Recent nuclear science and engineering graduate awarded Shull fellowship
Yang Zhang wins prestigious Oak Ridge National Laboratory honor.
A life filled with firsts
Ellen Swallow Richards, MIT’s first female graduate and faculty member, opened the door for women in science, and founded ecology and home economics along the way.
MIT students visit with Rwandan president
Kagame, who delivered the 2008 Compton lecture, discusses water, energy solutions with D-Lab participants.
Minor changes in precipitation may have major impact on groundwater supplies in arid regions
Crops and timing of storms amplify role played by rainwater.
Predicting ocean motions and underwater sounds
MIT research could help ocean science, naval operations and the control and location of underwater vehicles.
Food and Water
Researchers model the effects of competition for global water resources on agriculture.
CEE's Eric Adams receives the Ig Nobel Prize in chemistry
Environmental engineers share prize with BP for work that proved oil and water really do mix
In the World: Drinking water, from sunshine
MIT team designs solar-powered portable desalination system to use in disaster zones and remote regions.
In Profile: James Wescoat
From India to California, an MIT landscape architect and geographer has charted a new course in the study of water.
Better prepared next time
Lessons learned from the BP oil spill could help both companies and regulators to be more ready for the next emergency.
Pushing ions through carbon nanotubes
The tiny, multitalented carbon tubes can carry single molecules, one at a time.
Professor Ronald Ballinger appointed to MWRA Independent Review Panel
Will investigate what caused breach in major eastern Massachusetts water line in early May
3 Questions: John Marshall on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill
An MIT oceanographer discusses why ‘we have never had a spill like this’ — and what that means for cleanup efforts.