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Abdul Latif Jameel Water & Food Systems Lab

Fueling research, innovation, and collaboration to solve urgent global water and food systems challenges

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MIT Earth Month Student Poster Session

Project

Sustainable hydrogel microparticles for the removal of micropollutants from water

Project

Recipient of the 2022 J-WAFS Grant for Transforming Animal Agriculture Systems announced

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J-WAFS to send students to Stockholm World Water Week

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MIT Water Affordability Workshop explores solutions to America’s water affordability crisis

News

This portable, solar-powered device purifies seawater on demand

Latest News

J-WAFS PI Susan Murcott collaborates with MIT climate clock teams

Projected on the side of MIT's Green building, the climate clock counts down the number of Boston sports teams’ games before May 2024, a…

J-WAFS PI Benedetto Marelli develops silk-based technologies for crops and food

Marelli and his fellow researchers have developed silk coatings that help preserve perishable foods and allow crops to grow in unproductive…

J-WAFS researcher interviewed by PBS on the environmental impacts of mining

In a PBS News Hour article, Scott Odell discusses how dust from mining operations can contaminate local agricultural fields and water…

Bill Gates and Fady Jameel discuss food and farming on the sidelines of COP28 in Dubai

Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Fady Jameel, vice chairman of Community Jameel, co-hosted an…