News & Updates

Device for harnessing terahertz radiation might enable self-powering implants, cellphones, other portable electronics.

Sorting through millions of possibilities, a search for battery materials delivered results in five weeks instead of 50 years.

Micro/nano processing course fabricates devices in MIT.nano’s facilities.

MIT has joined the Covid-19 High Performance Computing Consortium, a collaboration among various industry, government, and academic institutions which will aim to make their supercomputing resources available to the wider research community.

A new way of making polymers adhere to surfaces may enable better biomedical sensors and implants.

The Greater Boston Consortium on Pathogen Readiness (GBCPR) has put out a call to Boston area researchers to submit proposals for COVID-19-related research. Proposals are due March 24, 2020, and funding will begin as soon as possible in April 2020. Awards will be made in the $50,000 to $500,000 range. Areas of research include epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnostics, therapeutics, vaccines and clinical management related to COVID-19.

Read more and apply here.

New technique allows for more precise measurements of deformation characteristics using nanoindentation tools.

Monitoring the plant hormone ethylene could reveal when fruits and vegetables are about to spoil.

A variety of MIT research projects could aid efforts to detect and prevent the spread of coronavirus.

This talk has been postponed in accordance with MIT's COVID-19 (coronavirus) policies and for the safety of all our community members. It will be rescheduled.

MIT.nano Seminar Series: March 2020

Pablo Jarillo-Herrero
Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics at MIT
Date: March 16, 2020
Time: 3pm - 4pm; reception to follow
Location: 36-428 (Allen & Haus Rooms)

RSVP here.