Maria Zuber on climate change: “Breakthroughs will happen”
MIT’s vice president for research identifies three areas that show particular promise for climate action.
MIT’s vice president for research identifies three areas that show particular promise for climate action.
Sorting through millions of possibilities, a search for battery materials delivered results in five weeks instead of 50 years.
Speakers at MIT climate symposium outline the steps needed to achieve global carbon neutrality by midcentury.
An MIT team has devised a lithium metal anode that could improve the longevity and energy density of future batteries.
Fikile Brushett and his team are designing electrochemical technology to secure the planet’s energy future.
MIT symposium looks at the role of advances in storage, solar, nuclear, EVs and more in cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Mining materials from the sea floor could help secure a low-carbon future, but researchers are racing to understand the environmental effects.
Materials Day speaker Brian Storey describes how the Toyota Research Institute is embracing machine learning to advance the use of electric vehicles.
One of three scientists recognized for developing the lithium-ion battery, Goodenough explored the physics of magnetic materials during his career at Lincoln Laboratory.
Materials scientist recognized for social, economic, and environmentally-sustaining inventions that impact millions of people around the world.
Novel class of “ionic liquids” may store more energy than conventional electrolytes — with less risk of catching fire.
MIT researchers are developing a battery that could both capture carbon dioxide in power plant exhaust and convert it to a solid ready for safe disposal.
MIT researchers demonstrate a method to make a smaller, safer, and faster lithium-rich ceramic electrolyte.
Novel batteries are the first to use water-splitting technology at their core.
Student-run event spans energy policy, carbon pricing, storage technologies, and the rise of renewables.