MIT spinout Gradiant builds water recycling, treatment, and purification solutions for some of the world's largest companies. Serving as an end-to-end water company, Gradiant says it helps companies reuse 2 billion gallons of water each day and saves another 2 billion gallons of fresh water from being withdrawn.

A new nanofiltration process developed at MIT can curb the hazardous waste generated from aluminum production.

MIT Professor Rohit Karnik has been named the new director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS), the only program at MIT specifically focused on water and food for human need.

MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering launched the Health of the Planet Initiative to bring the community together and develop solutions for our planet on a local and global scale.

MIT's Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) awarded a $150K Solutions grant to Patrick Doyle and team to commercialize rapid removal of micropollutants from water using sustainable hydrogel microparticles.

For the past decade MIT's Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) has supported interdisciplinary collaborations and high-risk, high-reward projects, enabling MIT faculty to pursue groundbreaking research that addresses some of the world's most pressing challenges facing our water and food systems.

Startups founded by MIT-educated mechanical engineers are at the forefront of developing solutions to mitigate the environmental impact of manufacturing.

As J-WAFS Grand Challenge awardees, Matt Shoulders of MIT's Department of Chemistry will lead an interdisciplinary team of researchers to improve RuBisCO — the photosynthesis enzyme thought to be the holy grail for improving agricultural yield.

MIT faculty members recognized for excellence via a diverse array of honors, grants, and prizes in Q2 2022.

The Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) draws on MIT's wealth of knowledge in innovation and entrepreneurship to help researchers commercialize their breakthrough technologies in water and food systems through the J-WAFS Solutions grant program.

The MIT Climate & Sustainability Consortium has awarded 20 projects a total of $5 million in awards over two years in its first-ever 2022 MCSC Seed Awards program.

A German missile sank the British troop ship the HMT Rohna after it left Algeria bound for Egypt, killing 1,138.

It pays to be positive(ly charged)!

Oscar Lopez strikes out seven in six innings in El Camino Real's 5-1 West Valley League baseball victory over Birmingham.

Portraits of the 2022-23 Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab Fellows highlight each student's research and their inspiration to solve challenges in water and food.

MIT Professor Emeritus Peter Griffith, a pioneer in heat transfer and fluid mechanics, died at age 94. He was a longtime professor of mechanical engineering who influenced nuclear reactor design and shaped thermodynamics education at MIT.

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The Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) at MIT awarded over $1 million in seed grant funding to MIT researchers working on solutions to water and food issues, such as ways to remove PFAS from water sources, drought monitoring systems for farmers, and improvements to the shellfish industry.

We live in a world shaped by shopping carts. The ubiquitous, unloved contraptions are a key feature of US economy. (Yes, really.)