AI pilot programs look to reduce energy use and emissions on MIT campus

A cross-departmental team is leading efforts to utilize machine learning for increased efficiency in heating and cooling MIT’s buildings.

Nicole Morell | MIT Office of Sustainability • mit
Sept. 8, 2023 ~9 min

Technologies for water conservation and treatment move closer to commercialization

J-WAFS awards 2023 Solutions Grants to bring two water-related innovations to the market.

Carolyn Blais | Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Systems Lab • mit
Sept. 7, 2023 ~7 min


MIT researchers win grants to develop and test 14 innovative ideas to improve education

The Jameel World Education Lab awards more than $900K in Education Innovation Grants to researchers across MIT.

Shauna Billings Delano | Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab (J-WEL) • mit
Sept. 6, 2023 ~14 min

Devices offers long-distance, low-power underwater communication

The system could be used for battery-free underwater communication across kilometer-scale distances, to aid monitoring of climate and coastal change.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Sept. 6, 2023 ~9 min

SMART launches research group to advance AI, automation, and the future of work

Mens, Manus and Machina (M3S) will design technology, training programs, and institutions for successful human-machine collaboration.

Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology • mit
Aug. 23, 2023 ~8 min

A wearable ultrasound scanner could detect breast cancer earlier

The new device, which can be incorporated into a bra, could allow more frequent monitoring of patients at high risk for breast cancer.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
July 28, 2023 ~7 min

New sensor mimics cell membrane functions

The device detects the same molecules that cell receptors do, and may enable routine early screening for cancers and other diseases.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
July 21, 2023 ~9 min

How to make homes cooler without cranking up the air conditioning

Air con uses lots of energy – try these things first.

Radhika Khosla, Associate Professor, Smith School of Enterprise and Environment, University of Oxford • conversation
July 20, 2023 ~7 min


Northern Europe faces biggest relative increase in uncomfortable heat and is dangerously unprepared -- new research

Rising temperatures threaten the UK, Switzerland and Norway with more uncomfortably hot days – new research.

Radhika Khosla, Associate Professor, Smith School of Enterprise and Environment, University of Oxford • conversation
July 14, 2023 ~6 min

Cutting urban carbon emissions by retrofitting buildings

Study shows that cities’ plans often won’t achieve their goals, but decarbonizing the local grid could make the difference.

Nancy W. Stauffer | MIT Energy Initiative • mit
July 13, 2023 ~20 min

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