Mining for the clean energy transition
MIT Conference on Mining, Environment, and Society convenes academics, industry, policymakers, and NGOs to discuss challenges of supplying the materials for clean energy.
MIT Conference on Mining, Environment, and Society convenes academics, industry, policymakers, and NGOs to discuss challenges of supplying the materials for clean energy.
Delegates from MIT attended COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where international climate negotiations went down to the wire.
Hackathon explores policy solutions to challenges in cybersecurity, environmental justice, and city planning focused on post-pandemic efforts to build a better society.
Scientists have confirmed that a “stabilizing feedback” on 100,000-year timescales keeps global temperatures in check.
A new study links very dry and very humid indoor environments with worse Covid-19 outcomes.
Lane leaves a lasting legacy at the Institute and on tribal communities around the country.
J-WAFS Fellows discuss their inspiration for pursuing challenges in water and food systems.
New MIT tool pinpoints policy combinations that maximize health benefits.
The Kendall Square Association’s annual meeting highlights local efforts to develop and shift toward clean energy solutions.
Winning project supports collaboration between public housing residents in New York City and a local nonprofit offering training for work in the digital economy.
Prizes in the materials science competition also went to a waste-monitoring device and a nanofiber-based yarn.
Cobalt-based catalysts could be used to turn mixed plastic waste into fuel, new plastics, and other products.
Swirling waters replenish nutrients in open ocean, a new study finds, and could mitigate some climate change effects.
Deeply respected advisor, educator, mentor, and former department head was a founding member of the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change and committed to helping others rise out of poverty.
MIT spinoff Takachar converts agricultural waste into clean-burning fuel, and wins Earthshot Prize.