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MIT researchers have proposed a method to grow plant-based materials, like wood and fiber, and have demonstrated the concept by growing a culture of wood-like cells from zinnia leaves.

This research was funded, in part, by the Draper Fellow Program. Ashley Beckwith, a PhD student in mechanical engineering, is the lead author. Coauthors are Beckwith’s co-advisors Velásquez-García, a principal scientist in MIT’s Microsystems technology Laboratories, and Jeffrey Borenstein, a biomedical engineer at the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory.

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Researchers using MIT.nano's facilities show a small-molecule platform, the aramid amphiphile, that overcomes dynamic instabilities by incorporating a Kevlar-inspired domain into the molecular structure. Read about their work in Nature Nanotechnology.

The IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge is MIT’s 20 -year old annual social entrepreneurship program housed in the PKG Public Service Center. Since its founding in 2001, IDEAS has enabled MIT student-led teams to apply their education and expertise in collaboration with community partners to address social and environmental challenges around the world. Through this program, you can recruit a team from anywhere in the world and develop a creative solution in partnership with impacted stakeholders. Your team can also benefit from a supportive body of reviewers, mentors, and funding within the range of $1,000 – $20,000.

Applications due January 24, 2021.

Electrical engineer William Oliver develops technology to enable reliable quantum computing at scale.

Using this computational system, researchers can identify viral protein sequences that could make better vaccine targets.

Royal DSM and the ACS division of Polymer Chemistry (POLY) invite nominations for the DSM Bright Science Award for PhD students 2021 in Material Sciences. The award carries a cash prize of $5,500. This prestigious award has been established to recognize and reward excellence in innovative PhD research related to polymer science and technology. The theme for the 2021 award will be Polymers for a Sustainable Future.

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Facility within MIT.nano offers equipment and capabilities for visualizing data, creating immersive environments.

A symbiotic culture of specialized yeast and bacteria can generate tough materials able to perform a variety of functions.

Three MIT professors and a principal staff member from Lincoln Laboratory are among the 2021 class of fellows.

Climate goals expand impact of MIT waste-processing spinoff that capitalizes on a process called plasma gasification.