Nanoscience and nanotechnology
Super-sizing a cancer drug minimizes side effects
July 28, 2010
Researchers design a new version of cisplatin that spares the kidneys, letting doctors use higher doses.
A new use for gold
June 11, 2010
Engineers turn a drawback — the stickiness of gold nanoparticles — into an advantage.
Obama intends to nominate Suresh as next NSF director
June 3, 2010
The MIT engineering dean would lead the independent federal agency that supports science and engineering research.
Liquid-solid interactions, as never before seen
April 26, 2010
New technique improves researchers’ ability to measure a key property of material surfaces.
A manufacturing renaissance for America?
March 31, 2010
At an MIT forum, experts examine new ways to pursue a good old idea: making things.
Pushing droplets around
March 29, 2010
MIT researchers find a way to make drops on a surface move in just one direction, with possible applications ranging from biology to electronics
Also labeled: Mechanical engineering
Self-assembling computer chips
March 16, 2010
Molecules that arrange themselves into predictable patterns on silicon chips could lead to microprocessors with much smaller circuit elements.
Zooming in on cells
March 15, 2010
New microscopy technique offers close-up, real-time view of how proteins kill bacteria
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology
In the World: Nanotech on the farm
March 12, 2010
MIT chemical engineer Paula Hammond lends her nanotechnology expertise to farmers in Africa.
Listening in on single cells
March 8, 2010
A novel sensor array is the first to detect single molecules produced by living cells.
Iron-plated snail could inspire new armor
January 27, 2010
Analysis of unique deep-sea mollusk offers insights into design of armor for soldiers and vehicles.
Also labeled: Materials science, Security studies and military
New ‘nanoburrs’ could help fight heart disease
January 19, 2010
Targeted nanoparticles can home in on damaged vascular tissue and may be used to deliver drugs that help clear arteries
Straining forward
January 6, 2010
Nanowires made of ‘strained silicon’ — silicon whose atoms have been pried slightly apart — show how to keep increases in computer power coming.
Deshpande Center's latest funding cycle supports goal of 'idea to impact'
October 17, 2009
Since 2002, the Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation has funded more than 80 projects with over $9 M in grants. The center supports a wide range of emerging technologies including biotechnology, biomedical devices, information technology, new materials, tiny tech, and energy innovations. Eighteen projects have spun out of the center as independent startups, having collectively raised over $150 million in outside financing from investors.
Fuel cells get a boost
October 15, 2009
Creating tiny steps to electrode surfaces can double the efficiency of the emissions-free electricity sources, MIT researchers find.
Also labeled: Materials science, Energy, Mechanical engineering, Physics, Chemistry and chemical engineering
Harnessing nanopatterns
September 24, 2009
New findings show that tiny textures on a surface can produce big differences in how some materials, and even living cells, behave
Also labeled: Materials science
Small springs could provide big power
September 21, 2009
Mechanical engineer Carol Livermore and colleagues find that carbon nanotubes, used as springs, have potential to compete with batteries for energy storage.
Two chips in one
September 15, 2009
MIT team finds a way to combine materials for semiconductor manufacture. The advance helps address the limitations of conventional silicon microprocessors.Researchers make carbon nanotubes without metal catalyst
August 10, 2009
Oxides, as well as metals, seem to be able to sprout carbon nanotubes, study finds
Nanoparticles target ovarian cancer
July 30, 2009
New gene therapy technique could fight late-stage tumors
Breaking the law, at the nanoscale
July 29, 2009
Bringing objects close together can boost radiation heat transfer, according to new study that shows breakdown in Planck's law
A fabric with vision
July 8, 2009
Researchers create flexible lensless camera from web of light-detecting fibers
A new approach to engineering for extreme environments
June 24, 2009
Scientist creates model to design radiation-resistant materials
Also labeled: Energy, Materials science
Small materials, big potential
June 1, 2009
MIT-INL to tackle several nano-research projectsMIT Engineering and the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory launch research collaboration
May 30, 2009
Spinning at the nanoscale
May 5, 2009
Electrospun fibers could be used for protective clothing, wearable power and more
Also labeled: Chemistry and chemical engineering, Materials science
A material for all seasons
May 4, 2009
MIT teams finding many uses for graphene, the newest form of carbon
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