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By studying cellular enzymes that perform difficult reactions, MIT chemist Dan Suess hopes to find new solutions to global energy challenges.

MIT students travel to the Amazon, working with locals to address the plastics sustainability crisis.

Charge Robotics, founded by MIT alumni, has created a system that automatically assembles and installs completed sections of large solar farms.

Increasing greenhouse gas emissions will reduce the atmosphere’s ability to burn up old space junk, MIT scientists report.

The innovation enables nondestructive iron tracking within plant tissues, helping to optimize plant nutrient management, reduce fertilizer waste, and improve crop health.

New results show with high statistical confidence that ozone recovery is going strong.

Zoe Fisher, a doctoral student in NSE, is researching how defects can alter the fundamental properties of ceramics upon radiation.

Tests suggest these powerful magnets will not suffer immediate loss of performance during irradiation.

Assistant Professor César Terrer discusses pioneering volcano research to track carbon dynamics in tropical forests.