PostMarch 16, 2022

Building communities, founding a startup with people in mind

MIT Energy Initiative

Inspired by the MIT community and assisted by his collaborators, postdoc Francesco Benedetti launched a startup to provide innovative technology for energy-efficient, high-performance chemical separations — and won the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition.

PostMarch 11, 2022

How to clean solar panels without water

Dust that accumulates on solar panels is a major problem, but washing the panels uses huge amounts of water. MIT engineers have now developed a waterless cleaning method to remove dust on solar installations in water-limited regions, improving overall efficiency.

PostMarch 10, 2022

Q&A: Randolph Kirchain on how cool pavements can mitigate climate change

MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub

Concrete is one of several cool pavement designs. MIT CSHub has found that cool pavements can benefit cities year-round.

PostMarch 4, 2022

Q&A: Climate Grand Challenges finalists on building equity and fairness int...

Faculty from teams in the “Building equity and fairness into climate solutions” category share their thoughts on the need for inclusive solutions that prioritize disadvantaged, minority, and indigenous populations.

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