News & Media: Actionable Research

Haruko Wainwright
News Release
MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering

MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Haruko Wainwright believes the risks posed by radioactive wastes cannot be properly assessed without also considering the hazards of chemical wastes (MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering)

A metallurgical production plant releases emissions from its smokestacks. Credit: Shutterstock
In The Media
Earth.com

Steel, cement, aluminum, and fertilizer sit behind a fifth of global emissions, and a carbon price floor could raise $200 billion a year, finds Science study led by MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Catherine Wolfram (Earth.com)

Sai Ravela (center)
News Release
MIT Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab

Climate scientist/CS3 affiliate Sai Ravela is using games to help coastal communities find creative adaptations to climate change. (Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab)

Flexible data centers
News Release
MIT News

A new study co-authored by MIT Professor/CS3 faculty affiliate Christopher Knittel suggests flexibility in the timing of electricity consumption could lower consumer costs (MIT News)

MIT reading 2026
News Release
MIT News

CS3-affiliated work on carbon dioxide removal and climate change uncertainty among recent titles from Institute faculty and staff (MIT News)