Hybrid drones carry heavier payloads for greater distances | MIT News
Startup’s gas-electric engines may pave way for package delivery and human flight.
Aug. 4, 2017 • ~10 min
Study suggests route to improving rechargeable lithium batteries | MIT News
Smooth surfaces may prevent harmful deposits from working their way into a solid electrolyte.
July 12, 2017 • ~7 min
Kit Cummins awarded the American Chemical Society Pauling Medal | MIT News
Award presented annually in recognition of outstanding achievement in chemistry in the spirit of, and in honor of, Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling.
June 28, 2017 • ~3 min
Batteries that “drink” seawater could power long-range underwater vehicles | MIT News
Startup’s novel aluminum batteries increase the range of UUVs tenfold.
June 15, 2017 • ~8 min
High-temperature devices made from films that bend as they “breathe” | MIT News
Mechanical actuators developed by MIT team expand and contract as they let oxygen in and out.
May 8, 2017 • ~5 min
How some battery materials expand without cracking | MIT News
Brittle electrodes handle expansion by going glassy, study shows.
April 12, 2017 • ~6 min
Multi-university effort will advance materials, define the future of mobility | MIT News
With support from the Toyota Research Institute, MIT faculty will focus on next-generation energy storage.
April 3, 2017 • ~7 min
Iodine may protect batteries | MIT News
MIT, Carnegie Mellon researchers explore “self-healing” batteries with new metal-halide solid electrolyte material.
March 8, 2017 • ~3 min
New faculty strengthen, broaden MIT’s energy expertise | MIT News
MIT's newest faculty bring a wide array of energy interests and developments to the Institute.
Feb. 7, 2017 • ~18 min
Toward all-solid lithium batteries | MIT News
Researchers investigate mechanics of lithium sulfides, which show promise as solid electrolytes.
Feb. 2, 2017 • ~7 min
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