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PostAugust 23, 2023

Making aviation fuel from biomass

MIT Energy Initiative
Professor Yuriy Román-Leshkov and collaborators have demonstrated a new way to produce a critical component of aviation fuel from lignin, a plant material that’s generally discarded as waste during biomass processing.
PostJune 26, 2023

MIT climate and sustainability interns consider aviation emissions and clim...

MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI)
Around 90 MIT students were asked to calculate the carbon footprint of their flight to their MISTI destination and to compare the results to other common daily activities.
PostJune 23, 2023

Panel addresses technologies needed for a net-zero future

MIT Energy Initiative
During the MIT Energy Initiative’s panel on energy innovation for a net-zero future, Senior Research Scientist Anuradha Annaswamy (center) and other speakers addressed areas where new or improved technologies or systems are needed to achieve global net-zero emissions goals.
PostJune 8, 2023

Megawatt electrical motor designed by MIT engineers could help electrify av...

MIT News
MIT aeroengineers are creating a 1-megawatt electrical motor that is a stepping stone toward electrifying commercial airliners. Pictured are some industrial concepts for hybrid-electric aircraft.
PostNovember 29, 2022

Carbon Abatement Costs for Hydrogen Fuels in Hard-to-Abate Transport Sector...

MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research
PostAugust 11, 2022

Sustainable Hydrogen Fuels versus Fossil Fuels for Trucking, Shipping and A...

MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research
PostMarch 7, 2022

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

MIT News
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.
PostDecember 15, 2021

New visions for better transportation

MIT News
MIT Professor Thomas Magnanti
Educator GuideDecember 14, 2021

Airplanes and Climate Change Educator Guide

TILclimate Podcast
TILclimate planes guide for educators
PostJuly 12, 2021

MIT Alumni Roadmap for Responding to Climate Change

MACA - MIT Alumni for Climate Action
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