| 9/6/2010 12:27:14 AM | Research | 0 comments |
New self-assembling photovoltaic technology that repairs itself
Molecules can turn sunlight into electricity and can be broken down and quickly reassembled
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| 8/26/2010 3:11:36 PM | Research | 0 comments |
MIT researchers unveil autonomous oil-absorbing robot
Using a cutting edge nanotechnology, researchers at MIT have created a robotic prototype that could autonomously navigate the surface of the ocean to collect surface oil and process it on site.
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| 8/21/2010 11:13:15 AM | Drug Delivery | 0 comments |
Improving Cisplatin with Nanoparticles
Scientists have come up with a new way to package cisplatin into nanoparticles that are too big to enter the kidneys.
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| 8/16/2010 1:38:10 AM | Drug Delivery | 0 comments |
A pharmacy on the back of a cell
Drugs encapsulated in new MIT nanoparticles can hitch a ride to tumors on the surface of immune-system cells.
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| 8/7/2010 12:12:23 PM | Bio/Medicine | 0 comments |
Super-sizing a cancer drug minimizes side effects
Researchers design a new version of cisplatin that spares the kidneys, letting doctors use higher doses.
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| 8/6/2010 8:30:10 PM | Industry | 0 comments |
Funding will support research on nano-engineered surfaces for heat management
Could impact multiple industries spanning electronics and photonics, energy, water, agriculture and transportation.
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| 7/11/2010 6:00:02 PM | Research | 0 comments |
Explained: Phonons
When trying to control the way heat moves through solids, it is often useful to think of it as a flow of particles.
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| 6/26/2010 7:28:12 PM | Nanotubes | 0 comments |
Using carbon nanotubes in lithium batteries dramatically improves energy capacity
New method produced up to ten fold increase in power
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| 5/28/2010 3:29:50 PM | Nanotubes | 0 comments |
"Tattoo" may help diabetics track their blood sugar
Chemical engineers are working on carbon nanotubes that could be injected under the skin to reveal blood glucose levels.
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| 5/18/2010 11:29:50 PM | Research | 0 comments |
Building organs block by block
Tissue engineers create a new way to assemble artificial tissues, using ‘biological Legos’ — cells transformed into bricks.
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| 5/12/2010 1:09:44 AM | Research | 0 comments |
Mysterious quantum forces unraveled
MIT researchers find a way to calculate the effects of Casimir forces, offering a way to keep micromachines’ parts from sticking together.
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| 4/28/2010 12:11:13 AM | Research | 0 comments |
New views at the nanoscale
MIT researchers are building a microscope that uses MRI technology to image viruses and other tiny biological structures.
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| 4/26/2010 7:21:30 AM | Research | 0 comments |
Liquid-solid interactions, as never before seen
New technique improves researchers’ ability to measure a key property of material surfaces.
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| 4/16/2010 5:26:48 PM | Research | 0 comments |
Microsensors without microfabrication
By building a six-dimensional motion sensor from a tiny metal bead in a tiny hole, MIT researchers introduce a new class of microdevice.
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| 4/13/2010 7:09:31 PM | Energy | 0 comments |
Viruses harnessed to split water
MIT team’s biologically based system taps the power of sunlight directly, with the aim of turning water into hydrogen fuel.
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| 4/3/2010 10:57:49 AM | Electronics | 0 comments |
Pushing droplets around
MIT researchers find a way to make drops on a surface move in just one direction, with possible applications ranging from biology to electronics.
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| 4/2/2010 7:11:49 PM | Research | 0 comments |
A step toward lighter batteries
Research shows metal catalysts play important role in improving the efficiency of lithium-oxygen batteries.
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| 3/24/2010 1:22:27 PM | Industry | 0 comments |
A system that’s worth its salt
New approach to water desalination could lead to small, portable units that could be sent to disaster sites or remote locations.
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| 3/24/2010 12:13:55 AM | Research | 0 comments |
Taming the wild phonon
'Particles’ of heat are everywhere, and usually a nuisance, but newly designed materials could help put them to good use.
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| 3/16/2010 7:17:40 PM | Electronics | 0 comments |
Self-assembling computer chips
Molecules that arrange themselves into predictable patterns on silicon chips could lead to microprocessors with much smaller circuit elements.
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| 3/15/2010 11:11:20 PM | Materials | 0 comments |
Unraveling silks’ secrets
A new analysis of the structure of silks explains the paradox at the heart of their super-strength, and may lead to even stronger synthetic materials.
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| 3/15/2010 11:10:29 PM | Industry | 0 comments |
In the World: Nanotech on the farm
MIT chemical engineer Paula Hammond lends her nanotechnology expertise to farmers in Africa.
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| 3/15/2010 11:06:13 PM | Research | 0 comments |
New microscopy technique offers close-up, real-time view of cellular phenomena
MIT scientists record first microscopic images showing deadly effects of AMPs
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| 3/12/2010 1:24:37 PM | Energy | 0 comments |
Self-powered sensors
Harvesting electricity from small temperature differences could enable a new generation of electronic devices that don’t need batteries
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| 3/9/2010 7:07:57 PM | Research | 0 comments |
Listening in on single cells
A novel sensor array is the first to detect single molecules produced by living cells.
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| 3/9/2010 7:05:35 PM | Energy | 0 comments |
Big power from tiny wires
New discovery shows carbon nanotubes can produce powerful waves that could be harnessed for new energy systems.
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| 3/9/2010 6:58:09 PM | Materials | 0 comments |
Insulators made into conductors
MIT team coaxes polymers to line up, transforming them into materials that could dissipate heat.
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| 2/18/2010 7:13:41 PM | Energy | 0 comments |
A new way to build membranes for fuel cells
Layer-by-layer assembly system could lead to improved fuel cells, batteries and solar panels
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| 2/18/2010 7:12:48 PM | Bio/Medicine | 0 comments |
Researchers develop 'nano cocktail' to target and kill tumors
A team of researchers including a group at MIT has developed a “cocktail” of different nanometer-sized particles that work in concert within the bloodstream to locate, adhere to and kill cancerous tumors.
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| 1/18/2010 4:30:46 PM | Bio/Medicine | 0 comments |
New nanoparticles target cardiovascular disease
Researchers at MIT and Harvard Medical School have built targeted nanoparticles that can cling to artery walls and slowly release medicine, an advance that potentially provides an alternative to drug-releasing stents in some patients with cardiovascular disease.
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Researchers Develop "Nano Cocktail" to Target and Kill Tumors
A team of researchers in California and Massachusetts has developed a “cocktail” of different nanometer-sized particles that work in concert within the bloodstream to locate, adhere to and kill cancerous tumors.
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| 11/24/2009 7:30:39 PM | Research | 0 comments |
Selling chip makers on optical computing
By designing chips that can be built using existing fabrication processes, MIT researchers show that computing with light isn’t so far fetched.
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| 11/22/2009 10:28:17 AM | Drug Delivery | 0 comments |
When It Comes to Drug Delivery, Size Matters
One of the great promises of nanotechnologies lies in its ability to create drug-containing nanoparticles decorated with targeting molecules that recognize and bind to cancer cells, providing drug delivery only at the site of the targeted cells.
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| 11/20/2009 8:11:26 AM | Energy | 0 comments |
Liquid battery big enough for the electric grid?
There’s one major drawback to most proposed renewable-energy sources: their variability. The sun doesn’t shine at night, the wind doesn’t always blow, and tides, waves and currents fluctuate.
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| 11/18/2009 7:28:47 PM | Energy | 0 comments |
Turning heat to electricity
MIT research points to a much more efficient way of harvesting electrical power from what would otherwise be wasted heat.
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| 11/8/2009 9:50:00 AM | Nanoparticles | 0 comments |
Nanoparticles for gene therapy improve
MIT team’s nanoparticles could become a safer alternative to gene therapy delivered by viruses.
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| 10/31/2009 2:12:55 AM | Bio/Medicine | 0 comments |
Gold Nanoparticles Delivery Platinum Warheads to Tumors
Researchers have developed a nanoparticulate formulation of cisplatin that may be able to eliminate or reduce platinum-associated toxicity while boosting cisplatin's tumor-killing activity.
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| 10/16/2009 6:39:59 PM | Research | 0 comments |
MIT Physicist wins Packard Fellowship
Will use the unrestricted funding to study materials that follow unusual rules of physics.
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| 10/10/2009 11:11:43 PM | Products | 0 comments |
MIT Researchers Select Award-winning Novelx Benchtop SEM
The Quantum Nanostructures and Nanofabrication Group at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology recently purchased and installed the Novelx mySEM, a benchtop field
emission scanning electron microscope (SEM).
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| 10/10/2009 12:49:54 AM | Research | 0 comments |
Quantum computing may actually be useful
A quantum algorithm that solves systems of linear equations could point in a promising new direction.
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| 10/6/2009 11:52:22 PM | Research | 0 comments |
To peer inside a living cell
Quantum mechanics could help build ultra-high-resolution electron microscopes that won't destroy living cells, according to MIT electrical engineers.
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| 9/26/2009 3:30:46 PM | Nanotubes | 0 comments |
Small springs could provide big power
Mechanical engineers find that carbon nanotubes, used as springs, have potential to compete with batteries for energy storage.
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| 9/25/2009 1:57:38 PM | Materials | 0 comments |
Harnessing nanopatterns
New findings show that tiny textures on a surface can produce big differences in how some materials, and even living cells, behave
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| 9/24/2009 4:25:23 PM | Drug Delivery | 0 comments |
Magnetic Nanoworms and Nanocrystals Deliver siRNA to Tumors
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a modular nanoparticle-based drug delivery system that maximizes the quantity of siRNA molecules that not only can enter cells but also can escape into the cytoplasm, where they can interfere with protein production.
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| 9/13/2009 10:43:07 AM | Materials | 0 comments |
Cement’s basic molecular structure finally decoded
In the 2,000 or so years since the Roman Empire employed a naturally occurring form of cement to build a vast system of concrete aqueducts and other large edifices, researchers have analyzed the molecular structure of natural materials and created entirely new building materials such as steel, which has a well-documented crystalline structure at the atomic scale.
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| 9/11/2009 8:57:29 AM | Nanotubes | 0 comments |
Using Nanotubes in Computer Chips
A new technique for growing carbon nanotubes should be easier to integrate with existing semiconductor manufacturing processes
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| 8/30/2009 10:05:18 AM | Nanoparticles | 0 comments |
Nanoparticle-Based Gene Therapy Technique Could Fight Late-Stage Tumors
Nanoparticle delivery of diphtheria toxin-encoding DNA that expresses selectively in ovarian cancer cells reduced the burden of ovarian tumors in mice.
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| 8/23/2009 1:40:08 AM | Research | 0 comments |
Using carbon nanotubes to detect nitric oxide
New sensor could reveal nitric oxide's role in living cells
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| 8/12/2009 12:31:30 AM | Nanotubes | 0 comments |
Researchers make carbon nanotubes without metal catalyst
Oxides, as well as metals, seem to be able to sprout carbon nanotubes, study finds
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| 8/5/2009 12:37:25 AM | Research | 0 comments |
Tiny rifts create fragility of brittle bone disease
A new study from MIT engineers links brittle bone disease to nanoscale flaws in the collagen that makes up bone.
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| 7/30/2009 4:23:33 PM | Research | 0 comments |
Breaking the law, at the nanoscale
Bringing objects close together can boost radiation heat transfer, according to new study that shows breakdown in Planck's law.
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| 7/30/2009 4:22:48 PM | Bio/Medicine | 0 comments |
Nanoparticles target ovarian cancer
Tiny particles carrying a killer gene can effectively suppress ovarian tumor growth in mice, according to a team of researchers from MIT and the Lankenau Institute.
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| 6/24/2009 4:44:03 PM | Materials | 0 comments |
A new approach to engineering for extreme environments - Scientist creates model to design radiation-resistant materials
Composite materials such as fiberglass, which take on a mix of properties of their constituent compounds, have been around for decades. Now, an MIT materials scientist is taking composites to the nanoscale, where entirely new properties, not found in any of the original compounds, can emerge.
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| 6/24/2009 3:59:33 PM | Grants | 0 comments |
World-Renowned Nanotechnology Expert Proves There is Big Potential in the Smallest of Matter
Professor Chad Mirkin Awarded the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize for Revolutionary Advancements in Nanotechnology.
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| 6/16/2009 12:49:30 AM | Electronics | 0 comments |
Peeling stickers may lead way to stretchable electronics
New model enables precise design of damage-resistant materials
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| 6/16/2009 12:45:07 AM | Materials | 0 comments |
MIT engineers find way to slow concrete creep to a crawl
MIT civil engineers have for the first time identified what causes the most frequently used building material on earth — concrete — to gradually deform, decreasing its durability and shortening the lifespan of infrastructures such as bridges and nuclear waste containment vessels.
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| 6/14/2009 9:52:39 AM | Bio/Medicine | 0 comments |
RNA snippet suppresses spread of aggressive breast cancer
High levels of a tiny fragment of RNA appear to suppress the spread of breast cancer in mice, according to researchers at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research.
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| 6/3/2009 11:56:51 AM | Research | 0 comments |
Biomimetic-engineering design can replace spaghetti tangle of nanotubes in thermal materials
Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) devices have the potential to revolutionize the world of sensors: motion, chemical, temperature, etc. But taking electromechanical devices from the micro scale down to the nano requires finding a means to dissipate the heat output of this tiny gadgetry.
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| 6/3/2009 11:46:29 AM | Partnership | 0 comments |
MIT Engineering and the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory launch research collaboration
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.
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| 5/30/2009 10:55:09 AM | Research | 0 comments |
Engineered circuits can count cellular events
MIT and Boston University engineers have designed cells that can count and "remember" cellular events, using simple circuits in which a series of genes are activated in a specific order.
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| 5/25/2009 11:08:26 PM | Materials | 0 comments |
Finishing touches: New alloys offer alternative to chrome
A new nickel-tungsten alloy developed at MIT could become a more environmentally friendly alternative to the chrome coatings now found in car bumpers, bathroom fixtures and engine parts.
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| 5/14/2009 8:42:19 PM | Research | 0 comments |
Small RNAs yield great amounts of data from ocean microbe samples
An ingenious new method of obtaining marine microbe samples while preserving the microbes' natural gene expression has yielded an unexpected boon: the presence of many varieties of small RNAs -- snippets of RNA that act as switches to regulate gene expression in these single-celled creatures.
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| 5/6/2009 12:54:20 AM | Materials | 0 comments |
Spinning at the nanoscale
Electrospun fibers could be used for protective clothing, wearable power and more
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| 5/4/2009 10:37:05 PM | Materials | 0 comments |
A material for all seasons - MIT teams finding many uses for graphene, the newest form of carbon
Nanoscopic material called graphene, first generally acknowledged to exist just five years ago, turns out to have a variety of unique, and potentially very useful, characteristics -- ones several MIT researchers are actively trying to better understand and turn into real-world applications.
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| 5/4/2009 10:25:15 PM | Bio/Medicine | 0 comments |
Targeting tumors using tiny gold particles
Gold nanorods could detect, treat cancer
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| 4/29/2009 2:42:00 PM | Energy | 0 comments |
DOE to establish two Energy Frontier Research Centers at MIT
MIT will be home to two of 46 new multimillion-dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs), the White House announced this week.
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| 4/11/2009 12:21:35 PM | Materials | 0 comments |
It's a fine line - New method could lead to narrower chip patterns
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.
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| 4/5/2009 2:29:49 PM | Research | 0 comments |
'Fuzzy logic' reveals cells' inner workings
Living cells are bombarded with messages from the outside world -- hormones and other chemicals tell them to grow, migrate, die or do nothing. Inside the cell, complex signaling networks interpret these cues and make life-and-death decisions.
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| 4/2/2009 6:39:29 PM | Energy | 0 comments |
New virus-built battery could power cars, electronic devices
For the first time, MIT researchers have shown they can genetically engineer viruses to build both the positively and negatively charged ends of a lithium-ion battery.
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| 3/30/2009 7:11:54 AM | Energy | 0 comments |
Manufacturing inefficiency
Study sees 'alarming' use of energy, materials in newer manufacturing processes
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| 3/30/2009 7:02:50 AM | Drug Delivery | 0 comments |
Safer Nanoparticles Spotlight Tumors, Deliver Drugs
Small is promising when it comes to illuminating tiny tumors or precisely delivering drugs, but many worry about the safety of nanoscale materials. Now a team of scientists has created miniscule flakes of silicon that glow brightly, last long enough to slowly release cancer drugs, then break down into harmless byproducts.
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| 3/19/2009 6:27:13 PM | Materials | 0 comments |
Graphene may solve communications speed limit, could lead to faster chips
New research findings at MIT could lead to microchips that operate at much higher speeds than is possible with today's standard silicon chips, leading to cell phones and other communications systems that can transmit data much faster.
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| 3/13/2009 6:17:53 PM | Energy | 0 comments |
Re-engineered battery material could lead to rapid recharging of many devices
MIT engineers have created a kind of beltway that allows for the rapid transit of electrical energy through a well-known battery material, an advance that could usher in smaller, lighter batteries -- for cell phones and other devices -- that could recharge in seconds rather than hours.
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| 3/6/2009 7:05:47 PM | Nanotubes | 0 comments |
'Nanostitching' could lead to much stronger airplane skins, more
MIT engineers are using carbon nanotubes only billionths of a meter thick to stitch together aerospace materials in work that could make airplane skins and other products some 10 times stronger at a nominal increase in cost.
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| 3/5/2009 2:30:56 PM | Grants | 0 comments |
MIT Student Develops New Innovations to Selectively Kill Cancer Cells
Geoffrey von Maltzahn Awarded $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for Inventions; Using Gold Nano-Antennas to Target and Destroy Tumors
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| 2/27/2009 5:14:41 PM | Research | 0 comments |
Knowing when to fold - Engineers use 'nano-origami' to build tiny electronic devices
A team of researchers is developing the basic principles of "nano-origami," a new technique that allows engineers to fold nanoscale materials into simple 3-D structures.
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| 2/7/2009 2:07:35 PM | Research | 0 comments |
Simplicity is crucial to design optimization at nanoscale
MIT researchers who study the structure of protein-based materials with the aim of learning the key to their lightweight and robust strength have discovered that the particular arrangement of proteins that produces the sturdiest product is not the arrangement with the most built-in redundancy or the most complicated pattern.
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| 2/1/2009 5:46:38 PM | Bio/Medicine | 0 comments |
Nanotubes Sniff Out Cancer Agents in Living Cells
A multidisciplinary team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed carbon nanotubes that can be used as sensors for cancer drugs and other DNA-damaging agents inside living cells. The sensors, made of carbon nanotubes wrapped in DNA, can detect chemotherapy drugs such as cisplatin as well as environmental toxins and free radicals that damage DNA.
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| 12/30/2008 6:33:12 PM | Nanoparticles | 0 comments |
Gold particles deliver more than just glitter
Nanoparticles could carry drugs to treat cancer, other diseases
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| 12/15/2008 10:07:42 PM | Nanotubes | 0 comments |
Nanotubes sniff out cancer agents in living cells
Chemical engineers use carbon nanotubes to monitor chemotherapy, detect toxins at the single-molecule level
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| 11/30/2008 4:29:12 PM | Drug Delivery | 0 comments |
Targeted Nanoparticles Boost Platinum-Based Anticancer Therapy
A research team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)-Harvard Center for Nanotechnology Excellence has custom-designed nanoparticles that can deliver the anticancer drug cisplatin specifically to prostate cancer cells
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| 11/24/2008 10:37:47 PM | Energy | 0 comments |
Boosting the power of solar cells
New ways of squeezing out greater efficiency from solar photovoltaic cells are emerging from computer simulations and lab tests conducted by a team of physicists and engineers at MIT.
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| 11/24/2008 10:28:33 PM | Research | 0 comments |
Quantum Computers Could Excel In Modeling Chemical Reactions
Quantum computers would likely outperform conventional computers in simulating chemical reactions involving more than four atoms, according to scientists at Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Haverford College.
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| 11/8/2008 2:15:42 AM | Research | 0 comments |
Tiny backpacks for cells
MIT engineers have outfitted cells with tiny "backpacks" that could allow them to deliver chemotherapy agents, diagnose tumors or become building blocks for tissue engineering.
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| 11/2/2008 8:52:44 AM | Research | 0 comments |
McGovern Institute funds collaborative neurotechnology projects
One of the new projects will explore the use of carbon nanotubes as a biocompatible material for electrode fabrication. Another will develop biodegradable coatings for thin flexible polymer electrodes to make them easier to insert into the brain.
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| 9/14/2008 1:52:50 AM | Research | 0 comments |
MIT quantum insights could lead to better detectors
Improved efficiency could enable research, military and medical uses
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| 9/3/2008 12:27:22 AM | Bio/Medicine | 0 comments |
MIT zooms in on malaria-infected cells
Work could aid in diagnostics, drug testing
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| 8/25/2008 7:03:28 AM | Materials | 0 comments |
Beyond jewelry: Engineering new uses for gold
MIT researchers see precious metal's value in war on cancer, other applications
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| 8/24/2008 12:58:26 AM | Energy | 0 comments |
MIT engineers work toward cell-sized batteries
Microbatteries could power tomorrow's miniature devices
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| 8/15/2008 6:39:48 PM | Research | 0 comments |
Building microchips from the bottom up
MIT develops novel self-assembly method that could break size barrier
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| 8/4/2008 5:33:51 PM | Research | 0 comments |
Protection built to scale--fish scale, that is
Primitive 'dinosaur eel' could inspire future body armor
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| 7/11/2008 6:56:38 PM | Energy | 0 comments |
A Colorful Approach to Solar Energy
Revisiting a once-abandoned technique, engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have successfully created a sophisticated, yet affordable, method to turn ordinary glass into a high-tech solar concentrator.
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| 7/11/2008 6:55:22 PM | Electronics | 0 comments |
MIT reports finer lines for microchips
Advance could lead to next-generation computer chips, solar cells, more
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| 6/11/2008 11:16:29 PM | Energy | 0 comments |
Getting wrapped up in solar textiles
MIT lecturer focuses on flexible photovoltaic materials
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| 6/11/2008 10:27:35 PM | Defense | 0 comments |
Super-sensitive and small: New MIT detector uses nanotubes to sense deadly gases
Using carbon nanotubes, MIT chemical engineers have built the most sensitive electronic detector yet for sensing deadly gases such as the nerve agent sarin.
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| 6/11/2008 10:25:37 PM | Drug Delivery | 0 comments |
Stripes key to nanoparticle drug delivery
In work that could at the same time impact the delivery of drugs and explain a biological mystery, MIT engineers have created the first synthetic nanoparticles that can penetrate a cell without poking a hole in its protective membrane and killing it.
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| 6/11/2008 10:20:55 PM | Optics | 0 comments |
MIT team develops better X-ray nanomirrors
Nanotechnology will enhance future telescopes
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| 6/2/2008 9:36:47 PM | Research | 0 comments |
MIT develops a 'paper towel' for oil spills
A mat of nanowires with the touch and feel of paper, that can absorb up to 20 times its weight in oil, could be an important new tool in the cleanup of oil and other organic pollutants, MIT researchers and colleagues report
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| 5/15/2008 6:39:00 PM | Energy | 0 comments |
New Material That Increases Power Output By More Than 50 Percent Created By MIT Engineers
MIT engineers have improved the power output of one type of fuel cell by more than 50 percent through technology that could help these environmentally friendly energy storage devices find a much broader market, particularly in portable electronics.
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| 5/3/2008 11:03:10 AM | Partnership | 0 comments |
Unique Harvard-MIT Alliance Joins Forces with The Journal of Life Sciences to Foster Greater Understanding of Convergence in Healthcare
The Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and Technology and The Journal of Life Sciences announced today the formation of a strategic partnership committed to fostering greater understanding of the convergence of computing, engineered devices, and biological innovation within healthcare.
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| 4/25/2008 1:28:49 AM | Energy | 0 comments |
MIT, Chesonis Foundation announce solar revolution
Goal: Bring the sun's power to the people
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| 3/23/2008 12:22:19 PM | Energy | 0 comments |
Boston College, MIT researchers achieve dramatic increase in thermoelectric efficiency
Nanotech advance heralds new era in heating, cooling and power generation
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| 3/9/2008 4:40:28 PM | Research | 0 comments |
On A 'Roll': Researchers Devise New Cell-sorting System
Capitalizing on a cell's ability to roll along a surface, MIT researchers have developed a simple, inexpensive system to sort different kinds of cells -- a process that could result in low-cost tools to test for diseases such as cancer, even in remote locations.
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| 2/19/2008 12:58:47 AM | Materials | 0 comments |
MIT creates gecko-inspired bandage
MIT researchers and colleagues have created a waterproof adhesive bandage inspired by gecko lizards that may soon join sutures and staples as a basic operating room tool for patching up surgical wounds or internal injuries.
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| 2/15/2008 6:38:36 PM | Drug Delivery | 0 comments |
A 'micro pharmacy' inside
Implantable film can deliver drugs
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| 2/5/2008 7:24:03 PM | Research | 0 comments |
MIT Research team develops energy-efficient microchip
Researchers at MIT and Texas Instruments have unveiled a new chip design for portable electronics that can be up to 10 times more energy-efficient than present technology. The design could lead to devices that last far longer when running from a battery.
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| 2/3/2008 11:58:23 PM | Research | 0 comments |
Nanoengineered concrete could cut carbon dioxide emissions
While government leaders argue about the practicality of reducing world emissions of carbon dioxide, scientists and engineers are seeking ways to make it happen.
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| 2/1/2008 6:51:00 PM | Bio/Medicine | 0 comments |
MIT team develops nanoparticles to battle cancer
New particles mimic platelets
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| 1/13/2008 8:58:42 PM | Research | 0 comments |
MIT gas sensor is tiny, quick
Energy-efficient device could quickly detect hazardous chemicals
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| 12/17/2007 11:23:38 PM | Bio/Medicine | 0 comments |
MIT works toward engineered blood vessels
Vessels could be used in human body
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| 12/11/2007 7:33:59 PM | Research | 0 comments |
Explosives at the microscopic scale produce shocking results
Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created the first quantum molecular dynamics simulation of a shocked explosive near detonation conditions, to reveal what happens at the microscopic scale.
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| 12/9/2007 10:24:07 AM | Quantum dots | 0 comments |
Coated Ultrasmall Quantum Dots Suitable for In Vivo Imaging
Researchers at the Massachussetts Institute of Technology and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have developed a new procedure that produces ultracompact quantum dots.
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| 12/4/2007 12:02:06 AM | Bio/Medicine | 0 comments |
Cancer study shows power of interdisciplinary approach
A UCLA cancer study reported in this month's Nature Nanotechnology validates earlier work by MIT engineers, and is emblematic of an explosion in research at the intersections of engineering, the life sciences and medicine, according to MIT Dean of Engineering Subra Suresh.
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| 11/23/2007 3:38:08 PM | Research | 0 comments |
Thermoelectric materials are one key to energy savings
Breathing new life into an old idea, MIT Institute Professor Mildred S. Dresselhaus and co-workers are developing innovative materials for controlling temperatures that could lead to substantial energy savings.
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| 11/19/2007 12:30:00 AM | Bio/Medicine | 0 comments |
'Micro' Livers Could Aid Screening For New Drugs
MIT researchers have devised a novel way to create tiny colonies of living human liver cells that model the full-sized organ
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| 11/17/2007 11:56:44 AM | Drug Delivery | 0 comments |
Remote-control nanoparticles deliver drugs directly into tumors
MIT scientists have devised remotely controlled nanoparticles that, when pulsed with an electromagnetic field, release drugs to attack tumors.
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| 11/11/2007 11:53:09 AM | Bio/Medicine | 0 comments |
Implantable Microfluidic Device Could Detect Cancer Markers
A tiny implant now being developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) could one day help doctors rapidly monitor the growth of tumors and the progress of chemotherapy in cancer patients.
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| 11/11/2007 11:47:45 AM | Bio/Medicine | 0 comments |
Nanoparticle Images and Treats Cancer, Reports on Drug Delivery
Using a quantum dot plus an aptamer that doubles as a tether for the anticancer drug doxorubicin, a team of investigators at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)-Harvard Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence has developed a multifunctional nanoparticle that not only treats cancer but also images those tumors that have received drug therapy.
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| 11/2/2007 7:31:33 AM | Research | 0 comments |
MIT works toward 'smart' optical microchips
Light-powered micro-machines could advance telecommunications
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| 10/30/2007 6:37:26 PM | Research | 0 comments |
MIT's 'electronic nose' could detect hazards
A tiny "electronic nose" that MIT researchers have engineered with a novel inkjet printing method could be used to detect hazards including carbon monoxide, harmful industrial solvents and explosives
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| 10/30/2007 6:32:11 PM | Research | 0 comments |
Speed plays crucial role in breaking protein's H-bonds
This work could have vast implications in bioengineering and medical research by advancing our understanding of the relationship between structure and function in these basic building blocks of life.
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| 9/10/2007 1:20:07 AM | Research | 0 comments |
Polymers hold promise for safer gene delivery
In work that could lead to safe and effective techniques for gene therapy, MIT scientists have found a way to fine-tune the ability of biodegradable polymers to deliver genes, which could be a safer technique than using viruses to carry genes
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| 9/3/2007 9:15:34 PM | Quantum dots | 0 comments |
Targeting Quantum Dots To Deliver SiRNA Therapy
Take a quantum dot, add a coating of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), and attach a homing peptide and a piece of small interfering RNA (siRNA), and the result is a targeted nanoparticle that can stop the production of a specific protein by a targeted cell.
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| 8/27/2007 11:32:37 PM | Materials | 0 comments |
MIT probes secret of bone's strength
New research from MIT appearing in the July 25 issue of Nanotechnology reveals for the first time the role of bone’s atomistic structure in a toughening mechanism that incorporates two previously proposed theories.
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| 8/10/2007 8:42:30 PM | Grants | 0 comments |
Xerox to Fund Green, Nano, Imaging Fellowships at MIT School of Engineering
Program established with $1 million grant from The Xerox Foundation
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| 7/11/2007 12:33:23 AM | Research | 0 comments |
Tomorrow's Green Nanofactories
New podcast explores how viruses produce eco-friendly batteries
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| 5/27/2007 10:26:06 AM | Nanoparticles | 0 comments |
Nanoparticles Delivery of "Suicide DNA" Kills Prostate Tumors
Using nanoparticles developed by members of the Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer, a team of investigators at the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, in Philadelphia, has developed a DNA-based therapeutic agent that has the potential to treat both enlarged prostates and localized prostate tumors.
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| 5/27/2007 10:24:45 AM | Research | 0 comments |
New Method Weighs Single Living Cells, Nanoparticles, Even Molecules
The new technique, which uses microfluidics and a nanoscale device known as a cantilever, could allow researchers to develop inexpensive, portable diagnostic devices and might also offer a unique glimpse into how cells change as they undergo cell division.
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| 5/26/2007 3:03:48 PM | Research | 0 comments |
MIT researchers probe bones' tiny building blocks
In work that could lead to more effective diagnoses and treatments of bone diseases using only a pinhead-sized sample of a patient's bone, MIT researchers report a first-of-its-kind analysis of bone's mechanical properties.
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| 5/13/2007 11:41:45 PM | Energy | 0 comments |
Nanotech gives thermoelectricity a new glow
Today, nano-materials, in which dimensions are measured in billionths of a meter, are the foundation for a fast-growing approach to energy saving
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| 4/30/2007 12:55:15 AM | Research | 0 comments |
New MIT technique weighs single living cells
One promising application is creation of a cheap and robust device to monitor CD4 cell numbers in AIDS patients
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| 3/30/2007 7:17:03 AM | Research | 0 comments |
MIT device draws cells close -- but not too close -- together
In a popular children's game participants stand as close as possible without touching. But on a microscopic level, coaxing cells to be very, very close without actually touching one another has been among the most frustrating challenges for cell biologists.
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| 3/4/2007 1:28:59 AM | Research | 0 comments |
MIT model simulates atomic processes in nanomaterials
Researchers from MIT, Georgia Institute of Technology and Ohio State University have developed a new computer modeling approach to study how materials behave under stress at the atomic level, offering insights that could help engineers design materials with an ideal balance between strength and resistance to failure.
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| 2/16/2007 8:58:13 PM | Electronics | 0 comments |
New analog circuits could impact consumer electronics
Advances in digital electronic circuits have prompted the boost in functions and ever- smaller size of such popular consumer goods as digital cameras, MP3 players and digital televisions. But the same cannot be said of the older analog circuits in the same devices, which process natural sights and sounds in the real world.
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| 2/11/2007 4:21:26 PM | Optics | 0 comments |
MIT 'optics on a chip' may revolutionize electronics
Research integrates photonic circuitry on a silicon chip
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| 2/10/2007 3:34:00 PM | Research | 0 comments |
MIT 'microsieve' could aid study of diseases
Device promises to speed up separation, sorting of proteins
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| 1/31/2007 8:05:55 PM | Research | 0 comments |
Scientists create wrinkled polymer 'skin'
Scientists, including one affiliated with MIT, have demonstrated a new method for developing wrinkled hard skins on polymers using a focused ion beam.
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| 1/31/2007 8:04:53 PM | Bio/Medicine | 0 comments |
MIT develops nanoparticles to battle cancer
On a quest to modernize cancer treatment and diagnosis, an MIT professor and her colleagues have created new nanoparticles that mimic blood platelets
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| 1/30/2007 12:56:24 AM | Research | 0 comments |
Nanoengineered concrete could cut CO2 emissions - MIT
While government leaders argue about the practicality of reducing world emissions of carbon dioxide, scientists and engineers are seeking ways to make it happen.
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| 1/21/2007 3:10:05 PM | Nanoparticles | 0 comments |
Clot-Mimicking Nanoparticles Attack Tumors
A collaborative, multidisciplinary team of researchers has created nanoparticles that act much like a developing clot to target tumors.
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| 1/21/2007 2:55:05 PM | Materials | 0 comments |
Nanocomposites yield strong and stretchy fibers
Creating artificial substances that are both stretchy and strong has long been an elusive engineering goal. Inspired by spider silk, MIT researchers have now devised a way to produce a material that begins to mimic this combination of desirable properties.
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| 12/19/2006 1:12:46 AM | Bio/Medicine | 0 comments |
MIT implant measures tumor growth, treatment
The implant contains nanoparticles that can be designed to test for different substances, including metabolites such as glucose and oxygen that are associated with tumor growth.
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| 12/9/2006 9:58:42 AM | Research | 0 comments |
Beyond silicon: MIT demonstrates new transistor technology
MIT engineers have demonstrated a technology that could introduce an important new phase of the microelectronics revolution that has already brought us iPods, laptops and much more.
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| 12/5/2006 5:13:13 PM | Research | 0 comments |
MIT implant measures tumor growth, treatment
The implant contains nanoparticles that can be designed to test for different substances, including metabolites such as glucose and oxygen that are associated with tumor growth.
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| 11/29/2006 6:27:03 PM | Research | 0 comments |
MIT chemist studies how electrons behave
New spin on electrons could improve lights, other devices
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| 11/12/2006 10:33:34 AM | Nanoparticles | 0 comments |
Perfecting Targeted Nanoparticles for Anticancer Therapy
Though researchers have made substantial progress in developing drug-ferrying nanoparticles that successfully target tumor cells in living animals, including humans, investigators have only now started the detailed work needed to identify formulation parameters that would optimize drug delivery to malignant cells
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| 10/28/2006 8:56:52 AM | Research | 0 comments |
Multivalent Nanoparticles Improve Cell Targeting
Researchers showed just how powerful nanoparticle targeting can be at improving the behavior of nanoparticles in the bloodstream.
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| 10/24/2006 1:14:36 AM | Research | 0 comments |
MIT technique reveals inner lives of red blood cells
For the first time, researchers at MIT can see every vibration of a cell membrane, using a technique that could one day allow scientists to create three-dimensional images of the inner workings of living cells.
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| 10/17/2006 7:25:23 PM | Bio/Medicine | 0 comments |
Portable 'lab on a chip' could speed blood tests
Testing soldiers to see if they have been exposed to biological or chemical weapons could soon be much faster and easier, thanks to MIT researchers who are helping to develop a tiny diagnostic device that could be carried into battle.
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| 10/10/2006 10:07:51 PM | Research | 0 comments |
MIT material stops bleeding in seconds
MIT unveils new treatment for wounds
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| 9/28/2006 11:45:45 PM | Research | 0 comments |
Nanoparticles to aid brain imaging, team reports
If you want to see precisely what the 10 billion neurons in a person's brain are doing, a good way to start is to track calcium as it flows into neurons when they fire
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| 9/26/2006 6:42:11 PM | Energy | 0 comments |
MIT researchers are putting a tiny gas-turbine engine inside a silicon chip about the size of a quarter
The resulting device could run 10 times longer than a battery of the same weight can, powering laptops, cell phones, radios and other electronic devices.
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| 9/26/2006 6:27:24 PM | Events | 0 comments |
Emerging Technologies Conference at MIT Convenes to Explore Innovations Driving Biotechnology, Energy, Nanotechnology, Communications and Computing
The conference explores the transformative power of innovation in areas like energy, communications, nanotechnology, and the Internet.
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| 9/21/2006 12:30:40 AM | Nanotubes | 0 comments |
MIT materials scientists tame tricky carbon nanotubes
Based on a new theory, MIT scientists may be able to manipulate carbon nanotubes -- one of the strongest known materials and one of the trickiest to work with -- without destroying their extraordinary electrical properties.
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| 9/15/2006 6:19:09 PM | Bio/Medicine | 0 comments |
MIT's molecular sieve advances protein research
New MIT technology promises to speed up the accurate sorting of proteins, work that may ultimately aid in the detection and treatment of disease.
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| 7/18/2006 1:48:08 AM | Research | 0 comments |
MIT researchers create visionary optic fibers
In a radical departure from conventional lens-based optics, MIT scientists have developed a sophisticated optical system made of mesh-like webs of light-detecting fibers.
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| 6/30/2006 7:26:02 PM | Energy | 0 comments |
Nanotechnology 'fertile' for energy breakthrough
Thinking small may help solve one of the world's biggest problems -- the need for alternative energy sources -- according to scientists attending the first Energy Nanotechnology International Conference held June 26-28 at MIT.
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| 5/23/2006 10:08:45 AM | Energy | 0 comments |
MIT Team revamps energy system for fuel-efficiency
MIT researchers are trying to unleash the promise of an old idea by converting light into electricity more efficiently than ever before.
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| 5/2/2006 12:44:50 AM | Bio/Medicine | 0 comments |
MIT Nanoparticles May Help Detect, Treat Tumors
A new technique devised by MIT engineers may one day help physicians detect cancerous tumors during early stages of growth.
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| 4/30/2006 2:03:50 PM | Nanoparticles | 0 comments |
Targeted Nanoparticles Destroy Prostate Tumors
Biodegradable polymer nanoparticles, linked to a protein-binding nucleic acid known as an aptamer and loaded with the anticancer agent docetaxel, can target and kill prostate tumors growing in mice. Using this targeted nanoparticle to deliver docetaxel appears to reduce the toxic side effects associated with this drug.
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| 4/14/2006 4:54:29 PM | Industry | 0 comments |
Nanoscience rising up to meet energy challenge
Tiny materials may bring about large-scale advances in a future hydrogen economy, Institute Professor Mildred S. Dresselhaus told audiences Wednesday, April 5, at MIT and at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology.
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| 4/11/2006 12:38:02 AM | Bio/Medicine | 0 comments |
Nanoparticles armed to combat cancer
Ultra-small particles loaded with medicine -- and aimed with the precision of a rifle -- are offering a promising new way to strike at cancer, according to researchers working at MIT and Brigham and Women's Hospital.
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| 4/8/2006 4:52:25 PM | Research | 0 comments |
MIT scientists have harnessed the construction talents of tiny viruses to build ultra-small "nanowire" structures
MIT researchers build tiny batteries with viruses
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| 3/14/2006 3:45:59 PM | Bio/Medicine | 0 comments |
MIT Researchers Restore Vision In Rodents Blinded By Brain Damage Using Nanotechnology
This technique, which involves giving brain cells an internal matrix on which to regrow, just as ivy grows on a trellis, may one day help patients with traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries and stroke.
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