MIT.nano

MIT.nano & Oxford Instruments Workshop—Jan. 31

Oxford Instruments Asylum Research is holding a day-long, in-person workshop with morning presentations and afternoon hands-on sessions. Please join us for an informative day on advanced AFM and Raman capabilities at MIT.nano.

A new way to swiftly eliminate micropollutants from water

MIT chemical engineers create a zwitterionic hydrogel system for single-step water treatment with minimal environmental footprint.

January 9, 2024

Koch Institute Seminar: LNP, virus, & vesicle quantification—Jan. 24

Join the Koch Institute for this free seminar on LNP, virus, & vesicle quantification, presented by Spectradyne's CEO Jean-Luc Fraikin.

11 a.m. — 12 p.m. ET
Building 76, Room 156B
No registration required

Stripes in a flowing liquid crystal suggest a route to “chiral” fluids

Study finds chiral structures, with mirror-image configurations, can emerge from nonchiral systems, suggesting new ways to engineer these materials.

January 8, 2024

Inhalable sensors could enable early lung cancer detection

The diagnostic, which requires only a simple urine test to read the results, could make lung cancer screening more accessible worldwide.

January 5, 2024

Researchers 3D print components for a portable mass spectrometer

Lightweight and inexpensive, miniaturized mass filters are a key step toward portable mass spectrometers that could identify unknown chemicals in remote settings.

January 4, 2024

MIT community members elected to the National Academy of Inventors for 2023

MIT Koch Institute researchers Daniel Anderson and Ana Jaklenec, plus 11 MIT alumni, are honored for inventions that have made a tangible impact on society.

January 3, 2024

TLO IAP Golden Speaker Series: Vladimir Bulović—Jan. 18

This IAP, immerse yourself with Golden Speaker Vladimir Bulović – an MIT professor spearheading pioneering research in multiple fields. Sponsored by MIT's Technology Licensing Office, the Golden Speaker Series features distinguished members of the MIT community who have been asked to share their academic, research, and tech transfer journeys.

10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. ET
MIT Media Lab, Bartos Theater

IAP 2024: Make your own chip inside the lab!

Step inside MIT.nano’s fab to create a 1x1 inch chip with your favorite image to take home with you! We will work inside the MIT.nano cleanroom: learn how to gown up, understand the different fab tools, and use the tools to pattern a 50 nm thin layer of aluminum with your design.

Multiple dates and times available.

Register by January 8, 2024

December 29, 2023

Leveraging ultra fast optics to capture dynamic responses of mechanical metamaterials—Jan. 11

This seminar will discuss advanced ultrafast optics techniques for probing dynamics of nanostructured mechanical metamaterials. Presented Carlos Portela, the d’Arbeloff Career Development Professor in Mechanical Engineering at MIT.

6 p.m. – 8 p.m. ET
MIT Lincoln Laboratory