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Today’s regulations for nuclear reactors are unprepared for how the field is evolving. PhD student Liam Hines wants to ensure that policy keeps up with the technology.

MIT researchers identify facility-level factors that could worsen heat impacts for incarcerated people.

The interlocking bricks, which can be repurposed many times over, can withstand similar pressures as their concrete counterparts.

The major effort to accelerate practical climate change solutions launches as its mission directors meet the Institute community.

MIT startup AeroShield has opened a new facility for manufacturing highly insulating windows that will reduce building energy use and cut carbon emissions.

Professor Ronald Prinn reflects on how far sustainability has come as a discipline, and where it all began at MIT.

The MIT Electric Vehicle Team, Sustainable Engine Team, Solar Electric Vehicle Team, Motorsports Team, First Nations Launch Team, and Arcturus are each doing their part to improve the health of our planet.

Membranes based on natural silk and cellulose can remove many contaminants, including “forever chemicals” and heavy metals.

MIT PhD student Allan Shtofenmakher wants to keep space sustainable.