H2 underground
At the 2024 MIT Energy Iniative Spring Symposium, experts weighed whether hydrogen stored in the earth might be a practical energy source of the future.
Seizing solar’s bright future
With laser-based precision tools for measuring and tuning materials, MIT spinout Optigon aims to rev up the energy transition.
MIT scientists tune the entanglement structure in an array of qubits
The advance offers a way to characterize a fundamental resource needed for quantum computing.
A new way to detect radiation involving cheap ceramics
Work by MIT engineers could lead to plethora of new applications, including better detectors for nuclear materials at ports.
With inspiration from “Tetris,” MIT researchers develop a better radiation detector
The device, based on simple tetromino shapes, could determine the direction and distance of a radiation source, with fewer detector pixels.
Extracting hydrogen from rocks
Iwnetim Abate aims to stimulate natural hydrogen production underground, potentially unearthing a new path to a cheap, carbon-free energy source.
With just a little electricity, MIT researchers boost common catalytic reactions
Applying a small voltage to a catalyst can increase the rates of reactions used in petrochemical processing, pharmaceutical manufacture, and many other processes.
Researchers discover new channels to excite magnetic waves with terahertz light
The finding provides new insights into the ultrafast control of magnetic materials, with potential to enable next-generation information processing technologies.
Researchers safely integrate fragile 2D materials into devices
The advance opens a path to next-generation devices with unique optical and electronic properties.
MIT’s Science Policy Initiative holds 13th annual Executive Visit Days
MIT students traveled to Washington to speak to representatives from several federal executive agencies.
A new way to deliver drugs more efficiently
Core-shell structures made of hydrogel could enable more efficient uptake in the body.
Working to beat the clock on climate change
At the 2023 Clean Energy Education and Empowerment symposium, participants emphasize working together to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
How to decarbonize the world, at scale
The MIT Energy Initiative’s Annual Research Conference highlights strategies for implementing large-scale reductions in the world’s greenhouse gas emissions.
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.
New qubit circuit enables quantum operations with higher accuracy
The advance brings quantum error correction a step closer to reality.