Climate News at MIT

Darby Dunn ’08 speaks with NBC Boston reporter Catherine Clifford about her work at MIT spinout, Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS). “For me, it really came down to wanting to use my energy to clean up...

NBC Boston’s Jeff Saperstone visits MIT to learn more about how researchers discovered that a common hydrogel used in cosmetic creams, industrial coatings and pharmaceutical capsules can absorb...

Founded by MIT engineers, CubicPV is building a solar-component factory, reports Phred Dvorak for The Wall Street Journal. CubicPV’s process “peels a thin layer of crystallized silicon off the top of...

Boston Metal, an MIT startup, is developing a new method for producing steel that reduces carbon emissions, reports Catherine Clifford for NBC Boston. “The main goal of Boston Metal is green steel...

Astrophysicist Frank Shu '63, who is credited with making pivotal contributions to our understanding of galaxies and star formation, has died at the age of 79, reports Douglas Lin and Fred Adams for...