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Student Sam Chin experiments with melted sugar. Image: John Werner
Spring 2016

The Incredible, Edible Pneumatic Interface

Birds With Backpacks Monitor London’s Air Quality

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New Tool Makes Webpages Load 34 Percent Faster

The platform for testing macroscopic heat release. A heating element is used to provide sufficient energy to trigger the solar thermal fuel materials, while an infrared camera monitors the temperature. The charged film (right) releases heat enabling a higher temperature relative to the uncharge film (left). Image: Courtesy of the researchers

Solar Heat on Demand

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MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node Slated to Launch in 2016

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Targeting the Future of Food

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Solar Breakthroughs, Powered by MIT

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“Solving Problems, Together, for the Betterment of Humankind”

Fall 2015

Sparking a New Generation of Power

Scores of young alumni are dreaming up fresh ways to harness nuclear, wind, and solar power; optimize our use of fossil fuels; and support development of energy solutions.

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