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MIT engineers have developed a new aluminum-based process to produce hydrogen gas, that they are testing on a variety of applications, including an aluminum-powered electric vehicle, pictured here.

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June 3, 2025

Study shows making hydrogen with soda cans and seawater is scalable and sustainable

The method’s overall carbon emissions are on par with those of other green hydrogen technologies.

A team led by Soroush Mahjoubi, a postdoc in civil and environmental engineering, built a machine-learning framework that evaluates and sorts candidate materials for cleaner concrete based on their physical and chemical properties. “Some of the most interesting materials that could replace a portion of cement are ceramics,” notes Mahjoubi. “Old tiles, bricks, pottery — all these materials may have high reactivity.”

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June 2, 2025

AI stirs up the recipe for concrete in MIT study

With demand for cement alternatives rising, an MIT team uses machine learning to hunt for new ingredients across the scientific literature.

Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland, speaks at the Advanced Degree Ceremony of the MIT School of Architecture and Planning on May 29.

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May 30, 2025

Mary Robinson urges MIT School of Architecture and Planning graduates to “find a way to lead”

The former president of Ireland provides wit and wisdom to the graduating Class of 2025 and guests.

Students in the D-Lab course 2.651 / EC.711 designed an egg incubator system for rural poultry farmers in Cameroon. From left to right: Lilly Heilshorn, Maeve McGinnis, Jamel Merritt, and Gracie Goll.

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May 28, 2025

MIT D-Lab students design global energy solutions through collaboration

Each year, two longstanding D-Lab courses make their mark on students and communities around the world.

An H-cell modified with electrodes and an ion-conducting ceramic membrane to conduct sodium-air fuel cell experiments.

MIT News Office

May 27, 2025

New fuel cell could enable electric aviation

These devices could pack three times as much energy per pound as today’s best EV batteries, offering a lightweight option for powering trucks, planes, or ships.

The Initiative for New Manufacturing (INM) is an Institute-wide effort to reinfuse U.S. industrial production with leading-edge technologies, bolster crucial U.S. economic sectors, and ignite job creation.

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May 27, 2025

MIT announces the Initiative for New Manufacturing

The Institute-wide effort aims to bolster industry and create jobs by driving innovation across vital manufacturing sectors.

As the first student to declare the Course 1-12 (Climate System Science and Engineering) major, senior Ananda Santos Figueiredo has enjoyed the interdisciplinary structure of the program — and found unexpected joy in the companionship of Course 1's head cheerleader, Winston the pug.

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May 27, 2025

Shaping the future through systems thinking

Ananda Santos Figueiredo, a senior in climate system science and engineering, is charting her own course of impact.

A modeling study shows that global warming will likely make it harder to reduce ground-level ozone, a respiratory irritant that is a key component of smog, by cutting nitrogen oxide emissions.

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May 22, 2025

Study: Climate change may make it harder to reduce smog in some regions

Ground-level ozone in North America and Western Europe may become less sensitive to cutting NOx emissions. The opposite may occur in Northeast Asia.

“Across the U.S., the typical bridge deck lasts about 30 years on average — we’re enabling 100-year lifetimes,” says Allium Engineering co-founder and CEO Steven Jepeal PhD ’21.

MIT News Office

May 21, 2025

Startup enables 100-year bridges with corrosion-resistant steel

Allium Engineering, founded by two MIT alumni, has developed a process for improving steel rebar to triple the lifetime of bridges and other infrastructure.