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Farnaz Niroui is exploring nanocale research from Mildred Dresselhaus’ former office.
Farnaz Niroui is exploring nanocale research from Mildred Dresselhaus’ former office.
Cost-effective method produces semiconducting films from materials that outperform silicon.
MIT.nano building, the largest of its kind, will usher in a new age of nanoscale advancements.
Materials Research Laboratory summer interns tackle materials science challenges, contribute to faculty research labs, and gain new skills.
Passive solar-powered system could prevent freezing on airplanes, wind turbines, powerlines, and other surfaces.
Technique could be used to scale-up self-assembled materials for use as optical sensors, color displays, and light-guided electronics.
Using a simple mesh screen may allow farmers to dramatically reduce the amount of pesticides they spray.
The new Convergence Scholars Program bridges disciplines and helps young researchers further their skills and build their brands as scientists.
Researchers incorporate optoelectronic diodes into fibers and weave them into washable fabrics.
With new method, surgeons would remove tumor, then implant microparticles that attack remaining cancer cells.
Silicon-based system offers smaller, cheaper alternative to other “broadband” filters; could improve a variety of photonic devices.
Made of electronic circuits coupled to minute particles, the devices could flow through intestines or pipelines to detect problems.
Novel chip keeps time using the constant, measurable rotation of molecules as a timing reference.
Drugs carried in cellular “backpacks” help T cells to destroy tumors.
Folding and cutting thin metal films could enable microchip-based 3-D optical devices.