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The ability to quantify the elusive moment when entities in a reaction convert "is important wherever chemistry is important," researchers say

Successful innovation must address technologies from creation to deployment

History predicts that fossil fuel consumption will continue to grow without aggressive efforts to price carbon and improve clean energy technologies

MIT professor Emanuel M. Sachs elected to the National Academy of Engineering for work on photovoltaics and 3D printing

As the new UN climate accord pushes countries to cut carbon emissions, the United States is making progress, but will it continue, and will it be enough?

An MIT lab has produced a device the size of a stamp that harvests energy from bending movements. Commercializing it could be a breakthrough for wearables.

Jessika Trancik, professor of energy studies at MIT, adds her input on what the price drop means for renewable energy markets

MIT researchers have developed a thin, transparent film that can store solar energy for later use

“History says we can invent our way out of this, and that’s what we’re trying to do,” says MIT Energy Initiative Director Robert Armstrong in a front-page story in The Boston Globe, on Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)'s wealth of low-carbon energy research to address climate change and meet global energy needs.

MIT researchers join global efforts to find ways to cut emissions

A bright idea to save a beloved technology from the dustbin

MITEI Director of Research Francis O'Sullivan discusses broad applications for microgrids