MIT scientists have come up with a solar-powered system that can turn salty water into drinkable water. Plus, it can do it in bigger quantities and for less money. ThisContinue Reading
The Pantheon in Rome still stands defiantly 2,000 years after it was erected, its marble floors protected by the world’s biggest unreinforced concrete dome. Researchers have been probing samples fromContinue Reading
Donald Sadoway (who has been at MIT since 1978) and his research colleagues recently reported the development of an aluminum sulfur battery that is less expensive than lithium-ion batteries. TheContinue Reading
Engineers at MIT and the Technical University of Munich have created a new form of glucose fuel cell that is just 400 nanometres thick – thinner than a sheet ofContinue Reading
Engineers at MIT and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory have created a thermophotovoltaic (TPV) cell that turns heat into electricity with a conversion efficiency of more than 40%, outperforming standardContinue Reading
We already know that a solid-state battery outperforms a battery with liquid or semi-liquid electrolytes. It is less likely to catch fire. It also has a higher energy density, isContinue Reading
A significantly more powerful greenhouse gas than CO2, methane (CH4) has a noticeable influence during the first two decades of its atmospheric existence. Land clearing, dairy farming, coal and metalContinue Reading
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) geophysics professor Daniel Rothman says we’re on the verge of a mass extinction, and he thinks we’re going to die out. The reason for theContinue Reading
