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MIT researchers found fertilizer additives called lanthanides can increase plant resilience to UV stress and enhance seedling growth. Until now, little has been known about how these rare earth elemen...

The popularity of artificial intelligence is skyrocketing, and so are concerns about its strain on the power grid and how it impacts the environment.

Geothermal energy draws on natural underground heat to make clean electricity, heat and cool buildings, or provide heat and steam for manufacturing.

Nth Cycle, co-founded by MIT Associate Professor Desirée Plata, aims to recover critical metals from industrial waste and ores using a patented technology known as electro-extraction.

Power lines may not look as high-tech and inspiring as a wind turbine or a solar field. But as MIT’s Joshua Hodge explains, these lines—and the rest of the sprawling “machine” that is the transmission...

MIT’s Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy brings together natural and social scientists for an integrated approach to climate challenges

New research indicates reef passes — channels that cut through coral reefs and serve as conduits for ocean water and nutrients — are shaped by island rivers.

A low-cost, scalable fabrication technology developed at MIT can integrate fast, efficient gallium nitride transistors onto a standard silicon chip, which could boost the performance of electronic chi...

As MIT’s first vice president for energy and climate, Evelyn Wang is working to broaden MIT’s research portfolio, scale up existing innovations, seek new breakthroughs, and channel campus community in...

MIT’s Environmental Solutions Initiative (ESI) will close as a separate entity, many of its key functions will become part of the Climate Project at MIT, and John Fernandez, head of ESI for nearly a d...

An MIT study finds microparticles are less likely to accumulate in sediment infused with biofilms, such as sandy riverbeds or seashores. The work may guide people studying impacts of microplastics or ...

Guardian Ag, founded by two former regulars at MIT’s MITERS makerspace, has built huge, rugged drones to more safely and sustainably apply fertilizers and pesticides on farms.

MIT engineers developed a fuel cell that offers more than three times as much energy per pound compared to lithium-ion batteries. Powered by a reaction between sodium metal and air, the device could b...

The new Schmidt Laboratory for Materials in Nuclear Technologies (LMNT) at the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center accelerates fusion materials testing using cyclotron proton beam irradiation, advanc...

Hundreds of students, faculty, and staff turned out on May 6 for a community gathering hosted by Evelyn Wang, vice president for energy and climate, to learn about the Climate Project at MIT, make con...

Less than 25% of Illinois farmland is owned by the farmer who works the land, with the rest leased by individuals, family trusts and, increasingly, investors looking to turn a profit.

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Photo essay provides a look at the day of MIT Sloan MBA student David Brown, a former U.S. Army helicopter pilot and co-founder of Helix Carbon, which aims to erase the carbon footprint of tough-to-decarbonize industries.

Haoran Li, a postdoc at the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub, discusses why pavement life-cycle assessments are important for sustainability, as well as a new framework for pavement decision-making.

Thomas Peacock, professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, and his team in the Environmental Dynamics Laboratory (ENDLab), are at the forefront of advancing understanding for emerging ocean utilization technologies and the potential impacts of deep-sea mining.

New research explores India’s options for cutting carbon emissions from its coal-dominated electric power system while also meeting increased future demand for electricity.

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