MIT.nano

Four MIT faculty named 2023 AAAS Fellows

Engelward, Oliver, Rothman, and Vuletić are recognized for their efforts to advance science.

April 18, 2024

Plant sensors could act as an early warning system for farmers

April 17, 2024

A home where world-changing innovations take flight

The Engine Accelerator offers “tough tech” startups space, support, and a network to help them scale up.

April 17, 2024

“Nanostitches” enable lighter and tougher composite materials

In research that may lead to next-generation airplanes and spacecraft, MIT engineers used carbon nanotubes to prevent cracking in multilayered composites.

April 16, 2024

A new way to detect radiation involving cheap ceramics

Work by MIT engineers could lead to plethora of new applications, including better detectors for nuclear materials at ports.

April 11, 2024

Tackling cancer at the nanoscale

In MIT’s 2024 Killian Lecture, chemical engineer Paula Hammond described her groundbreaking work on nanoparticles designed to attack tumor cells.

April 10, 2024

Extracting hydrogen from rocks

Iwnetim Abate aims to stimulate natural hydrogen production underground, potentially unearthing a new path to a cheap, carbon-free energy source.

April 8, 2024

When an antibiotic fails: MIT scientists are using AI to target “sleeper” bacteria

Most antibiotics target metabolically active bacteria, but with artificial intelligence, researchers can efficiently screen compounds that are lethal to dormant microbes.

April 8, 2024

Tool Talk with In-Situ Microscopy Solutions—Apr. 25

Join MIT.nano for a tool talk with In-Situ Microscopy Solutions

12-0168 (MIT.nano basement)

Workshop Schedule:

09:00 - 09.45 Registration and Coffee
09:45 - 10:00 Introduction of the In-situ Microscopy Alliance (IMA)
10:00 - 10:30 Recent innovation in small-scale in-situ mechanical properties testing, Dr. Nicholas Randall, Alemnis
10:30 - 11:00 Mechanics of architected materials through the lens of in situ characterization, Prof. Carlos Portela, MIT
11:00 - 11:15 Break and networking
11:15 - 11:45 Latest updates in electro-optical characterizations and failure analysis, Mr. Karl Boche, Imina Technologies
11:45 - 12:15 Metal layers short localization with EBAC and FIB circuit modifications, Mr. Karl Boche
12:15 - 13:30 Lunch (Provided by In Situ Microscopy Alliance)
13:30 - 14:00 AFM-in-SEM - step forward for in-situ correlative microscopy, technology and applications, Dr. Jan Neuman, Nenovision
14:00 - 14:30 Benefits of AFM-in-SEM for applications in material science and battery research, Dr. Jan Neuman, NenoVision
14.30 – 15.00 Guided tour around MIT.nano, Dr. Anna Osherov
15:00 – 16.00 Open discussion

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Researchers 3D print key components for a point-of-care mass spectrometer

The low-cost hardware outperforms state-of-the-art versions and could someday enable an affordable, in-home device for health monitoring.

April 4, 2024

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