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Michael Short wins 2021 Teaching With Digital Technology Awards
Short, one of 23 winners of the 2021 Teaching With Digital Technology Awards, was nominated for excellence in digital teaching for both fully online classes as well as those which were a hybrid of online and in person.
Novel portable technology offers boost for nuclear security, arms control
Experimental setup showing the shielded detector (left) and the DT neutron source showing three disks of 6Li doped glass scintillator mounted on a photomultiplier tube (right).
Nuclear Science and Engineering Annual Awards 2021
The following awards were announced at the virtual awards ceremony hosted by the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering and the student chapter of the American Nuclear Society on May 20, 2021. NSE Awards Thanh Nguyen  G Manson Benedict Award presented to...
Keeping humanity central to solving climate change
NSE’s Mike Short and a team of MIT scholars are helping to solve the economic, cultural, and political dimensions of the world’s energy and climate challenges.
Collaborators in climate action
NSE faculty, alums discussed benefits and challenges of MIT–industry research collaborations targeting technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at a recent MIT symposium on climate action.
On course to create a fusion power plant
ARCH, a conceptual design for an onboard fusion device capable of generating ammonia fuel for ship engines “There is no lone genius who solves all the problems.” Dennis Whyte, Director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC), is reflecting on a...
Powering the energy transition with better storage
Researchers evaluate the role and value of long-duration energy storage technologies in securing a carbon-free electric grid.
Leading with nuclear innovation
“To address climate change and the enormous increase in energy demand likely in coming decades, we need the resource of nuclear power,” says Ashley Finan ’07, ScM ’07, PhD ’12 in nuclear science and engineering. “Now is the critical moment for making...
Nuclear solutions for society — past and present
NSE’s Rose Lecture focuses on evolving role of nuclear technologies in meeting grand challenges, including the climate crisis The race is on to steer the world’s energy systems away from carbon, and “new nuclear technologies may point the way,” said William D....
New approach for longer lasting, more powerful lithium batteries
Use of a novel electrolyte could allow advanced metal electrodes and higher voltages, boosting capacity and cycle life.