Principal investigators will receive grants of up to $200,000 per year for two years, overhead free, for innovative research on food and water challenges.

Used in filtration membranes, ultrathin material could help make desalination more productive.

Analysis shows system could economically bring fresh water and renewable energy storage to drought-stricken coastal regions worldwide.

Researchers develop a new way to create more clean water with less energy, thanks to clever timing.

Bubble-wrapped structure requires no mirrors or lenses to focus the sun’s heat.

MIT researchers design a solar-powered desalination device for rural India.

Winning teams will use grants to advance research in areas including fuel cells, solar-powered desalination, and impacts of electric vehicle charging on the power grid.

Researchers create perfect nanoscrolls from graphene’s imperfect form.

MIT researchers have developed a solar-powered desalination system that could significantly increase the groundwater available for drinking in Indian villages.

MIT team invents efficient shockwave-based process for desalination of water.