MIT.nano

With generative AI, MIT chemists quickly calculate 3D genomic structures

A new approach, which takes minutes rather than days, predicts how a specific DNA sequence will arrange itself in the cell nucleus.

January 31, 2025

MIT spinout Gradiant reduces companies’ water use and waste by billions of gallons each day

The company builds water recycling, treatment, and purification solutions for some of the world’s largest brands.

January 30, 2025

Desirée Plata: Chemist, oceanographer, engineer, entrepreneur

MIT professor is passionate about reducing the chemical industry’s impact on the environment and human health.

January 29, 2025

Faces of MIT: Melissa Smith PhD ’12

The associate leader in the Advanced Materials and Microsystems Group at Lincoln Laboratory strongly believes in the power of collaboration and how it seeds innovation.

January 27, 2025

New Tool: Filmetrics F50

MIT.nano has replaced the old F20 filmetrics near U10 with a new F50 model.

A new vaccine approach could help combat future coronavirus pandemics

The nanoparticle-based vaccine shows promise against many variants of SARS-CoV-2, as well as related sarbecoviruses that could jump to humans.

January 23, 2025

Toward video generative models of the molecular world

Starting with a single frame in a simulation, a new system uses generative AI to emulate the dynamics of molecules, connecting static molecular structures and developing blurry pictures into videos.

January 23, 2025

Physicists discover — and explain — unexpected magnetism in an atomically thin material

The work introduces a new platform for studying quantum materials.

January 23, 2025

For clean ammonia, MIT engineers propose going underground

Using the Earth itself as a chemical reactor could reduce the need for fossil-fuel-powered chemical plants.

January 21, 2025

MIT.nano job opening: Fabrication facilities services developer

MIT.nano is hiring a fabrication facilities services developer! This person will lead the effort in establishing and maintaining a central point of entry for users to gain access into several academic fabrication facilities in the Northeast, known as the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) Hub. A masters degree in electrical, mechanical, material science, chemical engineering, physics or related discipline and a minimum of five years of experience in semiconductor process facilities or equivalent is required.