MIT.nano

How the Greater Boston biomedical community is tackling the coronavirus

At a historic meeting held Monday at Harvard Medical School, more than 80 clinicians and scientists, including MIT researchers, came together to commit to a Covid-19 response. Those in attendance set in motion a plan to break down institutional barriers and form a consortium to develop diagnostic tools, treatments, and vaccines with utmost urgency for this new coronavirus epidemic.

March 15, 2020

Semiconductor laser fabrication and the development of lasers for space

MTL Seminar Series
Semiconductor Laser Fabrication and the Development of Lasers for Space

March 11, 2020 - 11:00am to 12:00pm
Speaker: Adam Erlich (Sheaumann)
Location: Grier Room (34-401)

How plants protect themselves from sun damage

Study reveals a mechanism that plants can use to dissipate excess sunlight as heat.

March 10, 2020

Opportunities for time-resolved dynamic CT imaging in the laboratory

Luke Hunter, regional product manager for North and South America for TESCAN’s Micro-CT product lines, will give a talk exploring the challenges and innovations in image quality and spatial resolution, highlighting a number of applications across materials science, life science, and geoscience applications.

Monday, March 9
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Room 3-270

Novel method for easier scaling of quantum devices

System “recruits” defects that usually cause disruptions, using them to instead carry out quantum operations.

March 5, 2020

Tool Talk and Workshop with Bruker

Join us for a tool talk and workshop with Bruker to learn about the use of HRXRD for detailed structural analysis of epitaxial structures.

Wednesday, March 4, 2020
10am–12pm Demonstration & HRXRD background
1pm–4pm Software workshop
12-0168, MIT.nano

ZEISS GeminiSEM arrives at MIT.nano

The ZEISS GeminiSEM, a field emission scanning electron microscope, has arrived at MIT.nano.

March 4, 2020

Programmable self-assembly with DNA and PNA for nanobiosensing, robotics and manufacturing

DMSE Polymers and Soft Matter Seminar

Prof. Rebecca Taylor
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
3:30pm – 4:45pm
Building 56-114

Undergraduate Teaching Lab wins SafetyStratus College and University Health and Safety Award

The Department of Chemistry’s Undergraduate Teaching Laboratory has been awarded the 2020 SafetyStratus College and University Health and Safety Award by the American Chemical Society (ACS). ACS gives this award in recognition of the most comprehensive chemical safety programs in higher undergraduate education.

March 4, 2020

NCSOFT Virtual Workshop

Join MIT.nano and NCSOFT technical leaders for a virtual workshop on Thursday, April 30. Hear from MIT Principal Investigators, including the 2019 grantees, and learn what's next for the MIT.nano Immersion Lab.