There’s something in the air | MIT News

Colette Heald studies atmospheric gases and particles, and how they affect air quality and climate.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
April 28, 2016 ~7 min

MIT Energy Initiative awards nine seed fund grants for early-stage energy research | MIT News

Winning teams will use grants to advance research in areas including fuel cells, solar-powered desalination, and impacts of electric vehicle charging on the power grid.

MIT Energy Initiative • mit
April 25, 2016 ~6 min


Study: Ancient tectonic activity was trigger for ice ages | MIT News

Continental shifting may have acted as a natural mechanism for extreme carbon sequestration.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
April 18, 2016 ~7 min

QS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 12 subjects for 2016 | MIT News

MIT ranked within the top 5 globally for 19 of 42 subject areas.

Stephanie Eich | Resource Development • mit
April 8, 2016 ~1 min

First temperature map of a “super-Earth” reveals lava world | MIT News

Exoplanet lacks atmosphere, is covered in rivers of magma.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
March 30, 2016 ~7 min

School of Science honors staff with 2016 Infinite Mile Awards | MIT News

School of Science • mit
March 28, 2016 ~2 min

A highly eccentric exoplanet | MIT News

Observations of an extreme-weather planet raise questions about hot Jupiters’ origins.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
March 28, 2016 ~7 min

Title for ‘Earth’s first animal’ likely goes to simple sea creature | MIT News

Sponges may be source of molecular fossils that significantly predate Cambrian explosion.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 22, 2016 ~6 min


Terrascope recognized by National Academy of Engineering | MIT News

Freshman learning community recognized as an Exemplar in Engineering Ethics Education.

Terrascope • mit
Feb. 19, 2016 ~6 min

Humans settled, set fire to Madagascar’s forests 1,000 years ago | MIT News

Stalagmites reveal huge shift in ancient Madagascar’s plant life, unrelated to climate change.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 17, 2016 ~7 min

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