MIT.nano

“Living drug factories” might treat diabetes and other diseases

Chemical engineers have developed a way to protect transplanted drug-producing cells from immune system rejection.

March 30, 2020

MIT.nano joins MIT's efforts to donate PPE to the fight against COVID-19

Like many of our colleagues at MIT and across the Boston area, we believe it's a shared responsibility to support medical personnel in the COVID-19 fight. MIT.nano is proud to contribute by donating nitrile gloves, shoe covers, Tyvek gear, aprons, safety glasses, & face shields.

March 30, 2020

Energy-harvesting design aims to turn Wi-Fi signals into usable power

Device for harnessing terahertz radiation might enable self-powering implants, cellphones, other portable electronics.

March 27, 2020

Neural networks facilitate optimization in the search for new materials

Sorting through millions of possibilities, a search for battery materials delivered results in five weeks instead of 50 years.

March 26, 2020

Meet the first undergraduate users of MIT.nano

Micro/nano processing course fabricates devices in MIT.nano’s facilities.

March 25, 2020

MIT joins White House supercomputing effort to speed up search for Covid-19 solutions

MIT has joined the Covid-19 High Performance Computing Consortium, a collaboration among various industry, government, and academic institutions which will aim to make their supercomputing resources available to the wider research community.

March 25, 2020

2020 Startup Exchange Workshop: Sustainable Materials Innovation

MIT Startup Exchange presents its April Startup Workshop, centered around sustainable materials innovation. Today, there is a large and growing societal interest for greater sustainability in the material systems that provide for a modern life style. This workshop will present perspectives from industry leaders, academics, and corporate investors, while showcasing several MIT-connected startups in this field.

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How to get conductive gels to stick when wet

A new way of making polymers adhere to surfaces may enable better biomedical sensors and implants.

March 20, 2020

AIM Photonics Job Opportunities

AIM Photonics is hiring at their Test Assembly and Packaging (TAP) facility in Rochester New York and at SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

March 20, 2020

Call for proposals: Evergrande COVID-19 response fund awards

The Greater Boston Consortium on Pathogen Readiness (GBCPR) has put out a call to Boston area researchers to submit proposals for COVID-19-related research. Proposals are due March 24, 2020, and funding will begin as soon as possible in April 2020. Awards will be made in the $50,000 to $500,000 range. Areas of research include epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnostics, therapeutics, vaccines and clinical management related to COVID-19.