Nanoscience and nanotechnology

A new approach to engineering for extreme environments

Scientist creates model to design radiation-resistant materials

June 24, 2009

Professor Franz-Josef Ulm with the nanoindentation machine in his research lab.

MIT engineers find way to slow concrete creep to a crawl

June 15, 2009

Small materials, big potential

MIT-INL to tackle several nano-research projects

June 1, 2009

MIT Engineering and the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory launch research collaboration

May 30, 2009

Spinning at the nanoscale

Electrospun fibers could be used for protective clothing, wearable power and more

May 5, 2009

The crystallographic structure of a sheet of graphene is revealed in this Atomic Force Microscope picture.

A material for all seasons

MIT teams finding many uses for graphene, the newest form of carbon

May 4, 2009

MIT researchers used these gold nanorods that absorb energy from near-infrared light and emit it as heat, destroying cancer cells.

Targeting tumors using tiny gold particles

Gold nanorods could detect, treat cancer

May 4, 2009

It's a fine line

New method could lead to narrower chip patterns

April 9, 2009

Angela Belcher holds a display of the virus-built battery she helped engineer. The battery --Â the silver-colored disc --Â is being used to power an LED.

New virus-built battery could power cars, electronic devices

April 2, 2009

EECS assistant professors Tomás Palacios, left, and Jing Kong examine oscilloscope traces showing the doubling in frequency of an electromagnetic signal processed through their experimental graphene microchip.

New material could lead to faster chips

Graphene may solve communications speed limit

March 19, 2009

Brian Wardle, the Charles Stark Draper Assistant Professor in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, shows an advanced composite material held together by "nanostitching," a technique developed at MIT thatÂ could make airplane skins and other products stronger.

'Nanostitching' could lead to much stronger airplane skins, more

Work could make airplane skins, other products 10 times stronger at a nominal additional cost

March 5, 2009

The top image shows a mixture of gold nanoparticles. The longer particles are called nanobones, and the smaller are nanocapsules. Bottom left: After the nanoparticles are hit with 800 nanometer wavelength infrared light, the nanocapsules melt and release their payload. Nanobones remain intact. Right: After the nanoparticles are hit with 1100 nanometer wavelength infrared light, the nanobones melt...

Gold particles deliver more than just glitter

Nanoparticles could carry drugs to treat cancer, other diseases

December 30, 2008

This image shows the cell before hydrogen peroxide is added.

Nanotubes sniff out cancer agents in living cells

Chemical engineers use carbon nanotubes to monitor chemotherapy, detect toxins at the single-molecule level

December 14, 2008

2008-09 Xerox MIT fellows celebrated

November 12, 2008

Left image highlights two platinum-cobalt catalyst nanoparticles (inside the dashed boxes) with a 'sandwich' structure of platinum and cobalt atoms near the surface. At right is a cross-sectional model corresponding to the lower particle, showing platinum atoms enriched in the outermost layer, cobalt enriched in the second, and additional layers containing a mixture of the two. (Image at left take...

Team takes first atomic-scale compositional images of fuel-cell nanoparticles

Work could lead to better catalysts for eco-friendly energy storage devices

October 2, 2008

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