Deploying a practical solution to space debris

Researchers share the design and implementation of an incentive-based Space Sustainability Rating.

Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics | Media Lab • mit
May 14, 2025 ~6 min

How can India decarbonize its coal-dependent electric power system?

A detailed MIT analysis identifies some promising options but also raises unexpected concerns.

Nancy W. Stauffer | MIT Energy Initiative • mit
May 6, 2025 ~16 min


Q&A: Examining American attitudes on global climate policies

Professor Evan Lieberman describes new research in which he and colleagues find a sharp partisan divide over providing aid to poor nations.

MIT Center for International Studies • mit
Jan. 10, 2025 ~7 min

3 Questions: Community policing in the Global South

International research co-led by Professor Fotini Christia finds an approach lauded in the US works differently in other regions.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News • mit
Dec. 4, 2024 ~6 min

From refugee to MIT graduate student

As a child, a civil war drove Mlen-Too Wesley out of Liberia. As an adult, he has returned and is applying what he learned in an MITx MicroMasters program to help the West African nation thrive.

Marisa Demers | MIT Open Learning • mit
Dec. 3, 2024 ~6 min

Q&A: A STEAM framework that prepares learners for evolving careers and technologies

MIT pK-12 at Open Learning co-created a secondary school learning architecture that’s available for adoption and adaptation by educational practitioners worldwide.

Katherine Ouellette | MIT Open Learning • mit
Nov. 4, 2024 ~7 min

Solar-powered desalination system requires no extra batteries

Because it doesn’t need expensive energy storage for times without sunshine, the technology could provide communities with drinking water at low costs.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
Oct. 8, 2024 ~9 min

All in the family

New studies show that caste and ethnic identity play an outsize role in how business interacts with government in developing countries.

Leda Zimmerman | Department of Political Science • mit
June 4, 2024 ~9 min


MIT researchers remotely map crops, field by field

The team used machine learning to analyze satellite and roadside images of areas where small farms predominate and agricultural data are sparse.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
Feb. 15, 2024 ~8 min

K. Lisa Yang Global Engineering and Research Center will prioritize innovations for resource-constrained communities

Collaborative hub founded by philanthropist Lisa Yang will catalyze academic innovation and result in real-world, global impact.

Department of Mechanical Engineering • mit
Jan. 17, 2024 ~8 min

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