MIT engineering students take on the heat of Miami

A collaboration between MIT and Miami-Dade County has students working with city planning officials to understand why people wait patiently for a bus — and why they bail.

Jane Halpern | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science • mit
June 23, 2023 ~13 min

Researchers develop a new source of quantum light

The device emits a stream of single photos at room temperature and could provide a basis for optical quantum computers.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
June 22, 2023 ~6 min


Clean, sustainable fuels made ‘from thin air’ and plastic waste

Researchers have demonstrated how carbon dioxide can be captured from industrial processes – or even directly from the air – and transformed into clean,

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 19, 2023 ~6 min

Solar Energy Helps Indonesian Villagers Do More

VOA Learning English • voa
May 21, 2023 ~6 min

Driving on sunshine: clean, usable liquid fuels made from solar power

Researchers have developed a solar-powered technology that converts carbon dioxide and water into liquid fuels that can be added directly to a car’s engine as

Cambridge University News • cambridge
May 18, 2023 ~5 min

Saturn: we may finally know when the magnificent rings were formed

New research suggests Saturn’s rings may be surprisingly young.

Gareth Dorrian, Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Space Science, University of Birmingham • conversation
May 16, 2023 ~7 min

Floating Solar Panels Becoming Popular

VOA Learning English • voa
May 14, 2023 ~4 min

Sustainable solar cell material shown to be highly promising for medical imaging

Using X-rays to see inside the human body has revolutionised non-invasive medical diagnostics. However, the dose of X-rays required for imaging is far higher

Cambridge University News • cambridge
May 10, 2023 ~6 min


May 5, 2023, lunar eclipse will be a subtle show of astronomical wonder

Not all lunar eclipses are alike. An astronomer explains the science behind the slight dimming of the Moon on May 5, 2023.

Shannon Schmoll, Director of the Abrams Planetarium, Michigan State University • conversation
May 3, 2023 ~6 min

Perovskite: new type of solar technology paves the way for abundant, cheap and printable cells

A new generation of flexible solar cells has been pioneered using a material known as perovskite,

David Beynon, Senior Research Officer at the SPECIFIC Innovation and Knowledge Centre, Swansea University • conversation
May 2, 2023 ~6 min

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