Decarbonizing steel is as tough as steel

But a new study shows how advanced steelmaking technologies could substantially reduce carbon emissions.

Mark Dwortzan | Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy • mit
June 11, 2025 ~4 min

How your air conditioner can help the power grid, rather than overloading it

Rather than feeling guilty about cooling down in extreme heat, homeowners could boost power reliability and lay a welcome mat for more renewables.

Johanna Mathieu, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of Michigan • conversation
June 11, 2025 ~9 min


“Each of us holds a piece of the solution”

Campus gathers with Vice President for Energy and Climate Evelyn Wang to explore the Climate Project at MIT, make connections, and exchange ideas.

Office of the Vice President for Energy and Climate • mit
June 10, 2025 ~4 min

Why burning waste to power a giant greenhouse really could be a greener way of growing food

The proposed Rivenhall greenhouses could burn all household waste but the project must prove its low-carbon credentials to be more than just hot air.

Alex Newman, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Sustainability Assessment at the Grantham Centre, University of Sheffield • conversation
June 10, 2025 ~7 min

How the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ positions US energy to be more costly for consumers and the climate

Some technologies could rapidly cut emissions, while others do little to fight climate change. The House bill favors the latter while nixing support for the former.

Daniel Cohan, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University • conversation
June 10, 2025 ~10 min

Why wind farm developers are pulling out at the last minute

Ørsted’s cancellation of Hornsea 4 bodes ill for the UK’s 2030 clean power target.

Thomas York, Postgraduate Researcher in Human Geography, University of Leicester • conversation
June 9, 2025 ~7 min

New facility to accelerate materials solutions for fusion energy

MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center to establish the Schmidt Laboratory for Materials in Nuclear Technologies.

Julianna Mullen | Plasma Science and Fusion Center • mit
June 9, 2025 ~8 min

Different anesthetics, same result: unconsciousness by shifting brainwave phase

MIT study finds an easily measurable brain wave shift may be a universal marker of unconsciousness under anesthesia.

David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory • mit
June 5, 2025 ~6 min


How Trump’s ‘gold standard’ politicizes federal science

The first Trump administration also used words like ‘transparency,’ ‘reproducibility’ and ‘uncertainty’ − to try to block regulators from using important health studies when writing pollution rules.

H. Christopher Frey, Glenn E. Futrell Distinguished University Professor of Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University • conversation
June 5, 2025 ~10 min

A new observatory is assembling the most complete time-lapse record of the night sky ever

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will capture enough detail to see a golf ball from 25km away.

Noelia Noël, Senior Lecturer, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Surrey • conversation
June 5, 2025 ~6 min

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