Energy

a collage featuring a satellite for space-based solar power and the sun
Clean Energy
NASA lays out the path to space-based solar power
A NASA study found that space-based solar power is likely far too expensive, but it also details what would need to happen to make it work.
Kristin Houser
A group of test tubes containing battery materials in a dark background.
Batteries
Microsoft AI discovers 18 new battery materials in two weeks
Using AI and cloud computing, Microsoft was able to quickly identify 18 promising battery materials for the Department of Energy.
Kristin Houser
Two women in lab coats working with a beaker.
Agriculture
Zapping plants in “eSoil” makes them grow 50% larger
Using a new “eSoil” to electrically stimulate plants during hydroponic farming could potentially increase crop yields.
Kristin Houser
Women picking tea leaves in a tea plantation.
Climate Crisis
This startup wants to track soil carbon with AI and satellites
Elise Leise
a collage of nuclear reactors and computer code
Clean Energy
Microsoft is training an AI to help get nuclear reactors approved
Kristin Houser
A photo of Buzz Aldrin on the moon with 5 moving images relating to climate change collaged on top.
Climate Crisis
This global prize competition is launching small moonshots to save the planet
Elise Leise
A collage featuring Toshiba's prototype cobalt-free battery and a close-up of cobalt.
Batteries
Toshiba unveils new fast-charging, cobalt-free battery
Kristin Houser
An artist's rendering of a Natrium nuclear power plant
Clean Energy
How TerraPower is leading the nuclear renaissance
Kristin Houser
A stack of wood blocks made by Graphyte.
Climate Crisis
How these wooden blocks could stop climate change
Kristin Houser
A 3d model of a house and a machine.
Clean Energy
Engineers develop an efficient process to make fuel from carbon dioxide
David L. Chandler | MIT News
a rendering of the STRATOS direct air capture system
Climate Crisis
BlackRock invests $550M in world’s largest direct air capture plant
Kristin Houser
a field filled with large mirrors used for concentrated solar power
Clean Energy
Aussie scientists hit milestone in concentrated solar power
Kristin Houser
A diagram showing the different stages of a cold storage system.
Clean Energy
MIT design would harness 40 percent of the sun’s heat to produce clean hydrogen fuel
Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office