4+ day, 16+ min ago   (1008+ words) Moving power protection up the voltage stack, outside the building, and into the power path doesn't just solve outages; it changes density, permitting timelines and backup power economics. The AI power debate is mostly about generation: more turbines, more solar,…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (380+ words) Huge grid-scale batteries are thriving, but smaller residential systems have lagged. Battery installations hit a new record in the US in the second quarter of 2026. In total, 20.2 gigawatt-hours of new capacity came online, according to a new report. That’s enough…...

6+ day, 33+ min ago   (1469+ words) This group is cleaning up some of the economy’s dirtiest sectors, including agriculture and heavy industry. He developed climate models that work better for cities. The world’s ability to adapt to climate change depends heavily on models—from short-term weather…...

6+ day, 43+ min ago   (462+ words) Laureen Meroueh developed a method that cuts the costs—and the emissions—of steelmaking. The steel industry isn’t exactly known for innovation. Very little has changed about purifying iron ore since the process was invented and commercialized in the 1850s. The…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (225+ words) More than 3,900 alumni, family, and friends enjoyed class dinners, lab tours, Tech Night at Pops, and much more. The sun shone, the rain fell, confetti shot from cannons, and researchers explained quantum computing. MIT Tech Reunions 2026 was everything one might…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (280+ words) Tiny ingestible sensors could offer continuous, accurate monitoringof patients who are sick or at risk of hypothermia. Oral and forehead thermometers may not accurately capture a person’s core body temperature, and the few ingestible temperature sensors on the market are…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (192+ words) When Don Yansen ’63 arrived at the MIT AgeLab for a study on technology in care­giving for older adults, he didn’t plan to launch another company. But when he heard participants talk about how hard modern devices can be to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (199+ words) Even as a teenager, Laurie Stach ’06 says, she had a “crazy ambition to take on the world and solve problems.” At MIT, she realized she wasn’t the only one. “Adults always see these youth who are good at math and…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1550+ words) Today’s world is a mess of troubling trends. Some groups are trying to help kids navigate their anxieties about it all. Although she probably didn’t know the word “quarry” back then, she sensed that what she was seeing was unnatural....

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (1072+ words) Human spaceflight has been racking up new milestones. But we’re still grappling with a fundamental question: Why go in the first place? When the four astronauts on board NASA’s Artemis II swung around the moon earlier this year, they set…...