MIT Water Innovation Prize awards three student startups with $20,000 in innovation grants
MIT’s first-ever competition for water startups sets the groundwork for students to initiate enterprises that tackle global water challenges.
MIT's first competition for water startups is underway
Inaugural MIT Water Innovation Prize encourages new ventures that address water challenges.
MIT around the world
MISTI launches a field-specific training series for the MIT community to provide context for those working and traveling abroad.
Lessons from the MIT Water Club
Urban planning student Isadora Araujo Cruxen is a leader in MIT's Water Club, a forum for discussion and teaching about water technology, policy, and science.
MIT Water Summit brings experts together to discuss global water challenges
More than 200 people attend second annual summit organized by the MIT Water Club.
MIT launches “Solve” to galvanize action on solving the world’s great challenges
Leaders to gather for keystone event at MIT next October.
Searching for global water and food solutions
John Lienhard leads coordinated interdisciplinary research efforts to confront resource challenges at the Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab.
Getting the salt out
Study shows electrodialysis can provide cost-effective treatment of salty water from fracked wells.
Report: Unless we change direction, the world will warm 3-5 degrees Celsius
"2014 Climate and Energy Outlook" finds the world will be warmer, thirstier, and still dependent on fossil fuels unless 2015 climate negotiations are more effective than expected.
Sun-powered desalination for villages in India
Off-grid Indian communities with salty groundwater could get potable water through a proposed solar technique.
The power of salt
MIT study investigates power generation from the meeting of river water and seawater.
Study shows forward osmosis desalination not energy efficient
The two-step process is better suited for other applications
Graduate student Sami Khan receives research award
Hydro Research Foundation award recognizes Khan's work on novel rare earth coatings that aim to enhance the longevity of hydropower water conveyance structures.
A new way to detect leaks in pipes
Self-propelled robotic device can speed through pipes, pinpointing leaks more accurately than existing methods.
Harvesting fresh water from fog
Professor Gareth McKinley co-leads research to optimize fog harvesting technology.