Green Car Congress
AUGUST 29, 2013
Source: MIT. Researchers from MIT’s Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment have concluded that ground-level PM 2.5 2000 (90% CI: 0–4,000) early deaths from ozone, according to the study. Click to enlarge. 52,000 (90% CI: 23,000–94,000) PM 2.5 related and ?2,000 2,000 (90% CI: ?300 Industrial emissions contribute to ?41,000
Green Car Congress
MARCH 16, 2016
The report addresses topics related to the evolution of vehicle technology and its deployment, the development of alternative fuels and energy sources, the impacts of driver behavior, and the implications of all of these factors on future GHG emissions in the United States, Europe, China, and Japan.
Cars That Think
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Today, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to scientists from MIT, Columbia University, and the New York–based company Nanocrystals Technology for “the development of quantum dots , nanoparticles so tiny that their size determines their properties.” It’s a welcome development.
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FEBRUARY 24, 2016
A paper by a team from the University of Chicago and MIT suggests that technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead to the continued use of fossil fuels—oil, gas, and coal—unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions. What are the prospects for avoiding this dystopian future? F of warming.
Cars That Think
JANUARY 27, 2022
The MIT electrical engineering and computer science professor’s positive thinking has led to new ways to improve tried-and-true techniques in the field of information theory. She liked working on creative projects and mathematics, so she decided to study math and literature at MIT. She returned to MIT as a faculty member in 2000.
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FEBRUARY 24, 2009
Carbon balance associated with all land use change and that directly associated with biofuels over the period 2000-2050 as simulated by the deforestation (a) and intensification (b) scenarios. Melillo et al. 2009) Click to enlarge. The indirect carbon debt could be as large as 82 Pg C, giving a total carbon debt of 21-103 Pg C.
Cars That Think
FEBRUARY 24, 2024
Because we’re going much farther into the future than a typical Spectrum article does, we’ve contextualized and annotated Schroeder’s story to show how it’s still grounded in real science and technology. Quantum simulation of ecosystems is another, says Seth Lloyd , a quantum physicist at MIT. x 1050 logical operations per second.
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