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PostOctober 22, 2021

Fifteen MIT faculty honored as “Committed to Caring” for 2021-23

The 2021-23 Committed to Caring honorees include: (Top row, left to right) Athulya Aravind, Mariana Arcaya, Angelika Amon, David Autor, Michael Birnbaum; (Middle row, left to right) Irmgard Bischofberger, Devin Bunten, Esther Duflo, Jeffrey Grossman, Janelle Knox-Hayes; (Bottom row, left to right) Karthish Manthiram, Miho Mazereeuw, Kerstin Perez, Arvind Satyanarayan, Ben Schneider.

PostOctober 22, 2021

At MIT, Nobel laureate Frances Arnold describes innovation by evolution

In her talk, “Bringing New Chemistry to Life,” Frances Arnold described her decades-long effort to “compose” with DNA, utilizing the tools of nature to generate enzymes “that work better than what nature has provided.”

PostOctober 22, 2021

Saving seaweed with machine learning

Charlene Xia, pictured at the MIT Sailing Pavilion, tests her microbiome monitoring system in the Charles River.

PostOctober 21, 2021

Coupling power and hydrogen sector pathways to benefit decarbonization

MIT Energy Initiative

An MIT-led research team studied the role and impact of hydrogen-based technology pathways in a future low-carbon, integrated energy system and finds benefits from co-optimizing hydrogen and power supply chains.

PostOctober 19, 2021

10th Annual U.S. C3E Women in Clean Energy Symposium and Awards Advancing W...

MIT Energy Initiative

PostOctober 18, 2021

How marsh grass protects shorelines

A new MIT study provides greater detail about how thes protective benefits of marsh plants work under real-world conditions shaped by waves and currents. The simulated plants used in lab experiments were designed based on Spartina alterniflora, which is a common coastal marsh plant.

PostOctober 8, 2021

Video: How cheap renewables and rising activism are shifting climate politi...

MIT Technology Review

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PostOctober 8, 2021

A French company is using enzymes to recycle one of the most common single-...

MIT Technology Review

2 clear, 1 orange, and 1 green plastic bottles

PostOctober 7, 2021

New “risk triage” platform pinpoints compounding threats to US infrastr...

MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change

As climate change amplifies the frequency and intensity of hurricanes and other extreme events in the United States and around the world, and the populations and economies they threaten grow and change, there is a critical need to make infrastructure more resilient. A new "risk triage" platform developed by the MIT Joint Program could help decision-makers to take action to mitigate and adapt to multiple, compounding risks that face the nation.(Source: Severe Weather Europe)

PostOctober 4, 2021

School of Engineering third quarter 2021 awards

Eighteen members of the MIT engineering faculty received awards in recognition of their scholarship, service, and overall excellence in the past calendar quarter.

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