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PostSeptember 22, 2021

Institute Professor Paula Hammond named to White House science council

Professor Paula Hammond, the head of MIT’s Department of Chemical Engineering, will serve on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

PostSeptember 22, 2021

Study: Global cancer risk from burning organic matter comes from unregulate...

Whenever organic matter is burned, such as in a wildfire, a power plant, a car’s exhaust, or in daily cooking, the combustion releases polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) — a class of pollutants that is known to cause lung cancer.

PostSeptember 22, 2021

A new method for removing lead from drinking water

Engineers have designed a relatively low-cost, energy-efficient approach to treating water contaminated with heavy metals.

PostSeptember 17, 2021

Research collaboration puts climate-resilient crops in sight

The Des Marais Lab at MIT uses the model grass species Brachypodium distachyon to understand plant-environment interaction. Here, replicate plants are receiving two different levels of soil water availability to study genetic differences in response to drying.

PostSeptember 2, 2021

J-WAFS announces 2021 Solutions Grants for commercializing water and food t...

MIT faculty who received 2021 J-WAFS Solutions grants include (top row, left to right) Daniel Frey, Leon Glicksman, Eric Verploegen; (bottom row, left to right) Greg Stephanopoulos, Anthony J. Sinskey, and Jongyoon Han.

PostAugust 17, 2021

Smarter regulation of global shipping emissions could improve air quality a...

MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy

The main source of shipping emissions is the combustion of heavy fuel oil in large diesel engines, which disperses pollutants into the air over coastal areas.

PostAugust 9, 2021

D-Lab Project Leads to Solar Career in Africa

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PostAugust 6, 2021

New global map shows populations are growing faster in flood-prone areas

MIT Technology Review

Dhaka, Bangladesh has experienced some of the largest increases in flood exposure, according to a new global flood mapping project.

PostAugust 4, 2021

Using graphene foam to filter toxins from drinking water

MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering

A reusable 3D functionalized reduced graphene oxide foam (3D‐FrGOF) is used as an in situ electrolytic deposition electrode to extract uranium from contaminated water.

PostAugust 3, 2021

Vapor-collection technology saves water while clearing the air

The cooling tower of MIT’s nuclear plant has demonstrated the effectiveness of the new water recovery system. The right side of the tower has the new system installed, eliminating its plume of vapor, while the untreated left side continues to produce a steady vapor stream.

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