William Green named director of MIT Energy Initiative

MIT professor William H. Green has been named director of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI). In…

Seizing solar’s bright future

Consider the dizzying ascent of solar energy in the United States: In the past decade, solar…

Making the clean energy transition work for everyone

The clean energy transition is already underway, but how do we make sure it happens in…

Moving past the Iron Age

MIT graduate student Sydney Rose Johnson has never seen the steel mills in central India. She’s…

Celebrating five years of MIT.nano

There is vast opportunity for nanoscale innovation to transform the world in positive ways — expressed…

Working to beat the clock on climate change

“There’s so much work ahead of us and so many obstacles in the way,” said Raisa…

How to decarbonize the world, at scale

The world in recent years has largely been moving on from debates about the need to…

MIT researchers win grants to develop and test 14 innovative ideas to improve education

The MIT Jameel World Education Lab has awarded $917,526 in Education Innovation Grants to support 14…

Bringing sustainable and affordable electricity to all

When MIT electrical engineer Reja Amatya PhD ’12 arrived in Rwanda in 2015, she was whisked…

Making hydrogen power a reality

For decades, government and industry have looked to hydrogen as a potentially game-changing tool in the…