Rohit Karnik seeks sustainable solutions through nanotechnology
Engineer’s designs may help purify water, diagnose disease in remote regions of world.
Engineer’s designs may help purify water, diagnose disease in remote regions of world.
Study of water test kits used in Gujarat, India, assesses suitability, scalability, and sustainability.
Bubble-wrapped structure requires no mirrors or lenses to focus the sun’s heat.
MIT researchers design a solar-powered desalination device for rural India.
Addressing the world’s most pressing issues, second year of program will focus on in-person gatherings, solution proposals.
Architect and MIT Professor James Wescoat promotes institutional capacity building to manage a critical resource.
Actor and filmmaker tells graduates: "There’s more at stake today than in any story ever told."
It’s no act: MIT 2016 Commencement speaker reflects on the “fun” of his activism and philanthropy.
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.
The MIT community turned out in force, along with attendees from the corporate, government, and nonprofit sectors.
Modular boxes that keep food shipments fresh win Rabobank-MIT Food and Agribusiness Innovation Prize.
Aerosol emissions would slow warming but suppress rainfall.
Winning teams will use grants to advance research in areas including fuel cells, solar-powered desalination, and impacts of electric vehicle charging on the power grid.
Program will feature advances in technologies at the nexus of food, water, and the environment.