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

Megawatt electrical motor designed by MIT engineers could help electrify aviation

Technology demonstrations show the machine’s major components achieve the required performance.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
June 8, 2023 ~9 min


Mix-and-match kit could enable astronauts to build a menagerie of lunar exploration bots

Robotic parts could be assembled into nimble spider bots for exploring lava tubes or heavy-duty elephant bots for transporting solar panels.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
March 14, 2023 ~8 min

With new heat treatment, 3D-printed metals can withstand extreme conditions

A technique that transforms the metals’ microscopic structure may enable energy-efficient 3D printing of blades for gas turbines or jet engines.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 14, 2022 ~7 min

MIT-Boeing educational collaboration aims to scale learning in additive manufacturing | MIT News

New online course will enable professionals to invent and implement innovative 3-D-printing applications.

MIT Open Learning • mit
April 12, 2018 ~6 min

Incorporating humanity into a systems mindset | MIT News

Grad student and Air National Guard officer Elizabeth Bieler combines systems design and management studies with engineering and volunteer projects.

Bridget E. Begg | Office of Graduate Education • mit
March 23, 2018 ~8 min

Evading in-flight lightning strikes | MIT News

MIT study shows electrically charging planes would reduce their risk of being struck by lightning.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
March 8, 2018 ~8 min

Danielle Wood joins Media Lab faculty | MIT News

MIT alumna is establishing a new research group aimed at harnessing space engineering to improve life on Earth.

MIT Media Lab • mit
Aug. 28, 2017 ~6 min


Study: For food-waste recycling, policy is key | MIT News

Successful programs aren’t limited to well-off towns with strong environmental movements.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
Aug. 17, 2017 ~7 min

Study: Technological progress alone won’t stem resource use | MIT News

Researchers find no evidence of an overall reduction in the world’s consumption of materials.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 19, 2017 ~7 min

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