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Custom-made MIT tool probes materials at nanoscale

Scattering-type Scanning Nearfield Optical Microscopy, or s-SNOM, offers advantages to researchers across many disciplines.

Read more from the Materials Research Laboratory (MRL).

July 1, 2021

The power of two—Addressing a longstanding problem in electron microscopy

Graduate student Ellen Zhong helped biologists and mathematicians reach across departmental lines to address a longstanding problem in electron microscopy.

June 30, 2021

MIT and U.S. Department of Defense team up to launch a new edX learning platform

MIT offers first courses on the platform, which aims to serve cutting-edge manufacturing education to more Americans.

June 29, 2021

3 Questions: Anna Jagielska on printing artificial axons

How 3D-printed models of neuronal axons could accelerate development of new therapies to treat neurodegenerative disorders.

June 29, 2021

New face mask prototype can detect Covid-19 infection

The sensor technology could also be used to create clothing that detects a variety of pathogens and other threats.

June 28, 2021

Engineered yeast could expand biofuels’ reach

By making the microbes more tolerant to toxic byproducts, researchers show they can use a wider range of feedstocks, beyond corn.

June 25, 2021

Finding the love hormone in a stressed-out world

A new art/science collaboration uses molecular structures as its creative medium.

Read more at MIT News.

June 24, 2021

Four researchers earn interdisciplinary Schmidt Science Fellowships

Selective global honor supports early-career scientists and engineers in taking on new pursuits.

June 23, 2021

Physicists uncover secrets of world’s thinnest superconductor

First experimental evidence of spin excitations in an atomically thin material helps answer 30-year-old questions, could lead to better medical diagnostics and more.

June 21, 2021

Clearing the way toward robust quantum computing

MIT researchers make a major advance toward fully realizing quantum computation.

June 19, 2021

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