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New energy studies class examines technical and social drivers of global...
Valerie Karplus SM ’08, PhD ’11 examines energy systems through a variety of lenses. This is, perhaps, unsurprising given her background: She holds undergraduate degrees in biophysics and political...
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Kristala Prather: Advancing energy-efficient biochemistry and training...
Kristala Jones Prather will be the first to tell you the difference between science and engineering. She’ll also be the first to tell you how important both are to the research process. “Science is...
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MIT Energy Initiative awards nine Seed Fund grants for early-stage energy...
In spring 2018, the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) awarded nine grants totaling $1,350,000 through its Seed Fund Program, an annual competition that supports early-stage innovative research across the...
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Keeping the balance: How flexible nuclear operation can help add more wind...
In the Southwestern United States, the country’s sunniest region, sunlight can shine down for up to 14 hours a day. This makes the location ideal for implementing solar energy—and the perfect test-bed...
View ArticleProfessor John Heywood: The future of the internal combustion engine
For the past five decades, John Heywood, the Sun Jae Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, has been performing research on internal combustion engines, substantially increasing our...
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Getting the world off dirty diesels
In Brief Using computer simulation analysis, MIT researchers have developed a conceptual design for a half-sized gasoline engine that would be as efficient and powerful as the full-sized diesel engines...
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Fabrication of new materials
In Brief MIT researchers and their collaborators have demonstrated a novel system using artificial-intelligence techniques to help identify methods of fabricating materials, especially those that look...
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Natural resource negotiations for mutual gains
In Brief An MIT researcher has produced step-by-step guidelines for performing high-stakes negotiations that succeed—even after decades of mistrust, confrontation, and deadlock. One case study in his...
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A new era in fusion research at MIT
On March 9, 2018, MIT announced a first-of-its-kind collaboration to advance carbon-free fusion power. Italian energy company Eni S.p.A., a founding member of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), has...
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Undergrads present research at MITEI conference
Undergraduate research was a highlight of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) Annual Research Conference for the first time in December 2017, as 15 students presented posters of energy-related work in a...
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