LHF: Hello, I’m Laur Hesse Fisher, and you’re listening to Today I Learned: Climate, the climate change podcast of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. And today, we’re talking about digging for energy. Which is a familiar enough idea: it’s what coal …
This story by MIT Environmental Solutions Journalism Fellow Paul Ruffins was originally published in Streetcar Suburbs News, where it appears with additional photos. It is the second in a series of articles exploring landfills, food waste, and methane …
Improving the US electric power system would provide many benefits, whether the goal is to keep up with projected demand growth and spur economic development, to lower household energy costs, to bolster the system’s resilience to natural or nefarious …
Tropical cyclones are hurricanes that brew over the tropical ocean and can travel over land, inundating coastal regions. The most extreme cyclones can generate devastating storm tides — seawater that is heightened by the tides and swells onto land, causing …
Nancy W. Stauffer As the world moves to reduce carbon emissions, solar and wind power will play an increasing role on electricity grids. But those renewable sources only generate electricity when it’s sunny or windy. So to ensure a reliable power grid — …
“No cash prizes. But our friends in Kiev are calling in, and they’ll probably say thanks,” was the the tagline that drew students and tech professionals to join MIT-Ukraine’s first-ever hackathon this past January. The hackathon was co-sponsored by MIT- …
Kara Miller: From the MIT Energy Initiative, this is What if it works? Looking at the energy solutions for climate change. I’m Kara Miller. Rob Stoner: And I’m Rob Stoner. KM: And today we’re joined by Moungi Bawendi. He’s a professor of chemistry at MIT …
By Kylie Foy | MIT Lincoln Laboratory The Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) has awarded MIT Lincoln Laboratory a 2025 FLC Excellence in Technology Transfer Award. The award recognizes the laboratory's exceptional efforts in commercializing microwave …
A study by MIT researchers finds “using scrubbers to treat exhaust from heavy fuel oil may offer environmental performance on par with, and in some areas superior to, burning low-sulfur fuels in maritime shipping,” reports Hassan Ahmed for Engineeringness. …
Enabling and sustaining a clean energy transition depends not only on groundbreaking technology to redefine the world’s energy systems, but also on that innovation happening at scale. As a part of an ongoing speaker series, the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI …
U.S. News and Word Report has again placed MIT’s graduate program in engineering at the top of its annual rankings, released today. The Institute has held the No. 1 spot since 1990, when the magazine first ranked such programs. The MIT Sloan School of …
E&E News reporter Christa Marshall writes that the new MIT-GE Vernova Energy and Climate Alliance will “scale sustainable energy systems across the globe” and advance breakthrough low-carbon technologies.
Key points from the 47th MIT Global Change Forum By Mark Dwortzan | MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy Hosted on March 27-28 by the MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy (CS3) at the Samberg Conference Center on the MIT campus, …
When the International Maritime Organization enacted a mandatory cap on the sulfur content of marine fuels in 2020, with an eye toward reducing harmful environmental and health impacts, it left shipping companies with three main options. They could burn …
Renewable power sources have seen unprecedented levels of investment in recent years. But with political uncertainty clouding the future of subsidies for green energy, these technologies must begin to compete with fossil fuels on equal footing, said …
MIT Solve has launched its 2025 Global Challenges, calling on innovators worldwide to submit transformative, tech-driven solutions to some of the planet's most pressing and persistent problems. With over $1 million in funding available, selected …
LHF: Hello, and welcome to Today I Learned: Climate, brought to you by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I’m Laur Hesse Fisher. Where are you listening to this episode from today? Maybe you’re riding the bus on your morning commute, or taking a …
David L. Chandler The process of catalysis — in which a material speeds up a chemical reaction — is crucial to the production of many of the chemicals used in our everyday lives. But even though these catalytic processes are widespread, researchers often …
MIT engineers have developed a new system that helps pesticides adhere more effectively to plant leaves, allowing farmers to use fewer chemicals without sacrificing crop protection, reports Michigan Farm News. The new technology “adds a thin coating around …
MIT and GE Vernova today announced the creation of the MIT-GE Vernova Energy and Climate Alliance to help develop and scale sustainable energy systems across the globe. The alliance launches a five-year collaboration between MIT and GE Vernova, a global …
