The future of motorcycles could be hydrogen

MIT Electric Vehicle Team builds a unique hydrogen fuel cell–powered electric motorcycle.

MIT Energy Initiative • mit
Jan. 10, 2024 ~9 min

Accelerated climate action needed to sharply reduce current risks to life and life-support systems

2023 Global Change Outlook from the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change quantifies benefits of policies that cap global warming at 1.5 C.

Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change • mit
Dec. 6, 2023 ~11 min


New study shows how universities are critical to emerging fusion industry

Fusion’s success as a renewable energy depends on the creation of an industry to support it, and academia is vital to that industry’s development.

Peter Reuell | Julianna Mullen | Plasma Science and Fusion Center • mit
Nov. 30, 2023 ~8 min

Team engineers nanoparticles using ion irradiation to advance clean energy and fuel conversion

The work demonstrates control over key properties leading to better performance.

Elizabeth Thomson | Materials Research Laboratory • mit
Nov. 27, 2023 ~7 min

Engineers develop an efficient process to make fuel from carbon dioxide

The approach directly converts the greenhouse gas into formate, a solid fuel that can be stored indefinitely and could be used to heat homes or power industries.

David L. Chandler | MIT News • mit
Oct. 30, 2023 ~8 min

MIT design would harness 40 percent of the sun’s heat to produce clean hydrogen fuel

Conventional systems for producing hydrogen depend on fossil fuels, but the new system uses only solar energy.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
Oct. 16, 2023 ~8 min

Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water

MIT engineers and collaborators developed a solar-powered device that avoids salt-clogging issues of other designs.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
Sept. 27, 2023 ~8 min

Pixel-by-pixel analysis yields insights into lithium-ion batteries

In a first, researchers have observed how lithium ions flow through a battery interface, which could help engineers optimize the material’s design.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
Sept. 13, 2023 ~9 min


Study suggests energy-efficient route to capturing and converting CO2

The findings, based on a single electrochemical process, could help cut emissions from the hardest-to-decarbonize industries, such as steel and cement.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
Sept. 6, 2023 ~8 min

Fast-tracking fusion energy’s arrival with AI and accessibility

MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center will receive DoE support to improve access to fusion data and increase workforce diversity.

Julianna Mullen | Plasma Science and Fusion Center • mit
Sept. 1, 2023 ~6 min

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