MIT-USAID program releases technology evaluation of water test kits
Study of water test kits used in Gujarat, India, assesses suitability, scalability, and sustainability.
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D-Lab appoints Bob Nanes to new position of executive director
Nanes brings to D-Lab 30 years of experience on four continents in technology, innovation, supply chains, and microfinance.
Duane Boning named head of Leaders for Global Operations program
Boning succeeds David Simchi-Levi as engineering faculty director of master’s program.
Portable device produces biopharmaceuticals on demand
System would use microbes for manufacturing small amounts of vaccines and other therapies.
Silk-based filtration material breaks barriers
Engineers find nanosized building blocks of silk hold the secrets to improved filtration membranes.
![“In about 30 seconds, we can scan a container and provide a three-dimensional map of [the materials inside the cargo]. This information clears the container or alerts you to a region that needs to be examined more carefully,” says William Bertozzi, MIT physics professor emeritus and co-founder of Passport Systems.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_result_item/public/images/201606/MIT-Passport-System.jpg?itok=GAnsuIo7)
Improved threat-detection
Scanners more rapidly and accurately identify radioactive materials at U.S. borders, events.
MIT Forum and Infosys Risk Group release preliminary global risk survey findings
Survey indicates 92.54 percent of companies think the nature of risk is changing due to complexity in the digital economy.
J-WAFS awards $1.3 million in second round of seed grant funding
Principal investigators will receive grants of up to $100,000 per year for up to two years for innovative research on food and water challenges.
MIT and Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education collaborate to expand digital education reach
Collaboration funds two new MITx MicroMaster's for students worldwide.
New MicroMaster’s MOOC teaches supply chain design
The second in a new series of open online courses, part of MIT's MicroMaster’s program in supply chain management, is open for enrollment.
J-WAFS conference reflects growing interest in food and water research
The MIT community turned out in force, along with attendees from the corporate, government, and nonprofit sectors.
Team wins prize for bringing rentable refrigeration to India’s food supply chain
Modular boxes that keep food shipments fresh win Rabobank-MIT Food and Agribusiness Innovation Prize.
J-WAFS to host inaugural conference
Program will feature advances in technologies at the nexus of food, water, and the environment.
Plotting the complex path of products
Startup’s software maps out convoluted supply chains for companies and consumers