A new approach could fractionate crude oil using much less energy MIT engineers developed a membrane that filters the components of crude oil by their molecular size, an advance that could dramatically reduce the amount of energy needed for crude oil fractionation
Making clean energy investments more successful - MIT News New research emphasizes the importance of well-validated models and forecasting tools in evaluating choices for investments in clean energy technologies and policies by governments and companies
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
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
What’s the best way to expand the US electricity grid? Growing energy demand means the U S will almost certainly have to expand its electricity grid in coming years What’s the best way to do this? A new study by MIT researchers examines legislation introduced in Congress and identifies relative tradeoffs involving reliability, cost, and emissions, depending on the proposed approach
Photonic processor could enable ultrafast AI computations with extreme . . . Researchers developed a fully integrated photonic processor that can perform all the key computations of a deep neural network on a photonic chip, using light This advance could improve the speed and energy-efficiency of running intensive deep learning models for applications like lidar, astronomical research, and navigation
Power when the sun doesn’t shine - MIT News Form Energy, co-founded by MIT materials scientist Yet-Ming Chiang, is incorporating renewables into the grid using their iron-air batteries and research from the lab of MIT IDSS Professor Jessika Trancik