MacroCycle Technologies, a startup co-founded by MIT alumni Stwart Peña Feliz, MBA '23 and Dr. Jan-Georg Rosenboom turns plastic and polyester waste into virgin-grade PET (a type of plastic) using a process that consumes 80% less energy than traditional methods—providing a pathway where plastics are...
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka Calls For Greater Worker Say In Technology Decisions
Research by New York University (NYU) professor Natasha Iskander, who is an alumna of the MIT IWER PhD program, finds that there are companies targeting regions experiencing climate stress when recruiting migrant workers.
MIT Sloan's MFin 2020 student, Devin Connolly, takes a deep dive into his IAP experience.
Getting people to adopt behaviors that increase energy conservation and reduce costs for the environment requires a multipronged approach.
How can we increase contributions to public goods—to get donors to give more to charity, citizens to vote, households to consume less energy, drivers to carpool, and patients to take all of their antibiotics? One of the best ways is to make contributions more observable.
Perception of peer rank, or how we perform relative to our peers, can be a powerful motivator.
Social norms messaging campaigns are increasingly used to influence human behavior, with social science research generally finding that they have modest but meaningful effects.
Can Food Become Renewable Biofuel?
The stakes are high. Post-harvest losses disproportionately afflict not only Africa but also South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, and Latin America—regions with a combined GDP of USD 16 Trillion and home to over 60% of humanity. As we navigate the complexities of the global food system, Freeze...
