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Collecting study materials from a liquefied petroleum gas depot manager for the evaluation, "Targeting Clean Fuels: Pricing Strategies and the Distribution of Benefits in Periurban Ghana." Kintampo North Municipality, Ghana.

Q&A: Claire Walsh on how J-PAL’s King Climate Action Initiative tackles the twin climate and poverty crises

Since 2020, K-CAI has innovated and tested climate policies in more than 35 countries and supported scale-ups that have reached over 15 million people.
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The new Engine Accelerator offers startups specialized lab equipment, advanced machining, fabrication facilities, office space, and a range of startup support services.

A home where world-changing innovations take flight

The Engine Accelerator offers “tough tech” startups space, support, and a network to help them scale up.
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The prevalence of remote work since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic has significantly changed urban transportation patterns in the U.S., according to new study led by MIT researchers.

Has remote work changed how people travel in the US?

A new study finds sustained pattern changes — with a lot of regional variation.
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Assistant Professor Iwnetim Abate is leading an effort to determine the ideal conditions for producing hydrogen underground.

Extracting hydrogen from rocks

Iwnetim Abate aims to stimulate natural hydrogen production underground, potentially unearthing a new path to a cheap, carbon-free energy source.
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Amplified Industries’ sensors and analytics give oil well operators real-time alerts when things go wrong, allowing them to respond to issues before they become disasters.

Shining a light on oil fields to make them more sustainable

Amplified Industries, founded by Sebastien Mannai SM ’14, PhD ’18, helps oil field operators eliminate spills and stop methane leaks.
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MIT chemical engineers have shown that by using DNA to tether a catalyst (blue circles) to an electrode, they can make the conversion of carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide much more efficient.

Engineers find a new way to convert carbon dioxide into useful products

A catalyst tethered by DNA boosts the efficiency of the electrochemical conversion of CO2 to CO, a building block for many chemical compounds.
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