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MIT.nano announces the Mildred S. Dresselhaus Lectures

Cornell University’s Paul McEuen will inaugurate series to honor beloved MIT professor.

November 5, 2019

Roger Howe, William E. Ayer Professor of Engineering, Stanford University (center), with Farnaz Niroui, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science and Perspectives in Nanotechnology series organizer (left), and Vladimir Bulović, faculty director of MIT.nano and Fariborz Maseeh Chair in Emerging Technology (right).

Fireside chat with Don Eigler wraps up MIT.nano “Perspectives in Nanotechnology” seminars

Series featured five experts who played seminal roles in understanding the nanoscale.

October 21, 2019

Traditional structure-based representations of the many forms of zeolites, some of which are illustrated here, provide little guidance as to how they can convert to other forms, but a new graph-based system does a much better job.

A new mathematical approach to understanding zeolites

Study of minerals widely used in industrial processes could lead to discovery of new materials for catalysis and filtering.

October 7, 2019

The MIT.nano Immersion Lab will provide an array of software and hardware for NCSOFT seed grant recipients and other researchers at MIT who are investigating augmented reality, virtual reality, and the display and analysis of spatially related data.

MIT.nano awards inaugural NCSOFT seed grants for gaming technologies

Five software and hardware projects will launch the MIT.nano Immersion Lab Gaming Program.

September 30, 2019

3 Questions: Why sensing, why now, what next?

Brian Anthony, co-leader of SENSE.nano, discusses sensing for augmented and virtual reality and for advanced manufacturing.

September 20, 2019

Left to right: Postdoc Shu Fen Tan, graduate student Kate Reidy, and Professor Frances Ross, all of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, sit in front of a high vacuum evaporator system.

Creating new opportunities from nanoscale materials

MIT Professor Frances Ross is pioneering new techniques to study materials growth and how structure relates to performance.

September 5, 2019

Yearlong hackathon engages nano community around health issues

Hacking Nanomedicine kicks off a series of events to develop an idea over time.

August 9, 2019

MIT.nano announces founding members of its corporate consortium

Diverse array of companies will counsel, collaborate to boost nanoscale research.

July 8, 2019

Visitors wear virtual reality headsets in the MIT.nano Immersion Lab.

The power of play

Video game developer NCSOFT joins with MIT.nano to apply the language of gaming to technology research and education.

April 3, 2019

Each January, the Microsystems Annual Research Conference (MARC) brings together MIT faculty and students with industry partners to highlight cutting-edge research in research in microsystems, nanotechnology, and more. MARC is led and organized by a student committee (pictured here), with support from the staff of the Microsystems Technology Laboratories.

MARC 2019 shines a light on research in microsystems, nanotechnology, and more

Annual student-led conference connects MIT researchers and industry partners.

March 8, 2019

MIT and Arizona State University researchers have created a computer program that can translate drawings of arbitrary shapes into two-dimensional structures made of DNA.

DNA design that anyone can do

Computer program can translate a free-form 2-D drawing into a DNA structure.

January 3, 2019

The MIT Department of Biology hosted its Cryogenic Electron Microscopy Symposium to celebrate two new microscopes being installed in MIT.nano.

Joining the resolution revolution

Department of Biology hosts a symposium to celebrate the launch of MIT.nano and its new Cryogenic Electron Microscopy Facility.

October 16, 2018

Farnaz Niroui works in the ONE Lab in MIT's Building 13 as a graduate student in electrical engineering. She's returning to MIT next month as an assistant professor.

Helping small science make big changes

Farnaz Niroui is exploring nanocale research from Mildred Dresselhaus’ former office.

October 9, 2018

Carl Thompson is the Stavros Salapatas Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and co-director of the Materials Research Laboratory at MIT.

Broadening the range of material rewards

Headed by Carl Thompson, the newly formed Materials Research Laboratory opens up opportunities for industrial partnerships.

June 18, 2018

Vladimir Bulović has been named the inaugural director of MIT.nano, an appointment announced by MIT Provost Martin Schmidt.

Leading MIT.nano

Vladimir Bulović will be first director of the Institute's new nanoscience and nanotechnology facility.

March 1, 2018

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