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PostDecember 12, 2025

Making clean energy investments more successful

Governments and businesses face many choices for investment in clean energy.

PostDecember 11, 2025

A new approach to carbon capture could slash costs

“At room temperature, the solution can absorb more CO2, and with mild heating it can release the CO2. There is an instant pH change when we heat up the solution a little bit,” Youhong (Nancy) Guo says.

PostDecember 11, 2025

New materials could boost the energy efficiency of microelectronics

A new fabrication technique that stacks multiple active components on the back end of a computer chip could significantly boost the energy efficiency of microelectronics.

In the MediaDecember 10, 2025

The Boston Globe

Prof. Desirée Plata, director of MIT’s Methane Network, spoke with Boston Globe reporter Kate Selig about how regional supermarkets are addressing their methane footprints. Plata notes that “grocers...

PostDecember 9, 2025

Resurrecting an MIT “learning by doing” tradition: NEET scholars instal...

NEET scholars install their team's solar-powered charging station in an MIT campus courtyard as part of 22.03/3.0061 (Introduction to Design Thinking and Rapid Prototyping), a class offered through the NEET Climate and Sustainability Systems thread.

In the MediaDecember 9, 2025

USA Today

Visiting Scientist Judah Cohen speaks with USA Today reporter Doyle Rice about how the polar vortex could send a blast over cold air to areas of the central and eastern United States. “I believe that...

PostDecember 8, 2025

Where the Ocean and Atmosphere Communicate

Global map showing kilometer-scale ocean turbulence that mix water masses and transport heat, energy, and nutrients.

PostDecember 8, 2025

When companies “go green,” air quality impacts can vary dramatically

MIT researchers found that industry’s actions to shrink their carbon footprint — like buying renewable electricity or reducing air travel — can both cut CO₂ emissions but have very different impacts on overall air quality.

In the MediaDecember 6, 2025

Wired

In an opinion piece appearing in Wired, Prof. Elfatih Eltahir and postdoctoral researcher Yeon-Woo Choi examine the “ongoing water scarcity crisis” in Tehran. “With dry soils and high evaporation...

PostDecember 4, 2025

What’s the best way to expand the US electricity grid?

A new MIT study on expanding the U.S. electrical grid outlines the tradeoffs among reliability, cost, and emissions for different expansion strategies.

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