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PostSeptember 27, 2023

Improving US air quality, equitably

MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
The power sector, which is the main target of current U.S. carbon emissions-reduction policies, contributes to national PM2.5-related exposure, but other sectors, such as industry and heavy-duty diesel transportation, can be a larger influence on exposure disparities.
PostSeptember 19, 2023

Economic Implications of the Climate Provisions of the Inflation Reduction ...

MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research
PostSeptember 13, 2023

Pixel-by-pixel analysis yields insights into lithium-ion batteries

MIT News
By mining X-ray images, MIT researchers have made significant new discoveries about the reactivity of lithium iron phosphate, a material used in batteries for electric cars and in other rechargeable batteries. In each pair pictured, actual particles are on the left and the researchers’ simulations are on the right.
PostSeptember 6, 2023

Zinc batteries that offer an alternative to lithium just got a big boost

MIT Technology Review
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PostSeptember 6, 2023

Device offers long-distance, low-power underwater communication

MIT News
The device is an array of piezoelectric transducers that enables battery-free underwater communication.
PostSeptember 5, 2023

Uncovering how biomes respond to climate change

MIT News
Leila Mirzagholi, an MIT postdoc in civil and environmental engineering, applies her physics and mathematical background to her research in evaluating the impact climate change has on our global terrestrial carbon cycle.
PostAugust 24, 2023

Dyanna Jaye: Bringing the urgency of organizing to climate policy

MIT News
MCP student and Sunrise Movement co-founder Dyanna Jaye seeks to embed climate action into all levels of government. Her goal: a transition that “decarbonizes our economy while also building good jobs and protecting the fundamental things that we need in our life.”
PostAugust 23, 2023

Bringing sustainable and affordable electricity to all

MIT Energy Initiative
Reja Amatya PhD ’12, Waya Energy president and co-founder, says that electrifying Rwanda will help provide new opportunities for work, education, and connections — and the ability to charge cellphones, currently an expensive and inconvenient undertaking in many locations.
PostAugust 23, 2023

How new batteries could help your EV charge faster

MIT Technology Review
CATL's new Shenxing batteries could speed EV charging.
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.

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