Extractive industries threaten water, glaciers, and livelihoods, but new research offers hope.

J-WAFS awards 2023 Solutions Grants to bring two water-related innovations to the market.

MIT researchers work to discover biodegradable polyesters, with support from the MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium, J-WAFS, and DIC Corp.

A variety of recent events highlighted efforts by faculty, staff, and students to make a difference today.

Fifteen principal investigators from across MIT will conduct early work to solve issues ranging from water contamination to aquaculture monitoring and management.

Matt Shoulders will lead an interdisciplinary team to improve RuBisCO — the photosynthesis enzyme thought to be the holy grail for improving agricultural yield.

J-WAFS researchers are using remote sensing observations to build high-resolution systems to monitor drought.

J-WAFS Fellows discuss their inspiration for pursuing challenges in water and food systems.

This robotic arm fuses data from a camera and antenna to locate and retrieve items, even if they are buried under a pile.

Encapsulating modified bacteria in tough hydrogel spheres prevents them from spreading genes to other microbes.