Nanotechnology

Nano-sized ‘factories’ churn out proteins

By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 09 Apr 2012

Researchers have developed a new type of nanoparticle that can synthesise proteins on demand to get around the problem of the human body breaking down the protein in drugs made from proteins to treat cancers

Straintronics: engineers create piezoelectric graphene

04 Apr 2012

Video reveals wave character of particles

30 Mar 2012

Simultaneous size and electrochemical measurement of nanomaterials

20 Mar 2012

Simultaneous size and electrochemical measurement of nanomaterials

17 Mar 2012

Researchers create exotic electrons that may lead to new materials, devices

15 Mar 2012

Diamond brightens the performance of electronic devices

14 Mar 2012

Nanotube technology leading to fast, lower-cost medical diagnostics

12 Mar 2012

Moving towards 3-D micro electromechanical systems

29 Feb 2012

Researchers have come up with a new approach to MEMS design that has enabled them to build a device that enables 3-D sensing on a single chip. By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office

Single-atom transistor is “perfect”

28 Feb 2012

Nanoparticles disrupt the digestive system

By By Katherine Bourzac | 27 Feb 2012

Controlling protein function with nanotechnology

23 Feb 2012

Better neural control of prosthetics for amputees

21 Feb 2012

Single-atom transistor may be beginning of quantum computing

20 Feb 2012

The smallest transistor ever built — in fact, the smallest transistor that can be built — has been created using a single phosphorous atom by an international team of researchers

A salmon DNA and nanosilver-based data storage device

16 Feb 2012

Microscopy explores nanowires' weakest link

14 Feb 2012

Disappearing gold a boon for nanolattices

30 Jan 2012

System to deliver organ transplant drug- without harmful side effects

30 Jan 2012

Quick-cooking nanomaterials in a $40 microwave oven to make tomorrow’s solid-state air conditioners and refrigerators

13 Jan 2012

New way to stop bleeding

By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 10 Jan 2012

MIT engineers have developed a nanoscale biological coating that can halt bleeding nearly instantaneously, an advance that could dramatically improve survival rates for soldiers injured in battle

Experiments prove nanoscale metallic conductivity in ferroelectrics

10 Jan 2012

Graphene reveals its magnetic personality

09 Jan 2012

Fewer animal experiments thanks to nanosensors

02 Jan 2012

New technique makes it easier to etch semiconductors

26 Dec 2011

Removable ‘cloak’ for nanoparticles helps target tumours

By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 23 Dec 2011

A new type of drug-delivery nanoparticle that exploits a trait shared by almost all tumours — they are more acidic than healthy tissues — and can be used to deliver cancer drugs to nearly any type of tumour