How do we balance needs of energy, water, and climate?
MIT study underscores need to examine trade-offs before choosing energy technologies.
Feeding the world without consuming the planet
MIT researchers and industry experts address global resource challenges and ways to confront them.
PhD student recognized by International Desalination Association
Ronan K. McGovern SM '12 receives Best Presentation Award at World Congress on Desalination and Water Reuse
Assessing the future of water for agriculture
MIT researcher Kenneth Strzepek discusses future threats to water resources in the UN Conference on Trade and Development
In the World: Small Mexican village produces clean water with solar-powered system
MIT-developed system runs autonomously, producing 1,000 liters per day.
How to get fresh water out of thin air
Fog-harvesting system developed by MIT and Chilean researchers could provide potable water for the world’s driest regions.
Finding the keys to boiling heat transfer
Understanding the properties that control surface dissipation of heat could lead to improved power plants and electronics with high heat-transfer rates.
Holding the salt
MIT graduate student David Cohen-Tanugi works to improve water filtration, desalination.
Water purification process named 'Technology Idol of the Year'
Humidification-dehumidification (HDH) carrier gas extraction process developed by researchers at MIT.
That’s the way the droplets adhere
New technique developed by MIT researchers provides first direct views of how drops and bubbles adhere to surfaces — and how they let go.
Purification on the cheap
System developed at MIT cleans ‘produced water’ from natural gas wells, could lead to improved desalination plants for developing countries.
The high value of water
Study: People willing to pay more for running water report much higher levels of happiness when they have it.
In Profile: Roman Stocker finds big effects from tiny organisms
From microbes in the ocean to cats in the kitchen, MIT researcher uncovers surprising phenomena where biology meets fluid mechanics.
A new ‘branch’ of math
Researchers find a common angle and tipping point of branching valley networks.