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              The MIT Mobility Initiative, a collaboration between the School of Engineering and the School of Architecture and Planning, is designed as a platform to connect all mobility and transportation activities at MIT, building an integrate...
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July 27, 2022

A global resource for better transportation systems

The MIT Mobility Initiative welcomes five inaugural industry members to advance safe, clean, and inclusive mobility.

              These scanning electron microscope images show silk-coated microcapsules containing vitamin C, at different scales of detail. On the left, and top center, samples made by spray drying, a method already widely used in industry. On th...
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July 20, 2022

Silk offers an alternative to some microplastics

Researchers have developed a biodegradable system based on silk to replace microplastics added to agricultural products, paints, and cosmetics.

              During her high school internship at MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Tuba Balta explored different ways to educate the public about fusion energy. "It just made me happy to help other people understand it," she says. 
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July 19, 2022

Fusion’s newest ambassador

High school student Tuba Balta engages new audiences through her MIT internship.

              Clockwise from top left: Juncal Arbelaiz, and Xiangkun (Elvis) Cao, Hannah Zlotnick and Sandya Subramanian are Schmidt Science Fellows, an honor created in 2017 to encourage young researchers to pursue postdoctoral studies in a fiel...
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July 18, 2022

Four researchers with MIT ties earn Schmidt Science Fellowships

International award supports early-career scientists and engineers as they pursue interdisciplinary works.

              Perovskites are widely seen as the likely platform for next-generation solar cells, replacing silicon because of its easier manufacturing process, lower cost, and greater flexibility. Just what is this unusual, complex crystal and wh...
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July 15, 2022

Explained: Why perovskites could take solar cells to new heights

This family of crystalline compounds is at the forefront of research seeking alternatives to silicon.

              High-speed video of the researchers’ test setup shows water boiling on a specially treated surface, which causes bubbles to form at specific separate points rather than spreading out in a film across the surface, thus leading t...
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July 12, 2022

MIT engineers design surfaces that make water boil more efficiently

Systems used in many industries could save energy through these new surface treatments.

              The residential community Lakes by the Bay, Florida, was devastated by Hurricane Andrew's winds in 1992.
              Photo courtesy of NOAA.
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July 11, 2022

Hurricane-resistant construction may be undervalued by billions of dollars annually

Failing to consider neighborhood texture in hurricane-related wind loss models may undervalue stronger construction by over 80 percent.

              Norman Magnuson (second from left) worked closely with students in the development and maintenance of The Hive sustainability garden. 
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July 6, 2022

Charting the landscape at MIT

After 48 years with the Institute, Manager of Grounds Services Norman Magnuson reflects on his role in a changing campus and profession.

              A new MIT-led study in the journal Energy Economics is the first to explicitly explore emissions-reduction pathways for India’s hard-to-abate sectors.
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July 5, 2022

Getting the carbon out of India’s heavy industries

Study highlights pathways to cut emissions and lower climate and health risks.

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