Talking with retail executives back in 2010, Rama Ramakrishnan came to two realizations. First, although retail…
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MIT startup has big plans to pull carbon from the air
In order to avoid the worst effects of climate change, the United Nations has said we’ll…
Designing cleaner vehicles
Adi Mehrotra knew that his time at MIT wasn’t up yet when he finished his undergraduate…
Edward Crawley: A career of education, service, and exploration
Arriving as an undergraduate in the 1970s, working through his master’s and doctoral degrees, and then…
Cleaning up one of the world’s most commonly used substances
This past July, in the dusty basement of a building in Seattle, Washington, about 60 tons…
Organizing “spaghetti” software so it can be easily modified
As a software engineer, Dan Sturtevant SM ’08, PhD ’13 had jobs where making a small…
Twelve with MIT ties elected to the National Academy of Medicine for 2023
The National Academy of Medicine announced the election of 100 new members to join their esteemed…
Bringing sustainable and affordable electricity to all
When MIT electrical engineer Reja Amatya PhD ’12 arrived in Rwanda in 2015, she was whisked…
3 Questions: What’s it like winning the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition?
Solar power plays a major role in nearly every roadmap for global decarbonization. But solar panels…