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September 28, 2018

From security to systems: J-WAFS name change reflects its breadth and impact

Emphasizing the scope and interdisciplinary mission on which it was founded, J-WAFS has a new name: the Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab.

Graduate student Janelle Heslop has been named a Switzter Fellow by The Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation.Photo courtesy of Janelle Heslop

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September 25, 2018

Janelle Heslop awarded Switzer Fellowship

MIT graduate student is one of 20 to join the Switzer Foundation Network, which is committed to environmental change.

A sample of nearly pure copper is deposited on an iron electrode after extraction through an electrochemical process developed by researchers in the lab of MIT Associate Professor Antoine Allanore.Photo: Denis Paiste/Materials Research Laboratory

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September 25, 2018

Developing new ways to advance copper production

U.S. Department of Energy grant will support the Allanore lab's advancement of copper production from sulfur-based minerals.

Since the 1950s, scientists have observed a surprisingly straightforward, linear relationship between the Earth’s surface temperature and its outgoing heat.

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September 24, 2018

How Earth sheds heat into space

New insights into the role of water vapor may help researchers predict how the planet will respond to warming.

This scanning electron microscope image shows the carbon cathode of a carbon-dioxide-based battery made by MIT researchers, after the battery was discharged. It shows the buildup of carbon compounds on the surface, composed of carbonate materia...

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September 21, 2018

New battery gobbles up carbon dioxide

Lithium-based battery could make use of greenhouse gas before it ever gets into the atmosphere.

Sam Bowring (front) and former graduate student Seth Burgess inspect the End-Permian extinction horizon at Penglaitan. Image: Shuzhong Shen

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September 19, 2018

An extinction without warning

Study finds end-Permian extinction, which wiped out most of Earth’s species, was instantaneous in geological time.

New MIT research shows that, unless steady, continuous carbon-free sources of electricity are included in the mix, costs of decarbonizing the electrical system could be prohibitive and end up derailing attempts to mitigate the most severe effects o...

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September 6, 2018

Study: Adding power choices reduces cost and risk of carbon-free electricity

To curb greenhouse gas emissions, nations, states, and cities should aim for a mix of fuel-saving, flexible, and highly reliable sources.

Fengdi Guo, a graduate student in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is shown here working on the project.Image: Randy Kirchain

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September 5, 2018

Software tool could help architects design efficient buildings

MIT researchers develop inexpensive way to perform full lifecycle analysis of design choices as buildings are being planned.

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September 4, 2018

MIT Energy Initiative study reports on the future of nuclear energy

Findings suggest new policy models and cost-cutting technologies could help nuclear play vital role in climate solutions.