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Fusion energy nears Kitty Hawk moment

Fusion energy nears Kitty Hawk moment
September 27, 2021 In the media CommonWealth Magazine

Experts Are Divided on the Best Way for Automakers to Hit Fuel Efficiency Targets

John Heywood (Mechanical Engineering) comments on the role of hybrid vehicles in decarbonizing the automotive industry. “By making all of the standard gasoline engines hybrid, you get a roughly 30% improvement in fuel consumption,” he says.
September 14, 2021 In the media Newsweek

MIT Scientists Report 'Major Advance' In Fusion Energy

"A future powered by fusion energy is closer than ever before," reports Vice on last week’s success test by the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center and spinout Commonwealth Fusion Systems of a key component of their fusion reactor: a magnet with a strength of 20 tesla.
September 10, 2021 In the media Vice

Cambridge startup takes big step toward clean fusion power

The MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center and spinout Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) successfully tested the world’s most powerful superconducting magnet, capable of containing the immense energy of a fusion reaction, while consuming far less power than earlier magnets.
September 8, 2021 In the media The Boston Globe

The inside of these bottles is so slippery, you can get all the lotion out

LiquiGlide, an MIT startup that has developed a non-toxic lubricant that ensures each drop of a product slides out of the bottle, is making an environmental impact by lessening waste and making recycling easier.
August 25, 2021 In the media Fast Company

Building a better chemical factory—out of microbes

Kristala Jones Prather (Chemical Engineering) has made it practical to turn microbes into efficient producers of desired chemicals, while also working to reduce our dependence on petroleum.
August 24, 2021 In the media MIT Technology Review

What can we do now to avert the worst climate impacts?

Sergey Paltsev (MITEI, MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change) examines the findings of the most recent IPCC report on climate change, underscoring the need to take more aggressive action to cut carbon emissions.
August 18, 2021 In the media The Hill

Massachusetts Start-Up Hopes to Move a Step Closer to Commercial Fusion

MIT fusion energy spinout Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) is nearing a technological milestone that could take the world a step closer to fusion energy. CFS plans to demonstrate their new magnet—a crucial component in their Tokamak reactor design—that is almost twice the strength of the magnets used by other fusion reactors.
August 10, 2021 In the media The New York Times

Climate change has reached an unprecedented level, with little time to act, a stark new UN report finds

A new landmark report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) shows how humanity’s burning of fossil fuels is driving changes to the planet’s climate unseen for thousands—if not hundreds of thousands—of years. Sergey Paltsev (MITEI, MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change), the lead author of a past IPCC report says, “the reality this report presents is alarming.”
August 9, 2021 In the media The Boston Globe

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