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Former students in the MIT Advanced Study Program Herman Øie Kolden (left) and Lars Erik Fagernæs expanded their drone company, delivering essentials and peace of mind to remote communities.
Flying high to enable sustainable delivery, remote care

Drone company founders with MIT Advanced Study Program roots seek to bring aerial delivery to the mainstream.

“Something that MIT has really instilled in me is the value of going in person and learning about how the research you're doing connects to real-world issues,” Aaron Berman says.
Balancing economic development with natural resources protection

From scallop fishing in New Bedford to deforestation in the tropics, “our goal is to get some empirical traction on the problem,” says PhD student Aaron Berman.

MIT engineers Aly Kombargi (left) and Niko Tsakiris (right) work on a new hydrogen reactor, designed to produce hydrogen gas by mixing aluminum pellets with seawater.
A recipe for zero-emissions fuel: Soda cans, seawater, and caffeine

MIT engineers have developed a fast and sustainable method for producing hydrogen fuel using aluminum, saltwater, and coffee grounds.

MIT historian Tristan Brown at the Dalongdong Bao'an Temple in Taipei, Taiwan.
Q&A: “As long as you have a future, you can still change it”

MIT historian Tristan Brown describes how China’s feng shui legacy can help with confronting today’s climate challenges.

The Climate Project at MIT is a major new effort to change the trajectory of global climate outcomes for the better over the next decade.
Mission directors announced for the Climate Project at MIT

The effort to accelerate climate work at the Institute adds to its leadership team.

A class of materials called solid acids were especially likely to be fast proton conductors, based on computer simulations of the materials’ behavior.
Proton-conducting materials could enable new green energy technologies

Analysis and materials identified by MIT engineers could lead to more energy-efficient fuel cells, electrolyzers, batteries, or computing devices.

Aluminum production in western China is a major source of PFC-14 and PFC-116 emissions, which contribute to global warming.
China-based emissions of three potent climate-warming greenhouse gases spiked in past decade

Two studies pinpoint their likely industrial sources and mitigation opportunities.

A heat sensor captures data in the Kendall/MIT Open Space.
Collaborative effort supports an MIT resilient to the impacts of extreme heat

Increasing severity and duration of heat drives data collection and resiliency planning for the forthcoming Climate Resiliency and Adaptation Roadmap.

"Students today have grown up in a very contentious and difficult era in which they feel like nothing ever gets done. But stuff does get done, even now," says Professor Susan Solomon. "Looking at how we did things so far really helps you to see how we can do things in the future."
Q&A: What past environmental success can teach us about solving the climate crisis

In a new book, Professor Susan Solomon uses previous environmental successes as a source of hope and guidance for mitigating climate change.