Research collaboration puts climate-resilient crops in sight
MIT professors Dave Des Marais and Caroline Uhler combine plant biology and machine learning to identify genetic roots of plant responses to environmental stress.
Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Laboratory (J-WAFS)
Cleaning up industrial filtration
MIT spinoff Via Separations aims for industrial decarbonization with its durable graphene oxide membranes.
MIT J-WAFS awards eight grants in seventh round of seed funding
Ten principal investigators from seven MIT departments and labs will receive up to $150,000 for two years, overhead-free, for innovative research on global food and water challenges.
Robotic solution for disinfecting food production plants wins agribusiness prize
The MIT team’s project was one of seven pitched at the Rabobank-MIT Food and Agribusiness Innovation Prize competition.
A robot that senses hidden objects
System uses penetrative radio frequency to pinpoint items, even when they’re hidden from view.
Brewing up a dirty-water remedy (and more) with kombucha-inspired biosensors
PhD student and 2017 J-WAFS graduate fellow Tzu-Chieh Tang designs living materials to solve environmental challenges, with an emphasis on safety and scalability.
Designing off-grid refrigeration technologies for crop storage in Kenya
A team of MIT researchers is using the thermodynamic properties of water evaporation to bring off-grid cold storage of produce to remote, arid regions.
Solar-powered system extracts drinkable water from “dry” air
MIT engineers have made their initial design more practical, efficient, and scalable.
IdeaStream 2020 goes virtual
From machine learning to devices to Covid-19 testing, Deshpande Center projects aim to make a positive impact on the world.
MIT student leaders go virtual with global startup competitions
In the face of Covid-19, the MIT Water Club and the MIT Food and Agriculture Club take their signature innovation prizes online.
Technique could enable cheaper fertilizer production
Chemical engineers take a step toward generating ammonia with small-scale, electrochemical reactors.
J-WAFS zeroes in on food security as agricultural impacts of the climate crisis become more apparent
The Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab presents a new report on climate, agriculture, water, and food security — with plans for more research.
J-WAFS announces 2019 Solutions Grants supporting agriculture and clean water
Projects address access to clean water in Nepal via wearable E. coli test kits, improving the resilience of commercial citrus groves, and more.
PhD students awarded J-WAFS fellowships for water solutions
J-WAFS announces graduate fellowships for Sahil Shah and Peter Godart, both of the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
New seed fund to address food, water, and agriculture in India
MIT-India, J-WAFS, and the Indian Institute of Technology Ropar launch fund to facilitate collaborations between faculty and scientists from MIT and ITT Ropar.