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Spread out or bead up? A new process enables control over liquid-solid interfaces even with the most unlikely pairs of materials.

Undergraduate classes provide hands-on introduction to nanotechnology and nanoengineering at MIT.nano.

Study reveals why some attempts to convert the greenhouse gas into fuel have failed, and offers possible solutions.

The discovery could offer a route to smaller, faster electronic devices.

In the basement of MIT.nano there is a specialized microscope able to image materials at the atomic level. In this video we go through each step of how to image the tiny building blocks for all materials: atoms.

Mathematical simulations show the new approach may offer faster, cheaper, and more accurate detection, including identifying new variants.

The NAI Fellows Program highlights academic inventors who have demonstrated a spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on the quality of life, economic development, and the welfare of society. 

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A new fabrication technique produces low-voltage, power-dense artificial muscles that improve the performance of flying microrobots.