The modern world is built with concrete: Humans use more concrete annually than any other material besides water. Yet cement, the key component of concrete, is the source of as much as 10% of all carbon dioxide emissions worldwide.
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Merging AI and Underwater Photography to Reveal Hidden Ocean Worlds
The LOBSTgER research initiative at MIT Sea Grant explores how generative AI can expand scientific storytelling by building on field-based photographic data.
Good Deals - Bad for the Climate: Supermarket Volume Discounts Lead to Food Waste
A new study reveals an unfortunate effect of supermarkets' popular “2 for 1” offers: Not only do they make us buy more, these offers also lead to food waste at home.
Lightning Kills 320 Million Trees Yearly. With Warming, the Toll Could Rise
A new study finds that lightning kills some 320 million trees around the world each year, more than was previously thought.
Confronting the AI/Energy Conundrum
The MIT Energy Initiative’s annual research symposium explores artificial intelligence as both a problem and a solution for the clean energy transition.
New Study Points to Skagerrak as Nursery Area for the Enigmatic Greenland Shark
The Greenland shark – the world's longest-living vertebrate – is most often associated with cold Arctic waters.