Megawatt electrical motor designed by MIT engineers could help electrify aviation
Technology demonstrations show the machine’s major components achieve the required performance.
Technology demonstrations show the machine’s major components achieve the required performance.
Florian Chavagnat seeks to answer fundamental questions about heat transfer that will shape the success of nuclear power plants — and extended missions in space.
The MIT Energy Initiative’s Spring Symposium highlights the vast potential of offshore turbines in decarbonizing the grid.
With the support of each other and MIT faculty, students in the MCSC’s Climate and Sustainability Scholars Program are making their impact on real-world climate challenges.
Branchlike metallic filaments can sap the power of solid-state lithium batteries. A new study explains how they form and how to divert them.
MIT Energy Initiative Annual Research Conference highlights both opportunities and obstacles in the race to a net-zero future.
A new approach sheds light on the behavior of turbulent structures that can affect the energy generated during fusion reactions, with implications for reactor design.
Graduate student Skylar Dannhoff discovers the collaborative world of fusion research.
Research Scientist Emre Gençer describes natural gas–based hydrogen production with carbon capture and storage, and the role hydrogen will play in decarbonizing our energy systems.
MIT spinoff Takachar converts agricultural waste into clean-burning fuel, and wins Earthshot Prize.
Assistant Professor Ariel Furst and her colleagues are looking to DNA to help guide the process.
Fusion physics pioneer and MIT climate change leader Anne White hopes to help “save the world with nuclear.”
Joy Dunn ’08 helps solve the world’s greatest climate challenges while creating an open and equitable working environment.
Hailing from a small town in Italy, Matteo Bucci is determined to address some of the unknowns plaguing fundamental science.
High school student Tuba Balta engages new audiences through her MIT internship.