New J-WAFS-led project combats food insecurity

MIT News

J-WAFS grantee develops solar-powered desalination system requiring no extra batteries

MIT News

Pioneering the future of materials extraction

J-WAFS

J-WAFS awards 2024 Animal Ag Grant

MIT News

Two MIT PhD students awarded J-WAFS fellowships for their research on water

Al-Masry Al-Youm

The Ministry of Planning and Economic Development integrates the Egypt Impact Lab into the organisational structure of the National Authority for Governance

MIT News

Twenty-three MIT faculty honoured as “Committed to Caring” for 2023-25

World Economic Forum

From paralympian to water security specialist: Meet the 2024 class of Young Global Leaders

MIT News

Reducing pesticide use while increasing effectiveness

J-WAFS

J-WAFS awards seed grants to seven MIT projects in water and food

Imperial College London

Imperial opens major new building for School of Public Health

Tech Crunch

AgZen’s RealCoverage wants to keep pesticides only where they are needed

MIT News

Scaling Development Ventures conference goes digital in face of storm

MIT D-Lab

Unlocking freedom: transforming challenges into opportunities with the women miners of Santa Rita

Zawya

Paramedics and first responders in Egypt receive specialist training to care for mothers and babies evacuated from Gaza

MIT News

School of engineering fourth quarter 2024 awards

J-PAL

J-PAL announces new, multi-year training partnership in Côte d’Ivoire to increase use of rigorous evidence in national policies and programmes

MIT News

A new way to swiftly eliminate micropollutants from water

PBS

Mining is necessary for the green transition. Here’s why experts say we need to do it better

The National

Lebanese MIT professor named winner of Great Arab Minds award

Boston Globe

Massive clock projection at MIT uses local twist to track climate crisis

Boston Globe

MIT climate clock displays unconventional countdown to global warming landmark

Slate

Plastic is here to stay. Can we make it more sustainable?

MIT News

Microbes could help reduce the need for chemical fertilisers

MIT News

MIT D-Lab works to empower artisanal women miners in Colombia

MIT D-Lab

Designing cleaner vehicles

J-WAFS

Spotlight on J-WAFS’ first Grand Challenge project

Egypt Today

The third edition of Cairo International Art District CIAD will kick off from October 10-30

Asharq

اختتام أعمال مؤتمر الشراكة من أجل التكيف مع تغير المناخ في الدول العربية بـالقاهرة

J-WAFS

J-WAFS announces 2023 Travel Grantees to attend UNC Water & Health Conference

The Hindu

Nobel laureate Michael Kremer praises education reforms in Andhra Pradesh

MIT News

Technologies for water conservation and treatment move closer to commercialisation

MIT News

Device offers long-distance, low-power underwater communication

MIT News

Uncovering how biomes respond to climate change

MIT News

New clean air and water labs to bring together researchers, policymakers to find climate solutions

MIT News

Explained: The 1.5 C climate benchmark

Politico

Water stress is on the rise - with cascading consequences worldwide

MIT Office of Sustainability

Driving climate conversations with art

The Water Digest

Gradiant partners with SpaceAge Labs to drive digital AI solutions across total water infrastructure

J-WAFS

J-WAFS welcomes Rohit Karnik as new associate director

MIT Civil and Environmental Engineering

Understanding and mitigating the impacts of drought under climate change

MIT News

Addressing food insecurity in arid regions with an open-source evaporative cooling chamber design

MIT News

Colouring outside the lines: A J-WAFS researcher's colour-changing materials

Al-Jazirah

The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) hosts a symposium in Paris to celebrate its 20th anniversary

Zawya

J-PAL hosts colloquium in Paris in celebration of 20 years of fighting against poverty

MIT News

This salty gel could harvest water from desert air

MIT News

Advancing material innovation to address the polymer waste crisis

MIT News

Embracing life's surprises

J-WAFS

J-WAFS announces 2023 Travel Grantees to attend Stockholm World Water Week

Al Sharq Al Awsat

Artificial intelligence: Who wins?

MIT News

Six ways MIT is taking action on climate

MIT News

3 questions: Can disused croplands help mitigate climate change?

MIT News

J-WAFS announces 2023 seed grant recipients

MIT News

Five MIT faculty elected to the National Academy of Sciences for 2023

New Scientist

Colour-changing wrap could let you know when food has spoiled

Newsweek

Disrupting climate change: 13 tech innovators helping to save the planet

MIT News

Inaugural J-WAFS Grand Challenge aims to develop enhanced crop variants and move them from lab to land

Brac UK

Jameel Observatory early warning system showcased by US and UAE governments at climate change summit in Washington, DC

MIT News

US and UAE governments highlight early warning system for climate resilience

MIT News

Eight MIT faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2023

MIT News

MIT PhD students honoured for their work to solve critical issues in water and food

Comment Central

New Department for Science needs to drive breakthroughs in scientific research abroad too

J-WAFS

J-WAFS students come together for World Water Day event

MIT News

Detailed images from space offer clearer picture of drought effects on plants

MIT News

Designing for better lives

The Art Newspaper

New international laboratory aims to study and promote health benefits of arts activities for individuals and communities

MIT News

Tackling counterfeit seeds with “unclonable” labels

J-WAFS

Graduate student talk with J-WAFS student Elena Sobrino

MIT News

How to pull carbon dioxide out of seawater

J-WAFS

J-WAFS researchers announced as one of the recipients of Mass Ventures 'Acorn innovation award' for portable desalination technology

TED

David Des Marais at TEDxBoston: Finding a new plant for (most) seasons

MIT News

Fadel Abid: Sensing with purpose

MIT News

Evelyn Wang appointed as director of US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy

Fortune

J-WAFS scientists develop new tech to reduce US farming $60 billion annual pesticides spend

The Manila Times

Real threats in Philippine agriculture and food security

Feed Strategy

Extreme weather is ‘synchronizing’ around the world

Healthcare Radius

Jameel Clinic AI Hospital Network launched

J-WAFS

J-WAFS fellows attend Earthshot Prize Awards

MIT News

A breakthrough on “loss and damage,” but also disappointment, at UN climate conference

SKN Vibes

World Food Prize Foundation panel at COP27 underscores vital importance of farmers having a living income to protect natural resources

Islamic Development Bank

President Al Jasser addresses ISDB-Community Jameel side event on harvesting data

MIT News

Pesticide innovation takes top prize at Collegiate Inventors Competition

Al-Khaleej

A digital archive launches on Google for Yazidi survivors about the role of art in promoting health

Mille

New exhibition spotlights art by Yazidi women who escaped Da’esh captivity

Arab News

UN publishes digital archives created by Yazidi genocide survivors

The Art Newspaper

New digital art archive launched to help Yazidi community rebuild after genocide

CNBC

The organization using A.I. to mitigate the impact of future pandemics

J-WAFS

J-WAFS and MIT community members win IDA Innovation Forum Awards

Al-Raees News

Community Jameel and Sawiris Foundation announce a new initiative for youth in Egypt

Wiley Online Library

A new convergent science framework for food system sustainability in an uncertain climate

Environmental Solutions Initiative

J-WAFS researcher Ariel Furst selected as CES Infusion Fellow

MIT News

Processing waste biomass to reduce airborne emissions

MIT News

Passive cooling system could benefit off-grid locations

MIT News

J-WAFS awards $150K Solutions grant to Patrick Doyle and team for rapid removal of micropollutants from water

Alarabiya English

Jameel Index for Food Trade launched to study impact of climate on food security

Entrepreneur

J-WAFS launches the Jameel Index for Food Trade and Vulnerability

J-WAFS

J-WAFS spinout company reveals new food safety technology

MIT News

New J-WAFS-led project combats food insecurity

MIT News

A better way to make development projects work

Nigerian Sketch

Why unripe dates could be the next big UAE food trend

Arab News

Campaign to restore Iraq’s rich and diverse heritage gathers momentum

Zawya

Islamic Development Bank, Community Jameel, and Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab ready to join forces

Islamic Development Bank

Islamic Development Bank, Community Jameel, and Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab ready to join forces on embedding evidence-based policy labs with governments

Spectrum

At MIT, lessons from space for handling waste

MIT News

MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium awards inaugural seed Awards

MIT News

MIT J-WAFS announces 2022 seed grant recipients

The Indian Express

IIT-Kanpur, MIT researchers develop low-cost water purifying device to detect hard metal pollutants

World Economic Forum

A new device can make drinking water from seawater at the push of a button

UNILAD

New invention turns sea water into safe drinking water

Daily Beast

MIT engineers created a portable device that zaps seawater to make drinking water

MIT News

From seawater to drinking water, with the push of a button

MIT News

Five MIT PhD students awarded 2022 J-WAFS fellowships for water and food solutions

MIT News

Using plant biology to address climate change

MIT News

J-PAL launches the Egypt Impact Lab to improve lives through evidence-informed policymaking

MIT News

How molecular biology could reduce global food insecurity

MIT News

Professor Emeritus Peter Griffith, a pioneer in heat transfer and fluid mechanics, dies at 94

MIT News

Using soap to remove micropollutants from water

MIT News

A life-changing fertiliser for rural farmers in Kenya

World Economic Forum

3 ways to address the North-South divide in scientific research

J-WAFS

Three J-WAFS PIs honored as AAAS Fellows

Pumps and Systems

Podcast: Improving energy efficiency & reliability of centrifugal pumps for clean water

Los Angeles Times

Op-Ed: California needs to keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant open to meet its climate goals

Thomson Reuters

Turning heat to cooling, Kenyan inventor cuts food waste - and adds jobs and income

MIT News

J-WAFS launches Food and Climate Systems Transformation Alliance

MIT News

Q&A: Options for the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant

MIT News

J-WAFS announces 2021 Solutions Grants for commercialising water and food technologies

MIT News

Cleaning up industrial filtration

Al-Fanar Media

Saudi universities step up support for research on coronaviruses

Devex

Opinion: Rely more on evidence in aid — not just during COVID-19

Youtube

2021 World Water Day Judges Choice: Creative communication - Portable desal. Unit for hydration

MIT News

MIT engineers demonstrate low-tech tree branch filters to purify water

J-WAFS

Winners announced for the 2020 J-WAFS World Food Day video competition: MIT research for a food secure future

MIT India

Earth Day 2020: Exploring India’s sustainable management of water

MIT News

A battery-free sensor for underwater exploration

MIT News

Discovering hidden stories in the Flint water crisis