http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/nanotech.html Nanoscience and nanotechnology headlines from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology News Office. en-us http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/www/mitlogo-rss.jpg http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/nanotech.html 88 31 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/lemelson-0624.html Professor Chad Mirkin, director of Northwestern University's International Institute for Nanotechnology, has been awarded the 2009 $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize. Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/lemelson-0624.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/extreme-0624.html An MIT materials scientist is developing nanocomposite materials that can endure extreme conditions such as radiation and high temperatures, for use in energy production. Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/extreme-0624.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/creep-0615.html MIT civil engineers have for the first time identified what causes concrete to gradually deform, decreasing its durability and shortening the lifespan of infrastructures such as bridges and nuclear waste containment vessels. Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/creep-0615.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/inl-0530.html The International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology today began a major new collaboration that will enrich each institution's research activities in nanoscience and nanotechnology. Mon, 1 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/inl-0530.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/electrospun-fibers-0505.html MIT Professor of Chemical Engineering Gregory Rutledge is exploring new ways to create electrospun nanofibers, which hold promise for applications including protective clothing and wearable power. Tue, 5 May 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/electrospun-fibers-0505.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/gold-cancer-0504.html MIT researchers have developed tiny gold particles that can home in on tumors, and then, by absorbing energy from near-infrared light and emitting it as heat, destroy tumors with minimal side effects. Mon, 4 May 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/gold-cancer-0504.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/graphene-feature-0504.html Graphene is a recently-discovered material with unique characteristics, and several teams of MIT researchers are hard at work trying to understand its behavior and find new applications for it. Mon, 4 May 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/graphene-feature-0504.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/nanopatterning-0409.html Researchers at MIT have found a novel method for etching extremely narrow lines on a microchip, using a material that can be switched from transparent to opaque, and vice versa, just by exposing it to certain wavelengths of light. Thu, 9 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/nanopatterning-0409.html