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Professor Ned Thomas, director of the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, led a group from MIT to the Joint Readiness Training Center at Ft. Polk, Louisiana, in late January 2003. <a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('01ned-1-enlarged.html','','width=509, height=583')">
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ISN troops take basic training at Ft. Polk

February 12, 2003

Professor Karen Gleason shows how water seeped in to conventional fabric, and beaded up like a marble on fabric treated with her new waterproofing technique.

Team creates new process for waterproofing

February 5, 2003

Researchers tout opportunities in nanotech

October 9, 2002

Ting Zhu (left), Ju Li, and Krystyn Van Vliet stand below an image in MIT's NanoMechanical Technology Lab that is akin to one they included in their paper on predicting defects in materials.

Model predicts birthplace of defect in a material

October 2, 2002

Ting Zhu (left), Ju Li, and Krystyn Van Vliet stand below an image in MIT's NanoMechanical Technology Lab that is akin to one they included in their paper on predicting defects in materials.

Model predicts origin and outcome of defects in a material

October 2, 2002

Professor writes artist to apologize for inadvertent use of comic book image

August 30, 2002

Bacterial 'nano-machines' are focus of $15M grant

July 23, 2002

Professors Christine Ortiz and Alan Grodzinsky stand by a new nanomechanical instrument called the molecular force probe that will aid nanoscale studies of cartilage.

MIT probes cartilage on nanoscale

June 12, 2002

Professors Christine Oritz and Alan Grodzinsky stand by a new nanomechanical instrument called the molecular force probe that will aid studies of cartilage on the nanoscale.

MIT probes cartilage on nanoscale

June 11, 2002

A film made from phage and biosynthesized nanoparticles is one material produced by viruses in the Belcher lab.

Viruses can be made to churn out high-tech nanomaterials

May 8, 2002

An image of peptide nanotubes.

New nanomaterial could slide into future soap

April 3, 2002

Image of peptide nanotubes.

New MIT nanomaterial could slide into future soap and beyond

April 1, 2002

Participants at the March 13 press conference announcing the Army's selection of MIT for a $50 million Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies included (left to right) Provost Robert Brown, at podium; Dean of Engineering Thomas Magnanti; Professor Edwin Thomas of materials science and engineering; Vice President for Research and Associate Provost Alice Gast; and Professor Paula Hammonds of mate...

MIT to use nanomaterials to clothe, equip Army soldiers

March 20, 2002

The new NanoMechanical Technology Laboratory is equipped with state-of-the-art machines for the study of atomic and molecular scale materials. Graduate students Yoonjoon Choi (left) and Krystyn Van Vliet of materials science and engineering work with a nanoindenter that can probe and measure the properties of materials' surfaces.

NanoMechanical Technology Lab first at Institute to test tiny devices

March 20, 2002

The new NanoMechanical Technology Laboratory is equipped with state-of-the-art machines for the study of atomic and molecular scale materials. Graduate students Yoonjoon Choi (left) and Krystyn Van Vliet of materials science and engineering work with a nanoindenter that can probe and measure the properties of materials' surfaces.

New lab is first at MIT to test tiny devices

March 15, 2002