Solar-powered desalination system requires no extra batteries
Because it doesn’t need expensive energy storage for times without sunshine, the technology could provide communities with drinking water at low costs.
Because it doesn’t need expensive energy storage for times without sunshine, the technology could provide communities with drinking water at low costs.
Jonathan Bessette and Akash Ball have been named 2024-25 J-WAFS Fellows for water treatment technologies.
Surprising “photomolecular effect” discovered by MIT researchers could affect calculations of climate change and may lead to improved desalination and drying processes.
Extractive industries threaten water, glaciers, and livelihoods, but new research offers hope.
A newly identified process could explain a variety of natural phenomena and enable new approaches to desalination.
MIT engineers and collaborators developed a solar-powered device that avoids salt-clogging issues of other designs.
Startups founded by mechanical engineers are at the forefront of developing solutions to mitigate the environmental impact of manufacturing.
J-WAFS Fellows discuss their inspiration for pursuing challenges in water and food systems.
The grants total over $1 million in support of research that addresses issues in the water and food sectors.
Students are driving innovative research to promote water and food security for all.
Probstein’s research had diverse applications in fields including aeronautics, energy, desalination, and soil decontamination.
Engineers have designed a relatively low-cost, energy-efficient approach to treating water contaminated with heavy metals.
This year’s projects address mobile evaporative vegetable preservation, portable water filtration, and dairy waste reduction.
System could reclaim pure water from power plant cooling towers; at-scale prototypes tested on MIT facilities have proven effective.
Ten principal investigators from seven MIT departments and labs will receive up to $150,000 for two years, overhead-free, for innovative research on global food and water challenges.