MIT.nano

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

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

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

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

Touring the MIT.nano site are (l-r) Jesús del Alamo, director of the MIT Microsystems Technology Laboratories; Vladimir Bulović, associate dean for innovation and director of MIT.nano; José Antonio Fernández Carbajal, chariman of Monterrey Tec; and Marco Munoz, senior director of MIT’s Office of Philanthropic Partnerships.

Tech and Tec: Nanoscale international engagement

Monterrey Tec Chairman José Antonio Fernández Carbajal tours MIT.nano during his first meeting as the newest member of the MIT Corporation.

November 2, 2017

Anantha Chandrakasan, dean of MIT’s School of Engineering, who negotiated the collaboration on behalf of MIT, speaks during the signing of the agreement with representatives of IBM.

3Q: Anantha Chandrakasan on new MIT–IBM Watson AI Lab

Lab seeks to expand the boundaries of research on artificial intelligence.

September 7, 2017

A panel discussion on the future of sensing technologies, moderated remotely by NPR talk show host Tom Ashbrook (not seen here), featured (from left to right) MIT Professor Vladimir Bulovic, The Engine President and CEO Katie Ray, MIT Professor David Mindell, Massachusetts Assistant Secretary of Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship Katie Stebbins, and MIT Professor James Collins.

New center will push frontiers of sensing technology

First “center of excellence” for new MIT.nano facility will focus on novel detectors and imaging systems.

June 1, 2017

MIT Professor Krystyn Van Vliet (center) describes how MIT.nano clean rooms will provide a precisely controlled environment. MIT Corporation members Gregory Turner (second-from-left) and Madeleine Gaut (third-from-left) listen along with Anuradha Agarwal (fourth-from-left), a principal research scientist at the MIT Microphotonics Center.

Inside MIT.nano

The MIT Corporation tours the state-of-the-art research facility taking shape in the heart of campus.

April 7, 2017

Collaborative research by Bradley Pentelute, the Pfizer-Laubach Career Development Associate Professor in Chemistry, and scientists at UCLA and Harvard Medical School, used cryo-electron microscopy to understand the mechanisms behind anthrax bacteria toxin delivery system (shown here).

MIT receives $7.5 million to enhance structural biology research

Beckman Foundation grant helps secure cryo-electron microscopy at MIT.nano facility.

April 4, 2017

Institute Professor Millie Dresselhaus accepts the UNESCO Medal from UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova at the awards ceremony on Oct. 11 in Paris, France.

MIT awarded UNESCO Medal for contributions to nanoscience and nanotechnologies

Nanoscience pioneer and Institute Professor Millie Dresselhaus accepted the medal in Paris on behalf of the Institute.

November 7, 2016

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