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PostApril 8, 2022

Finding the questions that guide MIT fusion research

Plasma Science and Fusion Center

“I’m from the '60s generation,” says Martin Greenwald. “We were very political and always asking, ‘what’s the relevance?’ We wanted our life’s work to mean something.”

PostApril 8, 2022

Leveraging science and technology against the world’s top problems

MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering

Forging cross-disciplinary ties and bringing creative people together around a common goal have proven valuable skills as Richard Lester has stepped into positions of ever-greater responsibility at the Institute, including his current role as associate provost.

PostMarch 21, 2022

Finding her way to fusion

Plasma Science and Fusion Center

In the laboratory, Zoe Fisher uses a vacuum chamber to irradiate high-temperature superconductors with protons. It is attached to the particle accelerator — DANTE.

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 7, 2022

New maps show airplane contrails over the U.S. dropped steeply in 2020

An MIT team has generated new maps of jet contrails over the United States before and during the Covid-19 pandemic, which show a steep reduction in the area covered by contrails in 2020.

PostFebruary 23, 2022

Mapping the depths of plasma physics

MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering

Assistant Professor Jack Hare studies plasma, a high-energy gas in which atomic nuclei and electrons roam around separately.

PostJanuary 24, 2022

Why Do Firms Issue Green Bonds?

MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research

PostJanuary 20, 2022

The radical intervention that might save the “doomsday” glacier

MIT Technology Review

Glacier breaking off into ocean

PostJanuary 12, 2022

Pricing carbon, valuing people

MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change

A new MIT Joint Program study shows how U.S. climate policies can be designed to cut carbon emissions without inflicting economic harm on low-income households and the nation as a whole.

PostJanuary 6, 2022

Two Basins in 2050

MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative

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