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MIT spinout LiquiGlide lands $13.5 million to make toothpaste tubes less frustrating

MIT spinout LiquiGlide announced that it has secured $13.5 million in funding, bringing its total raised to $50 million. Co-founded by Kripa Varanasi (Mechanical Engineering), LiquiGlide has developed a slippery coating for the inside of bottles or tubes that prevents sticking of any viscous liquids. The initial research for LiquiGlide was supported by MITEI’s Seed Fund Program.
April 29, 2021 In the media Boston Globe

Transmission upgrades could hold the key to New England clean energy goals

Christopher Knittel (Sloan School of Management) discusses the challenges of gaining approval for new cross-state or cross-country transmission lines, which are essential to assisting New England in reaching its clean energy goals.
April 21, 2021 In the media Vermont Public Radio

Could tiny sensors keep methane out of the atmosphere—and homes?

Tim Swager (Chemistry) and his team have developed customizable and inexpensive sensors that can detect and monitor methane in a wide array of contexts—from industrial, natural, or home settings—with the goal of mitigating the gas’ harmful impacts.
April 12, 2021 In the media PBS NOVA

How a World Expo helped power the planet

Robert Jaffe (Physics) and Joel Jean SM ’13 PhD ’17, co-founder and CEO of Swift Solar (a solar technology start-up), comment on the roles that World Expos have played in promoting energy technology development throughout history.
April 6, 2021 In the media CNN

Negative emissions, positive economy

Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage, a negative emissions process that converts biomass into energy and captures and stores the carbon, could be an economically effective tool to meet global climate goals when paired with dramatic emissions-reduction measures, says a new study from MITEI and the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change.
April 4, 2021 In the media MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change

'Big storage' is the next big technology in the climate fight

Innovative, low-cost long duration energy storage technologies could make a large impact in a more affordable and reliable energy transition. A new paper in Nature Energy by researchers at MITEI and Princeton University’s Andlinger Center for Energy and Environment evaluates the role and value that these technologies could have in securing a carbon-free electric grid and find that they have the potential to lower electricity prices in a carbon-free system by up to 40%.
March 30, 2021 In the media Bloomberg Green

GM signs deal with MIT-spinout to reduce electric vehicle battery costs by 60%

SolidEnergy Systems, a spinout of MIT, and General Motors will jointly develop next-generation electric vehicle batteries, featuring lithium metal instead of lithium-ion, that are expected to cut the cost of the technology by 60%.
March 11, 2021 In the media CNBC

Experts explain why green hydrogen costs have fallen and will keep falling

MITEI Research Scientist Dharik Mallapragada discusses how decreased costs of wind and solar have paved the way towards falling costs in other low-carbon sectors as well. His comments are from a panel discussion at the 2021 CERAWeek conference.
March 5, 2021 In the media S&P Global Market Intelligence

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