Aviva Intveld named 2023 Gates Cambridge Scholar

The MIT senior will pursue graduate studies in earth sciences at Cambridge University.

Distinguished Fellowships • mit
March 3, 2023 ~4 min

3Q: What we learned from the asteroid-smashing DART mission

Saverio Cambioni discusses new results revealing the redirected asteroid Dimorphos to be a dust-trailing rubble-pile.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
March 2, 2023 ~7 min


Improving health outcomes by targeting climate and air pollution simultaneously

New modeling tool enables rapid design of effective and equitable policy combinations.

Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change • mit
Feb. 23, 2023 ~4 min

Moving water and earth

A new understanding of how particle shape controls grain flow could help engineers manage river restoration and coastal erosion.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 11, 2023 ~7 min

A healthy wind

Health benefits of using wind energy instead of fossil fuels could quadruple if the most polluting power plants are selected for dialing down, new study finds.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 2, 2022 ~8 min

Earth can regulate its own temperature over millennia, new study finds

Scientists have confirmed that a “stabilizing feedback” on 100,000-year timescales keeps global temperatures in check.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 16, 2022 ~8 min

Ocean microbes get their diet through a surprising mix of sources, study finds

Up to one-third of the carbon consumed by Prochlorococcus may come from sources other than photosynthesis.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 3, 2022 ~7 min

Coordinating climate and air-quality policies to improve public health

New MIT tool pinpoints policy combinations that maximize health benefits.

Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change • mit
Oct. 26, 2022 ~7 min


Method for decoding asteroid interiors could help aim asteroid-deflecting missions

Astronomers have found a way to determine an asteroid’s interior structure based on how its spin changes during a close encounter with Earth.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 19, 2022 ~6 min

Small eddies play a big role in feeding ocean microbes

Swirling waters replenish nutrients in open ocean, a new study finds, and could mitigate some climate change effects.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 3, 2022 ~7 min

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