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

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”.

Researchers develop molecular editing tool to relocate alcohol groups

This new technique will allow chemists to efficiently fine-tune the chemical structure of an organic molecule.

April 7, 2026

Study reveals “two-factor authentication” system that controls microRNA destruction

Researchers uncovered how cells selectively destroy certain microRNAs — key gene regulators — through a mechanism that requires two RNA signals working together.

April 7, 2026

MIT HEALS Core Facility Innovation Symposium—Apr. 29

The MIT Health and Life Sciences Collaborative (MIT HEALS) will host the Core Facility Innovation Symposium on April 29—a celebration of breakthrough discoveries enabled through collaborative partnerships between MIT research groups and our shared scientific core facilities. This symposium will feature dynamic dual presentations where laboratory researchers and core facility scientists will share the stage together, each telling the story of their discoveries and collaborative innovation.

3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
McGovern Auditorium, Whitehead Institute

Toward cheaper, cleaner hydrogen production

Co-founded by Dan Sobek ’88, SM ’92, PhD ’97, 1s1 Energy has developed electrochemical cell materials for hydrogen electrolyzers that it says reduces energy use by 30 percent.

April 3, 2026

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