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Optigon co-founders (from left to right) Brandon Motes, Dane deQuilettes, and Anthony Troupe stand with a benchtop version of the measurement tool they believe will help accelerate the pace of solar power and other clean energy products.

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May 6, 2024

Seizing solar’s bright future

With laser-based precision tools for measuring and tuning materials, MIT spinout Optigon aims to rev up the energy transition.

Left to right: Jewan Bae (director, OCR); MIT professors Yang Shao Horn, Admir Masic, and Franz-Josef Ulm; Yoshihiro Aizawa (CEO, Aizawa Concrete); and Seiji Nakemura (Aizawa Concrete)

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May 3, 2024

MIT conductive concrete consortium cements five-year research agreement with Japanese industry

The MIT EC^3 Hub, an outgrowth of the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub, will develop multifunctional concrete applications for infrastructure.

Interdisciplinary teams from MIT and HPI are encouraged to develop and submit proposals for ambitious projects offering impactful solutions to the world’s problems as part of the Designing for Sustainability research program.

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May 3, 2024

HPI-MIT design research collaboration creates powerful teams

Together, the Hasso Plattner Institute and MIT are working toward novel solutions to the world’s problems as part of the Designing for Sustainability research program.

Professor Nuno Loureiro, the newly appointed director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center, joined MIT as a faculty member in 2016. His research focuses on theoretical physics and its applications in fusion science.

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May 1, 2024

Nuno Loureiro named director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center

A lauded professor, theoretical physicist, and fusion scientist, Loureiro is keenly positioned to advance the center’s research and education goals.

MIT spinout 247Solar is building high-temperature, concentrated solar power systems that use overnight thermal energy storage to provide round-the-clock power and industrial-grade heat. The systems can be used as standalone microgrids for communities or to provide power in remote places like mines and farms.

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April 30, 2024

Offering clean energy around the clock

MIT spinout 247Solar is building high-temperature concentrated solar power systems that use overnight thermal energy storage to provide power and heat.

Twelve MIT students, embedded with the MDXB teams over January’s Independent Activities Period, enjoyed exploring Dubai. At right is Gilad Rosenzweig, MITdesignX executive director.
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April 30, 2024

MITdesignX in Dubai

The Institute’s “mind and hand” ethos has found a home in the United Arab Emirates.

MIT News Office

April 30, 2024

MITdesignX and MISTI in Dubai

The Institute’s “mind and hand” ethos has found a home in the United Arab Emirates.

Mark Veillette (left) and James Kurdzo compiled TorNet, an open-source dataset containing thousands of radar images depicting tornadoes and other severe storms. The dataset can serve as a benchmark for researchers to develop tornado-detecting AI algorithms.

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April 29, 2024

An AI dataset carves new paths to tornado detection

TorNet, a public artificial intelligence dataset, could help models reveal when and why tornadoes form, improving forecasters' ability to issue warnings.

Two MIT-led teams received funding from the National Science Foundation to investigate quantum topological materials and sustainable microchip production.

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April 25, 2024

Two MIT teams selected for NSF sustainable materials grants

The MIT-led projects will investigate novel high-performance designs, materials, processes, and assessment methods for an environmentally sustainable microchip industry.