Portable sensor detects trace amounts of gluten in food at restaurants.

Principal investigators will receive grants of up to $100,000 per year for up to two years for innovative research on food and water challenges.

Migrants pay more for their home region’s cuisine, even when on the edge of malnutrition.

New theory, inspired by chocolate coatings, predicts thickness of thin shells.

Farmers in Africa and other tropical areas in the Southern Hemisphere are stripping potassium from soils without replacing it.

Microfluidic experiments show feldspar releases potassium at a higher rate than expected, suggesting new possibilities for using ground rocks in agriculture.

Co-founders of the Somerville-based startup Grove enable people to grow their own produce with an intelligent indoor gardening appliance.

International conference at MIT to focus on cooperative research efforts, alternatives to potassium salts for farming.

Institute-wide initiative aims to address environmental issues at all scales, from campuswide to worldwide.

Renewable grants awarded to PIs in materials science and engineering, chemical engineering, and biology.