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MIT researchers conclude fundamental changes in the US energy-innovation system are needed to meet challenges of climate change and energy supply

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A three-year study by a team of researchers based at MIT has concluded that fundamental changes are needed in the US energy-innovation system. The study was carried out at the MIT Industrial Performance Center and involved faculty and students from nine MIT departments. Business as usual is unsustainable over the long run.

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Climate Change is NSF Engineering Alliance’s Top Research Priority

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Since its launch in April 2021 , the Engineering Research Visioning Alliance has convened a diverse set of experts to explore three areas in which fundamental research could have the most impact: climate change; the nexus of biology and engineering; and securing critical infrastructure against hackers.

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MIT and Caltech Study Finds Climate Change Will Result In More Extreme Rainfall

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A new MIT and Caltech study on the impact that global climate change will have on precipitation patterns concludes that extreme rainfall will increase in the future. Model simulations used in the study suggest that precipitation in extreme events will go up by about 5 to 6 percent for every one degree Celsius increase in temperature.

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MIT researchers propose massive bloom of methanogenic microbes may have triggered end-Permian extinction

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However, such arguments have been difficult to justify quantitatively, the MIT team notes; quantitative estimates of direct volcanic outgassing are much too small to account for the changes in the carbon cycle. Previous studies had only placed this event sometime in the last 400 million years.).

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Separate MIT, IEA reports both outline major expansion in role of natural gas; caution on climate benefits

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The new report, part of the World Energy Outlook (WEO) 2011 series, examines the key factors that could result in a more prominent role for natural gas in the global energy mix, and the implications for other fuels, energy security and climate change. MIT: The Future of Natural Gas. Source: IEA. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Video Friday: Liquid Metal Bubble Actuator

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We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. MIT CSAIL ] Thanks, Rachel! IT, in particular, was still part of Brooks’ lab at MIT in the mid-1990s, and was featured on a 1996 episode of “ Scientific American Frontiers” which I just found on YouTube.

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Tesla submits its application to build batteries at Giga Berlin

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On June 3rd, the Ministry of Agriculture, Environment, and Climate Protection (MLUK) announced that Tesla changed its application for the construction and operation of the Giga Berlin production facility. mit Batteriezellenherstellung, Presswerkerweiterung & reduziertem Wasserverbrauch eingereicht. Tesla hat geänderten Antrag u.

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