Energy
CloudTop takes top $100K competition prize
May 17, 2012
A record 215 teams competed in this year’s business plan competition.
Also labeled: Business development, Cloud computing, Contests and academic competitions, Entrepreneurship, Graduate, postdoctoral, Green business, Health care, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), MIT $100K competition, Special events and guest speakers, Startups, Students, Technology, Venture capital
A new look at prolonged radiation exposure
May 15, 2012
MIT study suggests that at low dose-rate, radiation poses little risk to DNA.
DOE, MITEI announce a women in clean energy program for the U.S.
April 26, 2012
Announced at the Third Clean Energy Ministerial in London today.
Our gasoline-free future and how to get there
April 23, 2012
Toyota’s Tom Stricker shares his view with the MIT community.
Taking an innovative approach to battery design
April 23, 2012
Donald Sadoway’s radical rethinking of electricity storage could revitalize renewable-power technologies.
New method to prevent undersea ice clogs
April 12, 2012
Surface coatings developed by MIT researchers could inhibit buildup of methane hydrates that can block deep-sea oil and gas wells.
Hybrid copper-gold nanoparticles convert CO2
April 11, 2012
May reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Clean energy could lead to scarce materials
April 9, 2012
Rising demand for wind turbines and electric vehicles could strain supplies of some rare earth metals.
Also labeled: Engineering Systems, Green business, Manufacturing, Materials science, Recycling, Sustainability
The heat is on
March 30, 2012
New study of MIT buildings suggests additional approaches to energy efficiency.
A new dimension for solar energy
March 27, 2012
Innovative 3-D designs from an MIT team can more than double the solar power generated from a given area.
Powering the Chinese dragon
March 26, 2012
China Light and Power’s Peter Littlewood talks with MIT researchers and students about the country’s strengths and the United States’s opportunity to embrace them.
Big innovations for uncertain times
March 20, 2012
Seventh annual MIT Energy Conference features bold new technologies in the face of an uncertain economy.
Also labeled: Faculty, MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), Research, Special events and guest speakers, Students
Greenhouse gas can find a home underground
March 20, 2012
New MIT analysis shows there’s enough room to safely store at least a century’s worth of U.S. fossil fuel emissions.
Catching some rays — lots of them
March 9, 2012
New MIT design for a metamaterial could be far more efficient at capturing sunlight than existing solar cells.
Also labeled: Materials science, Mechanical engineering, Photovoltaics, Thermoelectricity, Metamaterials
Preventing contamination in recycling
March 6, 2012
New study examines ways to prevent accumulation of impurities in recycling aluminum.
Also labeled: Engineering Systems, Green business, Manufacturing, Materials science, Recycling, Sustainability
Growing population will increase global climate challenges
March 5, 2012
MIT report shows China and developing nations will come to dominate emissions that promote climate change
Fuel for thought
March 5, 2012
Economist Christopher Knittel uncovers surprising facts about the cars we drive — and about the price of gas.
Sustainable approaches to reducing food waste in India
February 28, 2012
Also labeled: Food, India, International development, Global, Student life, Students, Volunteering, outreach, public service
Mysterious electron acceleration explained
February 27, 2012
Computer simulation identifies source of aurora-causing high-speed electrons in space
Knight Fellows offer tips on tackling the energy and climate science beat
February 24, 2012
Science journalists discuss the current state of their profession and its future.
Also labeled: Climate, Climate change, Journalism, Science writing, Special events and guest speakers
Making droplets drop faster
February 23, 2012
New nanopatterned surfaces could improve the efficiency of powerplants and desalination systems.
Toying with biological systems
February 21, 2012
By swapping microbial genes, Chris Voigt designs cells with novel functions.
Also labeled: Biological engineering, Biomedicine, Cancer, Environment, Faculty, Photography, Proteins, Synthetic biology
Ashley Finan: Developing better policy for energy innovation
February 14, 2012

























