When MIT electrical engineer Reja Amatya PhD ’12 arrived in Rwanda in 2015, she was whisked…
Tag: Climate change
Harnessing synthetic biology to make sustainable alternatives to petroleum products
Reducing our reliance on fossil fuels is going to require a transformation in the way we…
A clean alternative to one of the world’s most common ingredients
Never underestimate the power of a time crunch. In 2016, MIT classmates David Heller ’18, Shara…
Will the charging networks arrive in time?
For many owners of electric vehicles (EVs), or for prospective EV owners, a thorny problem is…
Making hydropower plants more sustainable
Growing up on a farm in Texas, there was always something for siblings Gia Schneider ’99…
Making hydrogen power a reality
For decades, government and industry have looked to hydrogen as a potentially game-changing tool in the…
Donald Sadoway wins European Inventor Award for liquid metal batteries
MIT Professor Donald Sadoway has won the 2022 European Inventor Award, in the category for Non-European…
The race is on for the world’s first electric air taxi
An Indian startup has joined the race to fly the world’s first electric air taxi. In…
MIT J-WAFS announces 2022 seed grant recipients
The Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) at MIT has awarded eight MIT…
Energy storage important to creating affordable, reliable, deeply decarbonized electricity systems
In deeply decarbonized energy systems utilizing high penetrations of variable renewable energy (VRE), energy storage is…