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MIT News explores the environmental and sustainability implications of generative AI technologies and applications.
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Making clean energy investments more successful
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Why solid-state batteries keep short-circuiting
MIT researchers discovered that dendrites, cracks that harm the performance of solid-state batteries, can grow at far lower stresses than previously understood. The findings reveal why
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A new approach could fractionate crude oil using much less energy
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