MIT.nano

MIT.nano Job Opening: Applications Engineer

The Applications Engineer will play a key role in implementing and maintaining MIT.nano’s lab management system – NanoFab Equipment Management & Operations (NEMO) MIT.nano is a large shared services facility with over 1,000 users and hundreds of tools and instruments. NEMO, developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, is an open source web application used to schedule reservations, enable/disable tools, track maintenance issues, track tool usage, and more.

March 29, 2024

New chip can protect wireless biomedical devices from quantum attacks

Ultra-efficient chip design enables extremely strong cryptography algorithms to run on energy-constrained edge devices.

April 23, 2026

Bringing AI-driven protein-design tools to biologists everywhere

Founded by Tristan Bepler PhD ’20 and former MIT professor Tim Lu PhD ’07, OpenProtein.AI offers researchers open-source models and other tools for protein engineering.

April 17, 2026

Light-activated gel could impact wearables, soft robotics, and more

New MIT work advances the growing field of ionotronics, in which data are transferred through ions, potentially providing a bridge between electronics and biological tissue.

April 16, 2026

MIT study reveals a new role for cell membranes

Long thought to be mainly a structural support, the cell membrane also influences how cells respond to signals and may contribute to the growth of cancer cells.

April 16, 2026

Multitasking quantum sensors can measure several properties at once

The devices represent a key step toward practical quantum sensing, with applications in biomedical sensing, materials characterization, and more.

April 15, 2026

J-WAFS Travel Grants for Water Conferences

J-WAFS offers travel grants for MIT graduate students to attend major water sector conferences. This year, J-WAFS is offering travel grants for students to attend Stockholm World Water Week, UNC Water & Health Conference, or the International Water Conference.

Carbon removal project supports Maine’s blue economy, broader marine health

A chemical-free approach to balancing ocean acidity protects marine life and could dramatically impact the global aquaculture market.

April 14, 2026

Shaping the Future of Semiconductors—Apr. 23

Join MIT's Industrial Liaison Program as they explore the innovations shaping next-generation semiconductor systems and the manufacturing ecosystems enabling them, where performance scaling, power efficiency, and design innovation converge to power the next decades of technological progress.

10 a.m. – 11 a.m. ET

Electrical signaling in human health and disease: mechanisms, tools, and opportunities for micro- and nanotechnologies—Apr. 29

Join MIT HEALS on Wednesday, April 29 for their next (and last) seminar in the Health Sciences & Semiconductors series!

The final speaker of the series will be Dr. Benoit Desbiolles, a postdoctoral researcher at MIT under the supervision of Professor Alex Shalek, sharing his talk, "Electrical signaling in human health and disease: mechanisms, tools, and opportunities for micro- and nanotechnologies”.