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Working to advance the nuclear renaissance

Dean Price, assistant professor in the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, sees a bright future for nuclear power, and believes AI can help us realize that vision.
April 3, 2026 MIT News

Toward cheaper, cleaner hydrogen production

Co-founded by Dan Sobek ’88, SM ’92, PhD ’97, 1s1 Energy has developed electrochemical cell materials for hydrogen electrolyzers that it says reduces energy use by 30 percent.
April 3, 2026 MIT News

3 Questions: Communicating energy and climate policy research

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Energy of the Future
MITEI Energy UROP and Wellesley College undergraduate Janina Shivdasani '26 analyzes and communicates MIT energy and climate research and highlights the importance of making this work broadly accessible.
April 2, 2026 MITEI

Geothermal energy turns red hot

MIT Energy Initiative symposium maps path to tap the planet’s heat-rich rocks for clean power at scale.
March 26, 2026 MITEI
Pablo Duenas-Martinez, a research scientist at the MIT Energy Initiative, moderates a panel during MITEI's Spring Symposium on innovations and approaches to efficient, economic production of firm power at scale with Lev Ring, the president and co-founder of Sage Geosystems, Inc; Christian Besoiu, the team lead for technology development at Eavor; and Joseph Bonafin, the director of next-generation geothermal at Turboden S.p.A.

Championing fusion’s promising underdog

Sophia Henneberg, assistant professor in the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, is developing stellarators to harness fusion energy.
March 25, 2026 MIT News

Turning extreme heat into large-scale energy storage

Fourth Power, founded by Professor Asegun Henry, is developing thermal batteries for efficiently storing excess electricity from utility grids and power producers.
March 18, 2026 MIT News

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