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“If there's any place that I can do the weird stuff that I like to do, it would be in academia, and it would be at MIT,” says PhD student Lily Bui. “I'm not quite satisfied with being pigeonholed into one role, and I think that's just going t...

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October 13, 2016

Harnessing the power of citizens

PhD student Lily Bui works with communities around the world to gather data from the bottom up.

A bubble of carbon dioxide (CO2) gas is trapped by capillary forces in a bed of glass beads saturated with water; as the CO2 dissolves into the water, an aqueous pH indicator changes from blue to yellow. The MITEI Low-Carbon Energy Center for Carbo...

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October 13, 2016

ExxonMobil joins MIT Energy Initiative’s low-carbon technology R&D program

Low-Carbon Energy Centers are engaging across industries and sectors in advancing climate solutions.

PolyClean, a team formed by PhD students Karim Gadelrab (left) and Mukarram Tahir, took home the $10,000 grand prize at yesterday’s MADMEC competition for developing a transparent, water-shedding coating for car windshields.

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October 12, 2016

Materials-science innovation on display at MADMEC

Water-shedding coating for car windshields wins $10K grand prize at annual prototyping contest.

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October 12, 2016

Analyzing the 2016 election: Insights from 12 MIT scholars

Experts from the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences weigh in on topics from polling to rhetoric to individual campaign issues.

Jessika Trancik, associate professor of energy studies at MIT, will present at the annual Materials Day Symposium.

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October 6, 2016

Batteries power clean energy transformation

Materials Day Symposium will highlight strong potential to cut greenhouse gases with electric cars, solar and wind energy storage.

Elizabeth Sheehan, CEO of Climate Smart, receives the $10,000 grand prize from MIT professor and Climate CoLab founder Thomas Malone.

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October 4, 2016

MIT Climate CoLab awards innovative climate proposals, presents $10,000 prize

Climate CoLab uses a crowd-based approach to surface high-potential proposals for climate change projects.

MIT Professor Raffaele Ferrari has been selected to receive the 2016 Robert L. and Bettie P. Cody Award in Ocean Sciences.

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October 4, 2016

Raffaele Ferrari receives Cody Award in Ocean Sciences

EAPS professor honored for excellence in oceanography.

While climate change may boost crop yields in some “breadbasket” regions, extreme heat and drought linked to a changing climate are likely to increase the frequency of major crop failures. Water stress is expected to increase in most regions du...

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October 4, 2016

Even if the Paris Agreement is implemented, food and water supplies remain at risk

Report projects impacts of 2015 Paris climate agreement, identifies emissions paths/technology advances needed to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius.

The Low Emission Roadmap Roundtable featured (left to right) Valérie Quiniou-Ramus, co-chair of the OGCI Low Emission Roadmap work stream and vice president at Total; Vidar Helgesen, minister of climate and the environment of Norway; John Reilly...

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September 29, 2016

Engaging industry in addressing climate change

At Climate Week conference, MIT Joint Program lays out the 2 degree Celsius challenge for oil and gas producers.