Energy

Which technologies will enable a cleaner steel industry?

Technologies like hydrogen-based direct reduction of ore, electrolysis, and advanced furnace technologies could reduce steel emissions.

Daniel Boero Vargas and Mandy Chan | World Economic Forum

Two offshore wind turbines amid turbulent sea waves under a cloudy sky.

Clean Energy

Six innovative ways to float skyscraper-sized wind turbines

While most offshore wind farms are firmly rooted in the seabed, engineers are developing new ways to float enormous wind turbines.

Emma C. Edwards

Oil pumpjack operating in the oil fields under a twilight sky.

Disaster Response

Shining a light on oil fields to make them more sustainable

Sensors and analytics give oil well operators real-time alerts when things go wrong, so they can respond before they become disasters.

Zach Winn | MIT News Office

Climate Crisis

The Maldives are constructing a floating city to combat rising sea levels

Government officials of the island nation, Maldives, debuted plans to build the world's first fully floating city.

Teresa Carey

Clean Energy

“Sewer heat” could help fight climate change

Denver plans to tap into the heat in sewer lines to generate clean energy.

Teresa Carey

Climate Crisis

Genes show which animals will adapt to climate change

Some fish, such as the threespine stickleback, can respond to dramatic seasonal changes very quickly — genome sequencing reveals why.

Teresa Carey

Series| Hard Reset

Do buildings have to be permanent?

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Modular construction involves transporting prefabricated buildings and connecting them on-site. It’s like LEGOs on steroids, and it could transform our cities.

Jack Berning

Series| Hard Reset

Vertical farms could take over the world

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Vertical farming saves water, land, and energy — and it could be how we grow food on Mars.

Jack Berning

Transportation

Ford unveils its first electric pickup truck

Ford’s first electric truck, the F-150 Lightning, has the potential to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles in the U.S.

Kristin Houser

Animals

This app is saving elephants from poachers

Elephant poaching is running wild in Africa. But, with the help of a smartphone app, Kenya is reviving the population.

Teresa Carey

Genetics

This genetically modified grass can clean up toxic pollution

Researchers demonstrated that genetically modified prairie grass can soak up military-grade pollution from the soil.

Teresa Carey

Genetics

1 billion genetically modified mosquitoes will be released in the U.S.

Oxitec recently released genetically modified mosquitoes on three of the Florida Keys. The idea is that they will curb the spread of diseases by decreasing populations of Aedes aegypti.

Teresa Carey

Clean Energy

World's largest tidal energy turbine will prove its worth

Orbital Marine Power successfully launched a tidal turbine that will soon become one of the world's most powerful tidal energy sources.

Teresa Carey

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