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At MIT, former U.S. ambassador to China Nicholas Burns highlights climate change as an area for diplomatic engagement, while exploring areas including China's emphasis on STEM education.

Fourth Power, founded by Professor Asegun Henry, is developing thermal batteries for efficiently storing excess electricity from utility grids and power producers.

MIT researchers uncovered the roles of bacterial species from the environment as they consume biodegradable plastic.

PhD student Audrey Parker studies methane mitigation strategies in dairy farms and coal mines, to reduce emissions of the potent greenhouse gas.

Geothermal innovators at MIT and elsewhere are seeking deeper and hotter rocks to generate electricity at scale.

New research by MIT geophysicists could assist efforts to remove carbon from the atmosphere and store it underground.

Japan incorporates more disaster planning into its buildings and public spaces than any other nation. Miho Mazereeuw’s new book explains how they do it.

Foray Bioscience, founded by Ashley Beckwith SM ’18, PhD ’22, is engineering single plant cells to create new materials and meet growing demand.

An international study reveals disparities in urban shade levels, exacerbating the “heat island” effect in big cities.