Pixel-by-pixel analysis yields insights into lithium-ion batteries

In a first, researchers have observed how lithium ions flow through a battery interface, which could help engineers optimize the material’s design.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
Sept. 13, 2023 ~9 min

AI pilot programs look to reduce energy use and emissions on MIT campus

A cross-departmental team is leading efforts to utilize machine learning for increased efficiency in heating and cooling MIT’s buildings.

Nicole Morell | MIT Office of Sustainability • mit
Sept. 8, 2023 ~9 min


Heat pumps will cool your home during the hottest of summers and reduce your global warming impact

Heat pumps can be 400% more efficient than a gas furnace.

Theresa Pistochini, PhD Candidate, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Davis, University of California, Davis • conversation
Sept. 7, 2023 ~8 min

MIT researchers win grants to develop and test 14 innovative ideas to improve education

The Jameel World Education Lab awards more than $900K in Education Innovation Grants to researchers across MIT.

Shauna Billings Delano | Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab (J-WEL) • mit
Sept. 6, 2023 ~14 min

Study suggests energy-efficient route to capturing and converting CO2

The findings, based on a single electrochemical process, could help cut emissions from the hardest-to-decarbonize industries, such as steel and cement.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
Sept. 6, 2023 ~8 min

Fast-tracking fusion energy’s arrival with AI and accessibility

MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center will receive DoE support to improve access to fusion data and increase workforce diversity.

Julianna Mullen | Plasma Science and Fusion Center • mit
Sept. 1, 2023 ~6 min

Energy price cap: a targeted 'social tariff' must be part of a much wider set of reforms

No more tweaks: let’s replace the energy price cap with something more radical.

Karen Turner, Professor and Director of the Centre for Energy Policy, University of Strathclyde • conversation
Aug. 25, 2023 ~7 min

Supporting sustainability, digital health, and the future of work

The MIT and Accenture Convergence Initiative for Industry and Technology selects three new research projects to support.

School of Engineering • mit
Aug. 24, 2023 ~8 min


Making aviation fuel from biomass

MIT researchers are converting the plant material lignin into hydrocarbon molecules that could help make jet fuel 100 percent sustainable.

Nancy W. Stauffer | MIT Energy Initiative • mit
Aug. 23, 2023 ~15 min

Machine-learning system based on light could yield more powerful, efficient large language models

MIT system demonstrates greater than 100-fold improvement in energy efficiency and a 25-fold improvement in compute density compared with current systems.

Elizabeth A. Thomson | Materials Research Laboratory • mit
Aug. 22, 2023 ~7 min

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