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Emissions from coal-fired power plants increase atmospheric concentrations of climate-destabilizing greenhouse gases and health-damaging air pollutants. Combined climate/air-quality policies could help reduce those concentrations an...

MIT News Office

February 23, 2023

Improving health outcomes by targeting climate and air pollution simultaneously

New modeling tool enables rapid design of effective and equitable policy combinations.

Phosphorus is an essential ingredient in thousands of products, including herbicides, lithium-ion batteries, and even soft drinks.
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MIT News Office

February 21, 2023

A more sustainable way to generate phosphorus

MIT chemists found a way to cut the carbon footprint of producing white phosphorus, an ingredient in many consumer products.

IH610 in Texas, pictured here, offers an example of concrete pavements. Pavements are one of many applications for concrete.

MIT News Office

February 21, 2023

Study: Carbon-neutral pavements are possible by 2050, but rapid policy and industry action are needed

Analyses show stakeholders of all levels must get involved in decarbonizing pavements to reach climate goals.

Researchers have found an effective new method for removing carbon dioxide from the ocean. It could be implemented by ships that would process seawater as they travel, or at offshore drilling platforms or aquaculture fish farms.
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MIT News Office

February 16, 2023

How to pull carbon dioxide out of seawater

A new method for removing the greenhouse gas from the ocean could be far more efficient than existing systems for removing it from the air.

Left to right: Graduate student Chuwei Zhang, Assistant Professor Sili Deng, graduate student Maanasa Bhat, and postdoc Jianan Zhang stand behind the lab-scale apparatus they use to investigate a low-cost method of synthesizin...

MIT News Office

February 16, 2023

Using combustion to make better batteries

An MIT team is working to harness combustion to yield valuable materials, including some that are critical in the manufacture of lithium-ion batteries.

For his LGO internship in management and nuclear science and engineering, Santiago Andrade worked at Caterpillar in Lafayette, Indiana, where he helped the company explore the potential use of nuclear microreactors to power minin...

MIT News Office

February 16, 2023

Preparing students for the new nuclear

MIT Leaders for Global Operations’ collaboration with the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering trains leaders for a rapidly evolving industry.