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2025
Reflections on 10 years of J-WAFS research impact
March 12, 2025
J-WAFS supports interdisciplinary research that could launch a new approach to making agriculture more productive
March 12, 2025
J-WAFS progresses research from seed stage to commercialization
March 6, 2025
Past J-WAFS PI's study reports significant recovery of the Antarctic ozone layer
March 5, 2025
Past J-WAFS PI Evelyn Wang is appointed inaugural vice president for climate
March 3, 2025
Rohit Karnik is named the new director of J-WAFS
February 28, 2025
Professor Lydia Bourouiba researches how raindrops disrupt watery surfaces
February 21, 2025
Two J-WAFS PIs named 2025 Sloan Research Fellows
February 20, 2025
Past J-WAFS PI and longtime friend of J-WAFS passes away at 84
February 20, 2025
MIT climate podcast unpacks the connection between food distribution and the use of fossil fuels
February 20, 2025
Past J-WAFS PI elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2025
February 19, 2025
J-WAFS celebrates 10th anniversary of supporting water and food research across MIT
February 19, 2025
J-WAFS PI utilizes AI to address critical environmental challenges
February 17, 2025
Pivot Bio uses engineered microbes to produce nitrogen on farms across the U.S
February 13, 2025
MIT alum's nonprofit implements water treatment centers across Ghana
February 12, 2025
J-WAFS PI studies nitrogen cycling in marine microbes and how it impacts climate change
February 6, 2025
J-WAFS 10th anniversary faculty spotlight: Assistant Professor Sara Beery
February 6, 2025
J-WAFS at 10
February 3, 2025
MIT spinout reduces industrial wastewater through recycling, treatment, and purification
January 30, 2025
MIT researchers propose a carbon dioxide removal strategy that will increase food security
January 29, 2025
Past J-WAFS PI created a food science course centered around the physics and chemistry of coffee
January 28, 2025
MIT professor combats the world's most pressing environmental challenges
January 28, 2025
MIT-WHOI Joint Program student researches water quality in coastal ponds
January 22, 2025
MIT researchers propose a more sustainable method of producing ammonia
January 21, 2025
New J-PAL Policy Insight aims to increase small-scale farmers' access to agricultural markets
January 17, 2025
J-WAFS PI honored with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
January 15, 2025
J-WAFS project aims to replace harmful agrochemicals with microbes for sustainable agriculture
January 15, 2025
J-WAFS awards grants to two MIT solutions-oriented projects around water and food in India
January 13, 2025
Past J-WAFS PI designs filters that reduce waste and improve the environment
January 12, 2025
J-WAFS director's research improves wastewater management
January 7, 2025
MIT's Environmental Solutions Journalism Fellows cover water and food
January 6, 2025
Current J-WAFS PI wins the esteemed National Medal of Technology and Innovation
January 3, 2025
Research from MIT's Matteo Bucci could advance desalination
January 2, 2025
2024
J-WAFS Director John H. Lienhard V wins lifetime achievement award
December 27, 2024
J-WAFS fellow develops a new system that desalinates groundwater at low cost
December 23, 2024
MIT researchers develop a new method to detect drought stress in crops
December 16, 2024
J-WAFS PI Sara Beery selected as a Schmidt Sciences AI2050 Fellow
December 13, 2024
Past J-WAFS fellow leads research on novel material to fortify foods
December 6, 2024
J-WAFS researcher discusses the impact of mining on water resources
December 1, 2024
Science spotlights the J-WAFS-led FACT Alliance's Jameel Index for Food Trade and Vulnerability
November 26, 2024
MIT engineers model water filters after the filter-feeding mechanism of the mobula ray
November 25, 2024
Harmony Desalting leads the build of a small-scale, farm-based pilot desalination system
November 21, 2024
MIT Industrial Liaison Program interviews J-WAFS PI Cem Tasan
November 14, 2024
Past J-WAFS fellow wins the 2024 Collegiate Inventors Competition
November 14, 2024
Recent MIT graduate explores fast and affordable E. coli detection for water in Nepal
November 13, 2024
J-WAFS PI co-authors study on land-use strategies to limit global warming
November 13, 2024
Past J-WAFS PI works to enhance agricultural value chains in Guatemala
November 7, 2024
MIT DUSP student attends UNC Water and Health Conference
November 6, 2024