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Big Elm Solar in Bell County, Texas, a 200 MW renewable energy facility, is now operational.
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Consortium led by MIT, Harvard University, and Mass General Brigham spurs development of 408 MW of renewable energy

Projects in Texas and North Dakota support clean energy transition as MIT moves closer to 2026 net-zero goal.

At an event marking the opening of AeroShield's new pilot manufacturing facility in Waltham, Massachusetts, Aaron Baskerville-Bridges, co-founder and vice president of operations, shows an AeroShield prototype window with the ability to cut energy losses in half.
Affordable high-tech windows for comfort and energy savings

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

Ronald Prinn speaks at the 45th anniversary of the Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment (AGAGE) in 2023.
3 Questions: The past, present, and future of sustainability science

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

Electric Vehicle Team members (from left to right) Anand John, Rachel Mohammed, and Aditya Mehrotra '22, SM '24 monitor their bike’s performance, battery levels, and hydrogen tank levels to estimate the vehicle’s range.
MIT students combat climate anxiety through extracurricular teams

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…

The team plans to continue working on improving the material, especially in terms of durability and availability of source materials.
New filtration material could remove long-lasting chemicals from water

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

Allan Shtofenmakher's research interests reside at the intersection of space situational awareness and control of multi-agent systems, with a focus on tracking orbital debris.
Keeping the cosmos clean

MIT PhD student Allan Shtofenmakher wants to keep space sustainable.

MIT engineers’ new theory could improve the way turbine blades and wind farms are designed and how wind turbines are controlled.
MIT engineers’ new theory could improve the design and operation of wind farms

The first comprehensive model of rotor aerodynamics could improve the way turbine blades and wind farms are designed and how wind turbines are controlled.

“Photography was a door into science journalism,” Graduate Program in Science Writing student Sophie Hartley notes. “It lets you capture the raw beauty of a moment and return to it later.”
Creating connection with science communication

Sophie Hartley wants to help people learn about the importance of natural resources and land management through science writing.

Based on theoretical and experimental studies, MIT engineers have shown that adding nanoparticles of certain ceramics to the metal walls of the vessel containing the reacting plasma inside a nuclear fusion reactor can protect the metal from damage, significantly extending its lifetime. Professor Ju Li (right) and postdoc So Yeon Kim (left) examine samples of the composite they have fabricated for their demonstrations.
More durable metals for fusion power reactors

MIT researchers have found a way to make structural materials last longer under the harsh conditions inside a fusion reactor.

“Cement enabled civilization as we know it today, but now it needs to be reinvented,” says Sublime Systems co-founder Yet-Ming Chiang.
With sustainable cement, startup aims to eliminate gigatons of CO₂

Sublime Systems, founded by Professor Yet-Ming Chiang and former postdoc Leah Ellis, has developed a sustainable way to make one of the world’s most common materials.