One dedicated penguin travels thousands of miles each year to visit with his human friend who saved him years ago.
The rapidly increasing number of interconnected devices and systems today brings both benefits and concerns. In this column and a new MIT Professional Education class, the head of MIT's open and digital learning efforts discusses how to successfully navigate the IoT.
United Airlines made history March 11 by becoming the first U.S. airline to begin use of commercial-scale volumes of sustainable aviation biofuel for regularly scheduled flights with the departure of United Flight 708 from LAX International Airport.
The desert facility uses coastal seawater to raise fish and shrimp for food, while growing salt-tolerant plants that can be harvested to create biofuels.
Graphene oxide filters are the wave of the future, as new research shows how to affordably produce the technology so people everywhere can have access to safe drinking water.
The Copenhagen International School, designed by CF Moller Architects, will feature some 12,000 solar glass panels making up the largest solar glass facade on Earth.
A novel way to make plastic from carbon dioxide (CO2) and inedible plant material could provide a low-carbon alternative to plastic bottles.
Japanese scientists have discovered a bacterium that produces a never-before-seen enzyme that can fully break down PET plastics.
Aviation is "a critical link in solving worldwide environmental challenges", says MIT professor.
China released its thirteenth five-year plan on Saturday, pledging to cut the carbon intensity of its economy to 18% below current levels by 2020, a target that is likely to guide the CO2 cap in its national emissions trading scheme.
As you next fly into Heathrow, look out the window and you might see the world's largest floating solar farm, sitting atop the massive Queen Elizabeth II reservoir in Walton-on-Thames.
A successful test flight means that after being grounded in Hawaii for seven months, the Solar Impulse 2 is ready to continue its journey around the world.
Regulations that limit heavy metal pollution from oil- and coal-fired power plants will continue to be enforced by the EPA — at least for now — thanks to Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts.
Leonardo DiCaprio has won an Academy Award for best actor for his role as a betrayed 19th century frontiersman in The Revenant. The actor used his acceptance speech to warn about the effects of global warming, saying ‘Let us not take this planet for granted. I do not take this night for granted’
For the first time ever utility-scale solar projects will add more new capacity to the nation’s grid than any other industry this year, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported Tuesday.
