By James Ayre Has Samsung SDI finally cracked the puzzle of how to commercialize graphene batteries? A new study published in the journal Nature raises some interesting questions on that count

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By James Ayre GM’s self-driving car development unit, Cruise Automation, gave a number of media figures rides through the crowded downtown San Francisco metropolitan area on Tuesday, giving us a chance to check in on the state of the company’s tech.

So, how did the GM/Cruise self-driving car do on its first media demonstration (non-employees riding in the car)

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The New Nissan LEAF, More Than A Facelift — 2017 LA Auto Show 2017 Interview & Test Drive

By Nicolas Zart CleanTechnica got to interview Ken Kcomt, Director of Product Planning at Nissan, and Ira Dee, Product Manager at Nissan North America, about the new Nissan LEAF, as well as the challenges the new LEAF had to overcome

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By Steve Hanley Sun Zsu counselled the value of knowing your enemy more than a thousand years ago. His wisdom is still valid today. Read Jane Mayer’s deeply troubling Dark Money to educate yourself about the enemy we all face today.

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By Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Vivienne Sze, an associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, was a member of the Joint Collaborative Team on Video Coding (JCT-VC), which developed the acclaimed High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard. For its work, the team received an Engineering Emmy Award during the Television Academy’s recent 69th E…

By MIT News Office

MIT issued the following statement today, following a fire near Central Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The four-alarm fire broke out at approximately 1:00 a.m. and damaged several buildings, including 22-24 Magazine Street. All residents were safely evacuated.

MIT owns the 12-unit apartment building at 22-24 Magazine Street in Cambridge, which houses approximately 50…

By James Ayre The South Korea–based electric vehicle battery technology firm SK Innovation will be investing 840.2 billion won (around $777 million) into the development of an electric vehicle battery production facility in Hungary, according to reports

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By Elizabeth Durant | Office of the Vice Chancellor

A team of 25 students, faculty, and staff from across the Institute has been working to develop a new design subject with an ambitious goal: to propose and rigorously evaluate potential new curriculum, pedagogies, and policies to advance the educational experience of first-year undergraduate students at MIT.

The subject, Designing the First…