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PostMarch 21, 2023

MIT-led teams win National Science Foundation grants to research sustainabl...

Three MIT-led teams will work on projects to improve materials science and engineering, with support from the National Science Foundation.

PostMarch 21, 2023

Fiber “barcodes” can make clothing labels that last

MIT Lincoln Laboratory

At Lincoln Laboratory’s Defense Fabric Discovery Center, Erin Doran demonstrates how reflective fibers can be woven into textiles. Such fibers could function as indelible, scannable labels to easily sort fabrics for recycling.

PostMarch 20, 2023

Detailed images from space offer clearer picture of drought effects on plan...

César Terrer is an assistant professor in the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

PostMarch 16, 2023

Low-cost device can measure air pollution anywhere

MIT researchers have made an open-source version of the “City Scanner” mobile pollution detector that lets people check air quality anywhere, cheaply. Pictured are some examples of the latest version of the device, called Flatburn, as well as a researcher attaching a prototype to a car.

PostMarch 15, 2023

Minimizing electric vehicles’ impact on the grid

MIT researchers have found that, by encouraging the placing of charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs) in strategic ways, as well as setting up systems to initiate car charging at delayed times, electric vehicles could have less impact on the power grid.

PostMarch 13, 2023

Responding to the Climate Threat: Essays on Humanity’s Greatest Challenge...

MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change

Responding to the Climate Threat: Essays on Humanity’s Greatest Challenge

PostMarch 10, 2023

Engaging enterprises with the climate crisis

John Sterman and colleagues offer a suite of well-honed strategies to smooth this journey, including a free global climate policy simulator called En-ROADS.

PostMarch 10, 2023

Shrinky Dinks, nail polish, and smelly bacteria

MIT Energy Initiative

Students from Malden Catholic High School worked with MIT chemical engineer Ariel Furst to create electrodes for low-cost microbial fuel cells. Left to right: Chengxiang "Eric" Lou, Christian Ogata, Angelina Ang, Phuc "Vincent" Nguyen, Ariel Furst, MaryKatherine Zablocki, Kenneth Ramirez, Brianna Tong, Isaac Toscano, and Seamus McGuire.

PostMarch 10, 2023

Celebrating a decade of a more sustainable MIT, with a focus on the future

MIT Office of Sustainability

A panel at the 2023 Sustainability Connect event featured Director of Sustainability Julie Newman (left), who served as moderator, and panelists (left to right) John Fernández, director of Environmental Solutions Initiative and professor of architecture; Joe Higgins, vice president for campus services and stewardship; Susy Jones, senior sustainability project manager; and Kate Trimble, senior associate dean for experiential learning.

PostMarch 9, 2023

Titanic robots make farming more sustainable

MIT alumnus-founded FarmWise uses hulking, autonomous robots that resemble tractors to preserve crops while snipping weeds, eliminating the need for herbicides.

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