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PostMay 26, 2025

$MIT engineers developed a membrane, pictured, that filters the components of crude oil by their molecular size, an advance that could dramatically reduce the amount of energy needed for crude oil fractionation.$

PostMay 22, 2025

Study: Climate change may make it harder to reduce smog in some regions

MIT News

A modeling study shows that global warming will likely make it harder to reduce ground-level ozone, a respiratory irritant that is a key component of smog, by cutting nitrogen oxide emissions.

PostMay 22, 2025

New landfill rules were supposed to cut methane. Michigan’s still falling...

MIT Climate

A large red truck drops off trash into a pile on the South Kent County Landfill.

In the MediaMay 22, 2025

Boston Business Journal

Boston Business Journal reporter Eli Chavez spotlights Sublime Systems, an MIT startup “focused on low-carbon cement production.” “Sublime’s mission is to have a swift and massive impact measured in...

In the MediaMay 22, 2025

Interesting Engineering

MIT researchers have developed a new membrane that can separate different kinds of fuel by molecular size, which could replace the current energy-intensive crude oil distillation process. “Roughly 1...

PodcastMay 21, 2025

The economics of clean energy

MIT Energy Initiative

PostMay 21, 2025

A new technology for extending the shelf life of produce

MIT News

The bottom of a pak choy plant with an inset showing a patch of microneedles.

PostMay 21, 2025

Banana peels to coasters: Is this the future of food waste?

MIT Climate

Kameron Dye, Chief Business Officer, and Brittanie Dabney, CEO of Ecosphere Organics, in their workspace at NewLab.

Climate News at MIT

Can Pennsylvania dairies profit from carbon markets?

Could measuring greenhouse gases increase returns on Pennsylvania dairies?

A new approach could fractionate crude oil using much less energy