Topic
Nanoscience and nanotechnology
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Structure of kerogen revealed
Nanopores may be trapping oil and gas in the ancient hydrocarbon instead of allowing them to flow.
February 1, 2016 -
New chip fabrication approach
Depositing different materials within a single chip layer could lead to more efficient computers.
January 27, 2016 -
No more insulin injections?
Encapsulated pancreatic cells offer possible new diabetes treatment.
January 25, 2016 -
Self-stacking nanogrids
Polymer nanowires that assemble in perpendicular layers could offer route to tinier chip components.
January 22, 2016 -
Scientists tune polymer material’s transparency
Material may offer cheaper alternative to smart windows.
January 22, 2016 -
Physicists control electrons at femtosecond timescales
Results may help improve efficiency of solar cells, energy-harvesting devices.
January 22, 2016 -
New finding may explain heat loss in fusion reactors
Solving a longstanding mystery, MIT experiments reveal two forms of turbulence interacting.
January 21, 2016 -
Switchable material could enable new memory chips
Small voltage can flip thin film between two crystal states — one metallic, one semiconducting.
January 20, 2016 -
Local boy makes good
Michael Watts took two decades to make the 20-mile trip from suburban Hingham to tenure at MIT.
January 19, 2016 -
Synthetic antibody detects proteins
New nanosensors recognize fibrinogen; may detect insulin, other biomarkers as well.
January 13, 2016 -
Larissa Senatus learns about the world by doing
Mechanical engineering major hopes to bring hands-on learning opportunities home to Haiti.
January 13, 2016 -
Concentrating dawn-to-dusk solar energy
MOSAIC award spurs MIT research into concentrator solar cells that can run in shade and full sun with power control and wavelength separation.
January 11, 2016 -
A nanophotonic comeback for incandescent bulbs?
Researchers combine the warm look of traditional light bulbs with 21st-century energy efficiency.
January 11, 2016 -
Harnessing the energy of small bending motions
New device could provide electrical power source from walking and other ambient motions.
January 6, 2016 -
Clearing the way for Floquet-Bloch states
Team demonstrates pure quantum-mechanical mixture of electrons and photons in the solid topological insulator bismuth selenide.
January 4, 2016 -
A healthy breakdown
Researchers discover how some organisms process oxalate, a molecule that can harm humans.
December 28, 2015 -
Optoelectronic microprocessors built using existing chip manufacturing
High-performance prototype means chipmakers could now start building optoelectronic chips.
December 23, 2015 -
3 Questions: Martin Culpepper on making the future makers
MIT students want to make things. Meet the “Maker Czar” who’s helping them.
December 22, 2015 -
New device uses carbon nanotubes to snag molecules
Nanotube “forest” in a microfluidic channel may help detect rare proteins and viruses.
December 21, 2015 -
Nanodevices at one-hundredth the cost
New techniques for building microelectromechanical systems show promise.
December 18, 2015