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
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
Sept. 6, 2023 • ~14 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
Aug. 25, 2023 • ~7 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
Aug. 22, 2023 • ~7 min
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