Rohit Karnik named director of J-WAFS
The mechanical engineering professor will lead MIT’s only program specifically focused on water and food for human need.
The mechanical engineering professor will lead MIT’s only program specifically focused on water and food for human need.
A new MIT study identifies steps that can lower not only emissions, but also costs, across the combined electric power and natural gas industries that now supply heating fuels.
For the past decade, the Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab has strengthened MIT faculty efforts in water and food research and innovation.
The nitrogen product developed by the company, which was co-founded by Professor Chris Voigt, is being used across millions of acres of American farmland.
The company builds water recycling, treatment, and purification solutions for some of the world’s largest brands.
MIT engineers designed a nanofiltration process that could make aluminum production more efficient while reducing hazardous waste.
SERC Scholars from around the MIT community examine the electronic hardware waste life cycle and climate justice.
In parallel, MIT and Universidad del Valle de Guatemala students seek to advance local innovation by and for Guatemalan communities.
Models show that an unexpected reduction in human-driven emissions led to a 10 percent decline in atmospheric mercury concentrations.
Professor Ronald Prinn reflects on how far sustainability has come as a discipline, and where it all began at MIT.
Membranes based on natural silk and cellulose can remove many contaminants, including “forever chemicals” and heavy metals.
Electronic waste is a rapidly growing problem, but this degradable material could allow the recycling of parts from many single-use and wearable devices.
Knowing where to look for this signal will help researchers identify specific sources of the potent greenhouse gas.
Data from the Bronx account for people’s daily mobility patterns, reveal demographic disparities in exposure levels.