New system recovers fresh water from power plants
Technology captures water evaporating from cooling towers; prototype to be installed on MIT’s Central Utility Plant.
Technology captures water evaporating from cooling towers; prototype to be installed on MIT’s Central Utility Plant.
Tata Center for Technology and Design program "aims to close the gap between ideas and implementation," says program director Jason Prapas.
The open innovation program convenes Solve at MIT, three days of workshops, lectures, and discussions to advance global solutions.
Graduate student Tiziana Smith studies links between water availability and crop yields in the world’s most populous country.
MIT senior research scientist is one of six U.S. scientists to join French President Emmanuel Macron's "Make Our Planet Great Again" program.
Eleven principal investigators from six MIT departments will receive grants totaling over $1.3 million, overhead free, for research on food and water challenges.
At flagship Solve event, Canada’s prime minister urges audience to help shape the changes transforming society.
Findings may help track movement of pesticides and biological contaminants.
Choices by consumers and farmers can help limit global warming, but climate change may also curtail those choices in the future.
Study finds reducing biomass burning is not enough to significantly improve air quality in Southeast Asia.
Climate Changed Symposium combines art and science to envision the global food system under climate change.
May 16-18 event, hosted by MIT Solve, will include remarks from Eric Schmidt, Ursula Burns, Yo-Yo Ma, and Luis Alberto Moreno, among other luminaries.
At annual event, 10 teams split $92,500 in prize money for designing innovations that improve lives worldwide.
A 4 percent reduction per year in carbon dioxide emissions should net $339 billion in health savings in 2030, researchers estimate.
Annual poster session showcases recent work on biological effects of exposure to environmental agents.