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Jacqueline Thomas PhD ’20 recounts her final academic year at MIT, from once-in-a-lifetime field work to a virtual thesis defense.

Study finds simple changes in road resurfacing practices could improve gas mileage for heavy vehicles and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Graduate student Linda Zhong and professor of biology Anthony Sinskey are studying the plastic-devouring enzyme PETase as a way to improve recycling.

Study reveals drainage, deforestation of the region’s peatlands, which leads to fires, greenhouse emissions, land subsidence.

Solar geoengineering proposals will weaken extratropical storm tracks in both hemispheres, scientists find.

An MIT-developed technique could aid in tracking the ocean’s health and productivity.

Three MIT teams to explore novel ways to reduce operations and maintenance costs of advanced nuclear reactors.

Fulbright Fellowship recipient encourages more musicologists and scientists to do interdisciplinary work with one another.

Modeling study shows battery reuse systems could be profitable for both electric vehicle companies and grid-scale solar operations.