Should you get a heat pump? Here's how they compare to a gas boiler
Heat pumps use electricity to transfer warmth from outside to inside a house.
Dec. 8, 2020 • ~7 min
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New research will use space telescopes to monitor energy efficiency of buildings
The University of Cambridge is one of 21 organisations awarded a share of over £7 million in funding meant to put the UK at the forefront of the latest
Dec. 7, 2020 • ~5 min
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Climate change is best tackled through lots of small-scale solutions – here are nine reasons why
Our research found they deploy faster, improve quicker and are more equitable.
Dec. 3, 2020 • ~7 min
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Pulling the secrets of dark matter out of a hat
Grad student Chiara Salemi and Professor Lindley Winslow use the ABRACADABRA instrument to reveal insights into dark matter.
Dec. 2, 2020 • ~9 min
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New way to make perovskite solar cells is super fast
A new method of making perovskite cells for solar modules could be cheap and fast enough to make it scalable, researchers say.
Dec. 1, 2020 • ~8 min
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An escape route for seafloor methane
Leakage from frozen layers was a puzzle, but a new study shows how the potent greenhouse gas breaks through icy barriers.
Nov. 30, 2020 • ~8 min
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Center to advance predictive simulation research established at MIT Schwarzman College of Computing
MIT is among nine universities selected as part of a program sponsored by the DoE to support science-based modeling and simulation and exascale computing technologies.
Nov. 24, 2020 • ~7 min
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How Biden and Kerry could rebuild America's global climate leadership
Choosing former Secretary of State John Kerry as climate envoy is an important first step. To regain trust, the U.S. will also have to take concrete actions to cut its own greenhouse gas emissions.
Nov. 24, 2020 • ~8 min
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Researchers decipher structure of promising battery materials
Family of compounds could someday be useful for fuel cells, supercapacitors, catalysts, and sensors.
Nov. 23, 2020 • ~6 min
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Biden's ambitious energy plan faces headwinds, but can move the US forward
Joe Biden has sweeping plans for a clean energy revolution. Congress will be a big speed bump, but it can't block everything.
Nov. 23, 2020 • ~9 min
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