Heat-responsive materials may aid in controlled drug delivery and solar panel tracking.

Bubble-wrapped structure requires no mirrors or lenses to focus the sun’s heat.

MIT researchers design a solar-powered desalination device for rural India.

Defects in some new electronic materials can be removed by making ions move under illumination.

System converts solar heat into usable light, increasing device’s overall efficiency.

Ultrathin, flexible photovoltaic cells from MIT research could find many new uses.

Detailed model can help planners meet climate goals, increase resilience.

MOSAIC award spurs MIT research into concentrator solar cells that can run in shade and full sun with power control and wavelength separation.

MIT researchers recommend rapidly scaling up current silicon-based systems while continuing to work on other technologies.

Modeling electron excitation in organic photovoltaic material could change the future of solar energy.