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Kate Brown is the Thomas M. Siebel Distinguished Professor in History of Science in the MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society.
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May 28, 2024

Q&A: The power of tiny gardens and their role in addressing climate change

Kate Brown, MIT professor of history, discusses how ordinary people taking action in their communities can offer hope for the future.
MIT spinout Boston Metal is commercializing a new method for making steel and other metals that could clean up the highly polluting industry. “All of the fundamental studies and the initial technologies came out of MIT,” Guillaume Lambotte says.
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May 22, 2024

Making steel with electricity

MIT spinout Boston Metal is commercializing a new method for making steel and other metals, to help clean up the emissions-intensive industry.
During MITEI’s Spring Symposium, MIT Assistant Professor Iwnetim Abate (right) said that geologic hydrogen opens up the idea of earth as a “factory to produce clean fuels,” utilizing the subsurface heat and pressure instead of relying on burning fossil fuels or natural gas for the same purpose.
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May 21, 2024

H2 underground

At the 2024 MIT Energy Iniative Spring Symposium, experts weighed whether hydrogen stored in the earth might be a practical energy source of the future.
"I couldn’t have survived MIT without dance. I love the discipline, creativity, and most importantly the teamwork that dance demands of us," says senior math major Janabel Xia.
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May 17, 2024

Janabel Xia: Algorithms, dance rhythms, and the drive to succeed

When the senior isn’t using mathematical and computational methods to boost driverless vehicles and fairer voting, she performs with MIT’s many dance groups to keep her on track.<br>
MIT professor of political science Evan Lieberman discusses his research at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, Ghana.
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May 15, 2024

Q&A: Exploring ethnic dynamics and climate change in Africa

Professor of political science Evan Lieberman discusses his research into perceptions among African and American citizens about the climate crisis and how their governments are responding.<br>
Graduate student Bianca Champenois SM ’22 started the MIT Bike Lab to inform and serve the MIT community.
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May 15, 2024

The MIT Bike Lab: A place for community, hands-on learning

The all-volunteer student-run bike shop, founded by graduate student Bianca Champenois, provides repair and maintenance services, emphasizes hands-on learning, and promotes sustainable transportation.
Episodes of heavy snowfall and rain likely contributed to a swarm of earthquakes over the past several years in northern Japan, MIT researchers find. Their study is the first to show climate conditions could initiate some quakes. Pictured is a scene from Japan’s Noto Peninsula.
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May 8, 2024

Study: Heavy snowfall and rain may contribute to some earthquakes

The results suggest that climate may influence seismic activity.
Jonathan Bessette (left) received the Rasikbhai L. Meswani Fellowship for Water Solutions and Akash Ball received the 2024-25 J-WAFS Graduate Student Fellowship for Water and Food Solutions.
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May 7, 2024

Two MIT PhD students awarded J-WAFS fellowships for their research on water

Jonathan Bessette and Akash Ball have been named 2024-25 J-WAFS Fellows for water treatment technologies.
MIT President Sally Kornbluth and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman chatted during a wide-ranging discussion at Kresge Auditorium on May 2.
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May 6, 2024

President Sally Kornbluth and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman discuss the future of AI

The conversation in Kresge Auditorium touched on the promise and perils of the rapidly evolving technology.

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