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PostNovember 29, 2021

Timber or steel? Study helps builders reduce carbon footprint of truss stru...

A new analysis by MIT researchers could help architects and builders reduce the carbon footprint of truss structures, the crisscrossing struts that bolster bridges, towers, and buildings.

PostNovember 22, 2021

The reasons behind lithium-ion batteries’ rapid cost decline

MIT researchers find the biggest factor in the dramatic cost decline for lithium-ion batteries in recent decades was research and development, particularly in chemistry and materials science.

PostNovember 5, 2021

Scientists project increased risk to water supplies in South Africa this ce...

MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change

Can South Africa and other nations with similar climates avoid future “Day Zero” water shortages?

PostNovember 5, 2021

MIT Energy Night 2021: Connecting global innovators to local talent

MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub

While the MIT Energy Night virtual session explored commercialization, the poster session presented early-stage innovation. It featured more than 70 posters by scientists, startups, and engineers from across the MIT community and far beyond.

PostNovember 4, 2021

Wyo residents observe a changing climate and quality of life

MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative

Crook County rancher Thayne Gray on the family's Warbonnet Ranch outside Moorcroft on Sept. 23, 2021.

PostNovember 4, 2021

Wyoming climate data holds ominous clues about life, economy

MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative

Campbell County rancher Eric Barlow surveys the family ranch Sept. 23, 2021

PostOctober 28, 2021

Arizona Daily Star OpEd: Sen. Sinema, support essential climate measures

MIT Alumni for Climate Action

PostOctober 3, 2021

For campus “porosity hunters,” climate resilience is the goal

MIT Office of Sustainability

PhD student Katarina Boukin and junior Eva Then were instrumental to the Porosity Hunt, capturing data around campus and synthesizing it for future use.

PostSeptember 21, 2021

Predicting building emissions across the US

MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub

Each region of the United States has unique characteristics that will cause building emissions to vary widely across the entire nation. An MIT team sought to understand — and respond to — these regional variations.

PostSeptember 17, 2021

Research collaboration puts climate-resilient crops in sight

The Des Marais Lab at MIT uses the model grass species Brachypodium distachyon to understand plant-environment interaction. Here, replicate plants are receiving two different levels of soil water availability to study genetic differences in response to drying.

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