Jul 31, 2023 ... MIT engineers created a carbon-cement supercapacitor that can store large amounts of energy. Made of just cement, water, and carbon black, ...

Oct 30, 2023 ... An efficient new process can convert carbon dioxide into formate, a material that can be used like hydrogen or methanol to power a fuel cell ...

Jan 18, 2024 ... ... energy-harvesting sensor that lets an engineer balance the available energy in the environment with their sensing needs. The paper lays out ...

Mar 23, 2014 ... Hybrid materials combine bacterial cells with nonliving elements that can conduct electricity or emit light.

Sep 8, 2021 ... The idea initially arose as a class project in a nuclear engineering class taught by Whyte. The idea seemed so promising that it continued to be ...

May 12, 2022 ... MIT engineers have designed an ultrathin fuel cell that converts glucose directly into electricity. They envision the new design could be ...

Jul 29, 2011 ... ... Engineering at MIT and lead author of the paper. Reflecting the system's 24/7 power capability, it is called CSPonD (for Concentrated Solar ...

Aug 21, 2024 ... ... energy from the airflow, as in a wind turbine, or applying energy to the flow, as in a ship or airplane propeller. “The theory works in both ...

Apr 13, 2022 ... Engineers at MIT and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have designed a heat engine with no moving parts.

Oct 8, 2024 ... MIT engineers built a solar-powered desalination system that produces large quantities of clean water despite variations in sunlight ...