Water

MIT students visit with Rwandan presidentKagame, who delivered the 2008 Compton lecture, discusses water, energy solutions with D-Lab participants.

Minor changes in precipitation may have major impact on groundwater supplies in arid regionsCrops and timing of storms amplify role played by rainwater.

Predicting ocean motions and underwater soundsMIT research could help ocean science, naval operations and the control and location of underwater vehicles.

Food and WaterResearchers model the effects of competition for global water resources on agriculture.

CEE's Eric Adams receives the Ig Nobel Prize in chemistryEnvironmental engineers share prize with BP for work that proved oil and water really do mix

In the World: Drinking water, from sunshineMIT team designs solar-powered portable desalination system to use in disaster zones and remote regions.

In Profile: James WescoatFrom India to California, an MIT landscape architect and geographer has charted a new course in the study of water.

Pushing ions through carbon nanotubesThe tiny, multitalented carbon tubes can carry single molecules, one at a time.

Professor Ronald Ballinger appointed to MWRA Independent Review PanelWill investigate what caused breach in major eastern Massachusetts water line in early May

Said and DoneHumanities, arts, and social sciences digest for June 2010

Global water issues call on humanities and social science research

Pooling MIT’s resources to ‘rethink’ waterWorkshop assesses scope of water research currently underway at Institute, eyes work that lies ahead.

New water-splitting catalyst foundResearch by MIT’s Dan Nocera expands the list of potential electrode materials that could be used to store energy.

Water emergency is overAffected communities now have clean tap water; instructions given for flushing pipes

In the World: Clean Water for GhanaMIT students help a researcher build a factory that could provide water filters for 1 million people in northern Ghana

BP Agrawal wins $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for SustainabilityHonored for technology that improves access to clean water, health care and business development in rural India

Using plants to purify canal waterResearchers outline a natural way to clean Italy's polluted Pontine Marshes