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“Many reactions that were previously run sequentially though a conventional steelmaking process are now occurring simultaneously, within a single furnace,” Laureen Meroueh explains.
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February 13, 2026

A new way to make steel could reduce America’s reliance on imports

Hertha Metals, founded by Laureen Meroueh SM ’18, PhD ’20, uses natural gas and electricity to produce steel and high-purity iron for magnets.
“Essential” — the official name for the 2026 Winter Olympic torch — was designed to perform regardless of the weather, wind, or altitude it would encounter on its journey from Olympia to Milan. The torch “aims to combine both past and future,” says designer Carlo Ratti, a professor of the practice at MIT who hails from Turin, Italy. “It draws on Italian design from the past, but also on future-forward technologies.”
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February 5, 2026

“Essential” torch heralds the start of the 2026 Winter Olympics

Professor of the practice Carlo Ratti designed this year’s Olympic torch with the ethos and principles he brings to his work at MIT.
On left, the MIT HAUS large format 3D printer system deposits the first layer of a polymer composite 3D printed floor truss. A closeup of a notched joint is seen on right, and the assembled floor system undergoing a bending test with a ~2,000lb concrete block load in the center.
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February 3, 2026

Your future home might be framed with printed plastic

MIT engineers are using recycled plastic to 3D print construction-grade floor trusses.
Osmoses' membrane technology is capable of filtering gases with high levels of selectivity and flux.
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January 30, 2026

Taking the heat out of industrial chemical separations

The gas-filtering membranes developed by MIT spinout Osmoses offer an alternative to energy-hungry thermal separation for chemicals and fuels.
“Steam is the most important working fluid ever,” says AtmosZero co-founder Addison Stark.
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January 21, 2026

Electrifying boilers to decarbonize industry

AtmosZero, co-founded by Addison Stark SM ’10, PhD ’14, developed a modular heat pump to electrify the centuries-old steam boiler.
MIT professors Eran Ben-Joseph and Mary Anne Ocampo (back row, center) led a session for the “Industrial Urbanism: Site Planning, Environmental Systems, and Energy Transition” class at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) campus in Mexico City. The course was taught in collaboration with UNAM faculty Daniel Daou and Elena Tudela, as well as UNAM students, in 2024.
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January 14, 2026

Feeding innovation to solve complex urban problems

Cross-border collaborations are seen as a key to success for the MIT Leventhal Center’s Mexico City Initiative.
“Before this, there was no harmonized datasets quantifying the impacts of this transition,” says lead author Woojae Shin. “It’s filling a major knowledge gap.”
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January 13, 2026

Understanding ammonia energy’s tradeoffs around the world

MIT Energy Initiative researchers calculated the economic and environmental impact of future ammonia energy production and trade pathways.
Priya Donti, an MIT electrical engineering and computer science professor, studies how machine learning can make the power grid more efficient and resilient.
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January 9, 2026

3 Questions: How AI could optimize the power grid

While the growing energy demands of AI are worrying, some techniques can also help make power grids cleaner and more efficient.
Group discussing sustainability in a bright conference room. Panels show a cooking demo, panel discussion and discussion at a digital display (e-poster presentation). Text reads "Sustainability Connect 2025."
MIT Office of Sustainability
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January 7, 2026

Sustainability Connect 2025: Climate Action Through Partnership and Practice

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