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An MIT materials scientist is developing nanocomposite materials that can endure extreme conditions such as radiation and high temperatures, for use in energy production.

A new display in New York City shows a real-time count of the tons of carbon dioxide (and equivalents of other greenhouse gases) emitted each day, based on data collected and analyzed by MIT's Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change.

Professor Ernest Moniz, director of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) and former undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Energy, today unveiled a report on reducing carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal plants.

A capacity audience from academia, industry and government from around the world filled MIT's Wong Auditorium for the International Engineering Systems Symposium on Monday, June 15, the first day of the three-day event.

MIT engineers looked to the design of a living cell as they sought ways to dissipate heat in tiny electromechanical systems.

What began as an effort to better coordinate information technology at MIT has blossomed into a major drive between the Institute, the state of Massachusetts and several key players in industry and academia to design a high-performance computing center.

Several MIT buildings are using cooling devices called chilled beams, which use water, not air, to remove heat from a room. The potential energy reduction of using these beams instead of a traditional air-conditioning system ranges from 20 to 50 percent.

New analysis of probabilities shows that global warming could be twice as severe as previously thought, unless serious actions are taken soon to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

In 2003 the Aragón government partnered with the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics to create the MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program. Since then, MIT has had a strong impact on the growth of the Aragón community.

A panel of nuclear power experts met on Monday at MIT to discuss how to address nuclear waste recycling or disposal, which many analysts consider the biggest obstacle to building a new generation of nuclear power plants across America.

Showing that they can "walk the talk" on reducing the Institute's carbon footprint, students, faculty and staff from the MIT Sloan School of Management spent May 8 caulking windows in E52 in a bid to help conserve energy.

Steven Chu, the secretary of the Department of Energy, said in a talk on Tuesday at MIT that a major increase in basic research is necessary in the United States in order to provide the new energy technologies needed to avert catastrophic climate change.