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July 23, 2020

Letter from President Reif: Tackling the grand challenges of climate change

Students in the biological engineering capstone design class showcase their proposed solutions to food and water security challenges over Zoom.
Image: Sean Clarke

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July 22, 2020

Engineering superpowered organisms for a more sustainable world

MIT students explore algal water purifiers, programmable soil bacteria, and other biological engineering approaches to food and water security.

Thermoset polymers, found in car parts and electrical appliances, have to be durable and heat-resistant, but typically cannot be easily recycled or broken down after use. MIT chemists have now developed a way to modify thermose...

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July 22, 2020

Chemists make tough plastics recyclable

New method for producing thermoset plastics allows them to be broken down more easily after use.

Shutdowns in response to the Covid-19 pandemic have resulted in lowered air pollution levels around the world. Researchers at MIT, and in Germany and Singapore have found that this resulted in a significant increase in the output fro...

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July 22, 2020

Covid-19 shutdown led to increased solar power output

As the air cleared after lockdowns, solar installations in Delhi produced 8 percent more power, study shows.

MIT's campus response to the pandemic has informed future modeling and demonstrated how the community can advance its important work even when displaced.
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July 15, 2020

Building a more sustainable MIT — from home

MIT’s Office of Sustainability puts lessons of resiliency into practice.

Human capital development in Russia through increased per-student expenditure could lead to long-term benefits in manufacturing, services, agriculture, food production, and other sectors. Seen here: Russian students from Tyumen Stat...

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July 15, 2020

Decarbonize and diversify

How energy-intensive economies can survive and thrive as the globe ramps up climate action.

Sahag Voskian SM ’15, PhD ’19 (left) and Professor T. Alan Hatton have developed an electrochemical cell that can capture and release carbon dioxide with just a small change in voltage.
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July 9, 2020

A new approach to carbon capture

Researchers design an effective treatment for both exhaust and ambient air.

MINE Program students and other program participants at a hackathon in Salvador, Brazil, are pictured here before the Covid-19 pandemic interrupted such gatherings.

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July 7, 2020

Innovations in environmental training for the mining industry

MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative and multinational mining company Vale bring sustainability education to young engineering professionals in Brazil.

Lecturer Susan Murcott met many members of her EC.719 / EC.789 (Water, Climate Change, and Health) D-Lab class for the first time at the Boston climate strike on Sept. 20, 2019.
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July 1, 2020

D-Lab moves online, without compromising on impact

With the campus shut down by Covid-19, the spring D-Lab class Water, Climate Change, and Health had to adapt.

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