MIT.nano

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

“One.MIT,” a new art installation at MIT.nano, displays a 6-inch silicon wafer depicting an image of MIT’s Great Dome. The image was formed by etching the names of the more than 270,000 people associated with the Institute from 1861 to spring 2018.

“One.MIT” creates a monument — at the smallest scale

MIT.nano etches more than 270,000 names from the MIT community on a 6-inch wafer.

March 18, 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

Yoel Fink, CEO of AFFOA, holds up a fabric with optical communications capabilities during a presentation on what he calls “fabrics as a service” at the annual MIT Industrial Liaison Program (ILP) Research and Development Conference on Nov. 15.

Opportunities for materials innovation abound

Faculty researchers share insights into new capabilities at the annual Industrial Liaison Program Research and Development Conference.

December 14, 2018

From left to right: Brian Anthony, principal research scientist at SENSE.nano, director of the Master of Engineering in Manufacturing Program, and co-director of the Medical Electronic Device Realization Center; Ricky Lai, Linda Tang, and Maggie Zhu, representing the Tang family; Martin A. Schmidt, MIT provost; Edward Cunningham PhD ’09; and Jesús de Álamo, director of the Microsystems Technol...

Tang family gift supports MIT.nano, MIT Quest for Intelligence

$20 million gift names imaging suite in new facility, creates catalyst fund.

October 18, 2018

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

The MIT.nano building, at the center of campus adjacent to the Great Dome, has expansive glass facades that allow natural light into the labs while giving visitors a clear view of the research in action.

A big new home for the ultrasmall

MIT.nano building, the largest of its kind, will usher in a new age of nanoscale advancements.

September 23, 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

MIT AIM Photonics Academy Executive Director Lionel Kimerling speaks during a meeting at Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts, on Nov. 14. “With the help of the state, Massachusetts can be the Silicon Valley for the growth of ultra-high performance communications systems using integrated photonics,” he said.

MIT's AIM Photonics Academy looks to expand

Recent Stonehill College meeting puts laser focus on plan to grow and enhance regional integrated photonics education and training.

November 30, 2017

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