Pantry ingredients can help grow carbon nanotubes
Study finds baking soda, detergent, and table salt — all rich in sodium — are effective catalysts.
A new era in 3-D printing
Mechanical engineering researchers are inventing game-changing technologies and developing a renaissance in 3-D printing.
Imaging system helps surgeons remove tiny ovarian tumors
More effective surgery could boost survival rates for ovarian cancer.
An easier way to engineer plants
MIT-led team uses nanoparticles to deliver genes into plant chloroplasts.
Scene at MIT: Happy Nanoween
A grad student's research project unexpectedly yields a spooky message made from millions of carbon nanotubes.
Timothy Swager receives Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship
The fellowship supports top-tier researchers at U.S. universities whose high-risk, high-payoff work is of strategic importance to the Department of Defense.
Getting to the heart of carbon nanotube clusters
MIT researchers create predictable patterns from unpredictable carbon nanotubes.
Optimizing carbon nanotube electrodes
New model measures characteristics of carbon nanotube structures for energy storage and water desalination applications.
Glassy carbon, now with less heat
Carbon nanotubes lower the transformation temperature of glassy carbon, possibly aiding manufacturers, MIT researchers report.
New 3-D chip combines computing and data storage
Advance points toward new generation of computers for coming superstorm of data.
Inside tiny tubes, water turns solid when it should be boiling
MIT researchers discover astonishing behavior of water confined in carbon nanotubes.
Carbon nanotube “stitches” strengthen composites
Method to reinforce these materials could help make airplane frames lighter, more damage-resistant.
Wireless, wearable toxic-gas detector
Inexpensive sensors could be worn by soldiers to detect hazardous chemical agents.
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Researchers create perfect nanoscrolls from graphene’s imperfect form.