MIT engineers make filters from tree branches to purify drinking water
Prototypes tested in India show promise as a low-cost, natural filtration option.
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Prototypes tested in India show promise as a low-cost, natural filtration option.
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.
Workshop highlights how MIT research can guide adaptation at local, regional, and national scales.
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.
PhD student Zijay Tang is developing a living material that can sense and filter water contaminants.
Solutions grants will aid commercialization of novel MIT technologies to test water safety and improve agricultural productivity.
Graduate students receive J-WAFS fellowships to support research focused on improving water access for rural as well as urban communities.
Powered only by solar energy, a new device developed at MIT could provide relief to regions where water is scare.
Engineered green spaces can capture and purify stormwater while delivering ecosystem and recreational benefits, MIT researchers report.
Water-starved areas could find new sources by desalinating water that’s much less salty than seawater.
Eleven principal investigators from six MIT departments will receive grants totaling over $1.3 million, overhead free, for research on food and water challenges.
Choices by consumers and farmers can help limit global warming, but climate change may also curtail those choices in the future.
Faculty director discusses the future of the initiative and Africa’s position as a global priority for the Institute.
Meal kits for “food deserts” and crowdsourced crop-pricing platform win Rabobank-MIT Food and Agribusiness Innovation Prize.
Nine student teams pitched solutions to global water issues at annual event.