There’s something in the air | MIT News
Colette Heald studies atmospheric gases and particles, and how they affect air quality and climate.
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.
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.
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.
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.
March 30, 2016 • ~7 min
School of Science honors staff with 2016 Infinite Mile Awards | MIT News
March 28, 2016 • ~2 min
A highly eccentric exoplanet | MIT News
Observations of an extreme-weather planet raise questions about hot Jupiters’ origins.
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.
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.
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.
Feb. 17, 2016 • ~7 min
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