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Tag: Water
Technologies for water conservation and treatment move closer to commercialization
The Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) provides Solutions Grants to help MIT…
Making hydropower plants more sustainable
Growing up on a farm in Texas, there was always something for siblings Gia Schneider ’99…
MIT J-WAFS announces 2022 seed grant recipients
The Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) at MIT has awarded eight MIT…
Material designed to improve power plant efficiency wins 2022 Water Innovation Prize
The winner of this year’s Water Innovation Prize is a company commercializing a material that could…
From seawater to drinking water, with the push of a button
MIT researchers have developed a portable desalination unit, weighing less than 10 kilograms, that can remove…
Using soap to remove micropollutants from water
Imagine millions of soapy sponges the size of human cells that can clean water by soaking…