- New materials could boost the energy efficiency of microelectronics
MIT researchers developed a new fabrication method that could enable them to stack multiple active components, like transistors and memory units, on top of an existing circuit, which would improve the energy efficiency of electronic devices
- Using liquid air for grid-scale energy storage - MIT News
Liquid air energy storage could be the lowest-cost solution for ensuring a reliable power supply on a future grid dominated by carbon-free yet intermittent energy sources, according to a new model from MIT researchers
- MIT Climate and Energy Ventures class spins out entrepreneurs — and . . .
In MIT course 15 366 (Climate and Energy Ventures) student teams select a technology and determine the best path for its commercialization in the energy sector
- Evelyn Wang: A new energy source at MIT - MIT News
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 input to drive work forward
- Unlocking the hidden power of boiling — for energy, space, and beyond
Unlocking its secrets could thus enable advances in efficient energy production, electronics cooling, water desalination, medical diagnostics, and more “Boiling is important for applications way beyond nuclear,” says Bucci, who earned tenure at MIT in July “Boiling is used in 80 percent of the power plants that produce electricity
- New facility to accelerate materials solutions for fusion energy
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, advancing fusion energy, nuclear power, and clean energy research at MIT
- Working to eliminate barriers to adopting nuclear energy
MIT doctoral student Dauren Sarsenbayev is working with Professor Haruko Murakami Wainwright to develop models that address disposal of high-level nuclear waste
- Preparing Taiwan for a decarbonized economy - MIT News
Taiwan’s Innovative Green Economy Roadmap (TIGER) is a two-year program with the MIT Energy Initiative, exploring ways that industry and government can promote and adopt technologies, practices, and policies that will keep Taiwan competitive amid a quickly changing energy landscape
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