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PostDecember 13, 2024

In a unique research collaboration, students make the case for less e-waste...

Left to right: Anastasia Duncan, Chris Rabe, and Jasmin Liu stand at the loading dock of MIT's Stata Center, where students and faculty go "crufting." Rabe facilitated an interdisciplinary working group of undergraduate and graduate students known as SERC Scholars to co-author a case study on the electronic hardware waste life cycle and climate justice.

PostDecember 6, 2024

So you want to build a solar or wind farm? Here’s how to decide where.

PostDecember 4, 2024

A new catalyst can turn methane into something useful

MIT chemical engineers designed a two-part catalyst that can convert methane gas to useful products. The catalyst consists of iron-modified aluminum silicate plus an enzyme called alcohol oxidase (enzyme not pictured).

PostNovember 13, 2024

MIT engineers make converting CO2 into useful products more practical

A conceptual schematic of the new woven electrode design. Researchers wove a series of conductive copper wires (the brown-orange pipe) through a very thin membrane to reach the catalyst.

PostNovember 8, 2024

Startup turns mining waste into critical metals for the U.S.

"Being able to make your own materials domestically means that you're not at the behest of a foreign monopoly," says co-founder Tomás Villalón ’14, pictured.

PostNovember 4, 2024

Nanoscale transistors could enable more efficient electronics

Nanoscale 3D transistors made from ultrathin semiconductor materials can operate more efficiently than silicon-based devices, leveraging quantum mechanical properties to potentially enable ultra-low-power AI applications.

PostNovember 1, 2024

As a closed Utah uranium mill seeks state approval to reopen, taxpayers are...

PostOctober 8, 2024

Utah has the last conventional uranium mill in the country. What does it do...

Utah has the last conventional uranium mill in the country. What does it do?

PostSeptember 30, 2024

Aligning economic and regulatory frameworks for today’s nuclear reactor t...

MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering

“A lot of the faculty have that go-getter attitude,” Liam Hines says about MIT. “It’s made me confident to really tackle the things that I care about.”

PostSeptember 16, 2024

Affordable high-tech windows for comfort and energy savings

MIT Energy Initiative

At an event marking the opening of AeroShield's new pilot manufacturing facility in Waltham, Massachusetts, Aaron Baskerville-Bridges, co-founder and vice president of operations, shows an AeroShield prototype window with the ability to cut energy losses in half.

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