A new approach could fractionate crude oil using much less energy

MIT researchers’ new membrane separates different types of fuel based on their molecular size, eliminating the need for energy-intensive crude oil distillation.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
May 22, 2025 ~8 min

Why your electricity bill is so high and what Pennsylvania is doing about it

Aging infrastructure, transmission bottlenecks and increased demand from data centers are hitting consumers’ wallets.

Seth Blumsack, Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics and International Affairs, Penn State • conversation
May 21, 2025 ~9 min


How to solve a bottleneck for CO2 capture and conversion

Today’s carbon capture systems suffer a tradeoff between efficient capture and release, but a new approach developed at MIT can boost overall efficiency.

David L. Chandler | MIT News • mit
May 20, 2025 ~8 min

Batteries that absorb carbon emissions move a step closer to reality – new study

Lithium carbon dioxide batteries could be a gamechanger for everything from renewable-energy storage to colonising Mars.

Siddharth Gadkari, Lecturer in Chemical Process Engineering, University of Surrey • conversation
May 19, 2025 ~8 min

With AI, researchers predict the location of virtually any protein within a human cell

Trained with a joint understanding of protein and cell behavior, the model could help with diagnosing disease and developing new drugs.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
May 15, 2025 ~8 min

Trump moves to gut low-income energy assistance as summer heat descends and electricity prices rise

The problem of high energy prices and rising numbers of people unable to afford them isn’t lost on the Trump administration.

Shelley Welton, Professor of Law and Energy Policy, University of Pennsylvania • conversation
May 13, 2025 ~9 min

Trump guts low-income energy assistance as summer heat descends and electricity prices rise

The problem of high energy prices and rising numbers of people unable to afford them isn’t lost on the Trump administration.

Shelley Welton, Professor of Law and Energy Policy, University of Pennsylvania • conversation
May 13, 2025 ~9 min

How can India decarbonize its coal-dependent electric power system?

A detailed MIT analysis identifies some promising options but also raises unexpected concerns.

Nancy W. Stauffer | MIT Energy Initiative • mit
May 6, 2025 ~16 min


How a community-focused vision for net zero can revive local economies

Community Wealth Building offers a new model for economic development that can be at the heart of the UK’s transition to net zero

Max Lacey-Barnacle, Senior Research Fellow, Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex • conversation
May 6, 2025 ~7 min

MIT physicists snap the first images of “free-range” atoms

The results will help scientists visualize never-before-seen quantum phenomena in real space.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
May 5, 2025 ~8 min

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