MIT – Karma https://karmaimpact.com Advancing people, planet and profit. Wed, 29 Jul 2020 01:26:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.2 Next-Gen Nuclear Reactors May Help Combat Climate Change /next-gen-nuclear-reactors-may-help-combat-climate-change/ /next-gen-nuclear-reactors-may-help-combat-climate-change/#respond Wed, 29 Jul 2020 10:00:00 +0000 /?p=17278 Advances in nuclear technology will result in safer, cheaper reactors, allowing the sector to play a major part in the transition to a low-carbon future.  Small, modular reactors, high-temperature gas reactors, nuclear batteries and fusion reactors are among the safer technologies being developed.  Nuclear power remains controversial, with many experts saying the risks are unacceptable, […]

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]]> /who-needs-a-charger-2d-materials-gaining-interest-with-ability-to-pull-energy-from-wi-fi-waves/feed/ 0 The Dirty Business of Cement Gets a Clean Up from MIT /the-dirty-business-of-cement-gets-a-clean-up-from-mit/ /the-dirty-business-of-cement-gets-a-clean-up-from-mit/#respond Fri, 20 Sep 2019 19:15:06 +0000 /?p=12223 Is it possible to change how the most ubiquitous building material on earth is made — one so dirty that it accounts for nearly a tenth of greenhouse gases, yet so cheap to produce that it costs less per kilogram than bottled water?  Researchers at MIT think so. They describe in the journal PNAS a […]

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