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In the MediaJanuary 13, 2023

The Washington Post

Washington Post reporter Pranshu Verma writes that a new study by MIT researchers finds the “future energy required to run just the computers on a global fleet of autonomous vehicles could generate as...

PostJanuary 13, 2023

Computers that power self-driving cars could be a huge driver of global car...

MIT researchers determined that 1 billion autonomous vehicles, each driving for one hour per day with a computer consuming 840 watts, would consume enough energy to generate about the same amount of emissions as data centers currently do.

PostJanuary 12, 2023

Study: Extreme heat is changing habits of daily life

A new study by MIT researchers quantifies the extent to which outdoor activity in China decreases on days with hot temperatures.

PostJanuary 11, 2023

The Imperative of Justice: Climate Justice and Just Transition Events Durin...

MIT Climate Nucleus

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PostJanuary 11, 2023

Looking to the past to prepare for an uncertain future

Aviva Intveld is an MIT senior majoring in earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences, whose research focuses on reconstructing the paleoclimate and paleoecology of northeastern Mexico.

PostJanuary 10, 2023

A new way to assess radiation damage in reactors

One of the most effective ways to control greenhouse gas emissions, many analysts argue, is to prolong the lifetimes of existing nuclear power plants. But doing so requires monitoring the condition of many of their critical components to ensure that damage from heat and radiation has not led, and will not lead, to unsafe cracking or embrittlement.

PostJanuary 5, 2023

New MIT internships expand research opportunities in Africa

Researchers from the State University of Zanzibar and MIT students Mel Isidor (third from left) and Rajan Hoyle (far left) enjoy a field visit to Uzi Island, Zanzibar, to learn about seaweed farming.

PostJanuary 5, 2023

Temperature and Cognitive Performance

MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research

PostJanuary 4, 2023

Ian Hutchinson: A lifetime probing plasma, on Earth and in space

MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering

Having spent much of his career doing fusion research on the Alcator C-Mod tokamak (currently in the process of being disassembled), Ian Hutchinson has turned his attention to the solar wind, the moon, and phenomena known as electron holes.

PostJanuary 4, 2023

Sustainable supply chains put the customer first

Josué C. Velázquez Martínez, the director of MIT’s Sustainable Supply Chain Lab, investigates how customer-facing supply chains can be made more environmentally and socially sustainable.

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