MIT boffins have created solar cells that can adhere to many different surfaces to provide power on the go. The new technology surpasses conventional solar panels in both size and ability, with 18 ...

Home > Extreme MIT stacks solar panels like pancakes, increases their power output by up to 20x What's better than one pancake? A whole stack of pancakes! Using the same logic, a team of MIT ...

A new study out of MIT has created an autonomously functioning robot that can act like a lab technician to test materials, in particular for the properties needed to make solar cells. It can collect ...

Active Surfaces founders, including Shiva Bhakta (on right) and Richard Swartout, (second from left) with summer interns from MIT’s Sloan School of Management. Photo: MIT $100K Entrepreneurship ...

Solar cell technology is a seen as a key pillar in our transition to cleaner forms of energy, but within this field there is all kinds of room for experimentation. Solar cells that are thin and ...

Forward-looking: A new chapter in materials science is unfolding at MIT, where researchers have developed a fully autonomous robotic system designed to accelerate the search for advanced ...

MIT researchers claim to have created a revolutionary solar-powered desalination system powered directly from sunlight without any auxiliary external power or batteries. The invention has 'adapted to ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Six years ago, an MIT engineering team at the university’s Organic ...

PASADENA — Meital Hoffman squinted from the searing sunlight, then moved quickly into the shade. As one of 12 engineering students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she’s spending spring ...

Wen Shuhao helped speed up the development of Pfizer’s Covid oral drug, Paxlovid. Now the cofounder and chairman of Hong Kong-listed Xtalpi wants to help make better solar panels and EV batteries. In ...

In a dingy basement in Boston, some young scientists are putting the finish touches to Eleanor, one of the most advanced solar cars yet designed. The technology-packed, environmentally friendly, solar ...