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SOM unveils designs for first-ever human settlement on the moon

Just a few months ahead of the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM)...

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MIT develops a sustainable, mass timber-building prototype modeled after the longhouse

As sustainability measures become increasingly important in new construction, architects around the world are turning...

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Role-playing video game sparks climate action in players worldwide

Research published last week in the journal PLoS One examined the effects of World Climate Simulation, a role-playing...

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MIT study shows that China's climate policy could "more than pay for itself"

Is China turning the tide on pollution? The country stands to benefit not just environmentally, but financially...

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MIT just discovered a way to mass-produce graphene in long rolls

Scientists used to make graphene-based membranes in small batches in a laboratory. But a new breakthrough at MIT...

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MIT's mind-reading AlterEgo headset can hear what you're thinking

Have you ever wished you could simply think a command and your computer would respond? That's the future envisioned...

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MIT claims that clean, limitless nuclear fusion energy is just 15 years away

You've probably heard about the promise of nuclear fusion before... many times. But when MIT is involved, it's...

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MIT's thermal resonator generates power "out of what seems like nothing"

A brand new power-generating system from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers creates energy...

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Researchers discover a new family of viruses swimming in the ocean

Scientists at MIT and Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York have identified a new family of ocean-dwelling...

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New 'thermal battery' soaks up heat energy like a sponge

Scientists at University of Massachusetts Amherst have created a new unconventional material that is highly effective...

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MIT engineers just unveiled living, glowing plants

Glowing plants might sound like the stuff of science fiction - but a team of MIT researchers just grew a crop of...

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Scientists glimpse most distant supermassive black hole in the known universe

A team of scientists has discovered the known universe's most distant supermassive black hole. The black hole is...

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MIT's winning solar-powered dome tree habitats for Mars mimic earthly forests

If humans start constructing cities on Mars, we have an opportunity to build sustainably from the start. A Massachusetts...

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MIT's new thermal battery releases heat on demand — with light

Heat is often plentiful during the daytime for people in developing countries - but at night, when they're cooking...

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'We were blown away' - researchers eliminate obstacle to fusion energy

Fusion powers the sun, and if we could harness it here on Earth, we could obtain unlimited clean energy. Scientists...

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