Materialkunde und Nanotechnologien am MIT
- Pablo Jarillo-Herrero wins Kavli Prize in Nanosciencevon Julia C. Keller | School of Science am 10. Juni 2026 um 14:00
The MIT physicist shares the honor with two others for foundational research establishing the field of twistronics.
- Innovative projects explore ways to deal with extreme heatvon David L. Chandler am 8. Juni 2026 um 20:45
Low-cost personal cooling and emissions-free air conditioning among ideas studied with MIT’s Climate Project seed funding.
- Improving the performance of high-power electronicsvon Adam Zewe | MIT News am 8. Juni 2026 um 4:00
By using a thin layer of diamond to manage excessive heat, researchers can boost the speed and energy-efficiency of next-generation wireless devices.
- NSF renews support for MIT-led AI and physics institute, expanding a new model for discoveryvon Laboratory for Nuclear Science am 4. Juni 2026 um 16:00
IAIFI enters its second phase with increased funding, broader ambitions, and a growing community at the frontier of AI and fundamental physics.
- A new vaccine adjuvant could make it easier to eradicate poliovon Anne Trafton | MIT News am 3. Juni 2026 um 18:00
The adjuvant can help the injectable polio vaccine induce a strong immune response in the GI tract, which is considered critical to eradicating the virus.
- MIT chemists design impact-resistant plasticsvon Anne Trafton | MIT News am 3. Juni 2026 um 15:00
Introducing weaker bonds into polystyrene and rubber helps these materials dissipate energy, making them more resistant to destructive forces.
- Scene at MIT: A nanoscientist graduates with her very good boyvon MIT News am 29. Mai 2026 um 17:00
Vinny, an unofficial member of the Strano Lab at MIT, dressed up to celebrate Commencement alongside his human, Michelle Quien PhD ’26.
- New laboratory at MIT aims to advance quantum research for the nationvon Zach Winn | Abby Abazorius | MIT News am 28. Mai 2026 um 21:20
The Quantum Systems Laboratory will catalyze quantum innovation and be open to government, academic, and industry researchers.
- MIT researchers develop a low-cost technique to get lithium out of rocksvon Zach Winn | MIT News am 28. Mai 2026 um 18:00
The low-temperature process could unlock cleaner lithium from America’s abundant hard rock while minimizing waste.
- MIT researchers develop a low-cost technique to get lithium out of rocksvon Zach Winn | MIT News am 28. Mai 2026 um 18:00
The low-temperature process could unlock cleaner lithium from America’s abundant hard rock while minimizing waste.
- A new sensor could enable earlier detection of bladder cancervon Anne Trafton | MIT News am 28. Mai 2026 um 16:00
Using a catheter coated with carbon nanotubes, researchers can detect biomarkers produced by cancer cells in the bladder.
- Media Advisory: MIT to establish regional quantum hubam 28. Mai 2026 um 16:00
With $25 million investment from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, MIT to build a new shared-use facility to serve as a statewide quantum toolbox.
- Bridging real human movement with digital technologyvon Amanda Stoll DiCristofaro | MIT.nano am 26. Mai 2026 um 20:30
MIT.nano Immersion Lab collaborates with Emerson College students to advance the art of virtual production.
- Learning to teach, learning to discovervon Jason Sparapani | Department of Materials Science and Engineering am 22. Mai 2026 um 4:00
MIT senior Nik Sandu bridges scientific research with a strong commitment to teaching and community.
- Steel developed at MIT is key to Formula One, Baja 1000, and MIT Motorsportsvon Elizabeth A. Thomson | Materials Research Laboratory am 20. Mai 2026 um 18:50
Ferrium C61 was designed with the aid of computers in a field pioneered at the Institute.
- Single-molecule tracker illuminates workings of cancer-related proteinsvon Leah Eisenstadt | Broad Institute am 19. Mai 2026 um 15:35
Researchers can now use custom-built microscopy and nanotechnology to tag and follow the activity of individual proteins in real-time.
- Big strides in cancer detection and treatment from the tiniest technologiesvon Koch Institute am 15. Mai 2026 um 19:35
The MIT Marble Center for Cancer Nanomedicine looks back at 10 years of turning big ideas about nanotechnology into transformative advances for cancer patients.
- Big strides in cancer detection and treatment from the tiniest technologiesvon Koch Institute am 15. Mai 2026 um 19:35
The MIT Marble Center for Cancer Nanomedicine looks back at 10 years of turning big ideas about nanotechnology into transformative advances for cancer patients.
- MIT chemists discover and isolate a new boron-oxygen moleculevon Danielle Randall Doughty | Department of Chemistry am 13. Mai 2026 um 18:25
The discovery of dioxaborirane could expand the chemistry of boron-based reagents, providing new tools for oxidation reactions in synthesis and materials science.
- MIT chemists discover and isolate a new boron-oxygen moleculevon Danielle Randall Doughty | Department of Chemistry am 13. Mai 2026 um 18:25
The discovery of dioxaborirane could expand the chemistry of boron-based reagents, providing new tools for oxidation reactions in synthesis and materials science.
- Researchers “reprogram” materials by quickly rearranging their atomsvon Zach Winn | MIT News am 13. Mai 2026 um 15:00
A new method for precisely moving columns of individual atoms within a material could give rise to exotic quantum properties.
- Researchers “reprogram” materials by quickly rearranging their atomsvon Zach Winn | MIT News am 13. Mai 2026 um 15:00
A new method for precisely moving columns of individual atoms within a material could give rise to exotic quantum properties.
- Powerful shrinking technique could enable devices that compute with lightvon Anne Trafton | MIT News am 12. Mai 2026 um 9:00
MIT researchers created tiny 3D photonic devices with features small enough to channel visible light.
- Solving hard problems in soft electronicsvon Poornima Apte | Department of Materials Science and Engineering am 12. Mai 2026 um 4:00
Camille Cunin PhD ’26 is transforming rigid circuitry into stretchable, signal-amplifying devices built for real-world biomedical use.
- MIT School of Engineering faculty receive awards in winter 2026von Jordan Silva | School of Engineering am 7. Mai 2026 um 16:40
Faculty members and researchers were honored in recognition of their scholarship, service, and overall excellence.
- Photonics advance could enable compact, high-performance lidar sensorsvon Adam Zewe | MIT News am 7. Mai 2026 um 9:00
With a novel design, MIT researchers overcame a stubborn problem that has limited the effectiveness of chip-based systems for lidar.
- Powering 160,000 hours of discovery at MIT.nanovon MIT.nano am 4. Mai 2026 um 17:50
NanoFab Equipment Management and Operations (NEMO) system streamlines shared facilities management via tool trainings, reservations, and lab communications.
- The hidden structure behind a widely used class of materialsvon Zach Winn | MIT News am 30. April 2026 um 18:00
Relaxor ferroelectrics have been used in electronics and sensors for decades, but the source of their unique properties was a mystery until now.
- The hidden structure behind a widely used class of materialsvon Zach Winn | MIT News am 30. April 2026 um 18:00
Relaxor ferroelectrics have been used in electronics and sensors for decades, but the source of their unique properties was a mystery until now.
- A materials scientist’s playgroundvon Amanda Stoll DiCristofaro | MIT.nano am 30. April 2026 um 17:20
New system at MIT.nano will support quantum technology research.
- An engineer’s guide to birdsvon Jason Sparapani | Department of Materials Science and Engineering am 30. April 2026 um 4:00
In her new book, “Birds Up Close,” MIT materials engineer Lorna Gibson explores feathers, bones, bills, eggs, and flight, and the mechanics behind birds’ extraordinary abilities.
- With a swipe of a magnet, microscopic “magno-bots” perform complex maneuversvon Jennifer Chu | MIT News am 28. April 2026 um 15:00
MIT researchers’ new fabrication technique can produce soft, microscopic structures with magnetically activated moving parts.
- With a swipe of a magnet, microscopic “magno-bots” perform complex maneuversvon Jennifer Chu | MIT News am 28. April 2026 um 15:00
MIT researchers’ new fabrication technique can produce soft, microscopic structures with magnetically activated moving parts.
- Light-activated gel could impact wearables, soft robotics, and morevon Elizabeth A. Thomson | Materials Research Laboratory am 16. April 2026 um 21:10
New MIT work advances the growing field of ionotronics, in which data are transferred through ions, potentially providing a bridge between electronics and biological tissue.
- Geothermal energy turns red hotvon Leda Zimmerman | MIT Energy Initiative am 15. April 2026 um 23:30
MIT Energy Initiative symposium maps a path to tap the planet’s heat-rich rocks for clean power at scale.
- MIT faculty, alumni receive 2025-26 American Physical Society honorsvon School of Engineering | School of Science am 15. April 2026 um 18:50
Two faculty and six additional alumni win top APS awards and prizes; four faculty and 12 additional alumni named APS Fellows.
- Sixteen new START.nano companies are developing hard-tech solutions with the support of MIT.nanovon Amanda Stoll DiCristofaro | MIT.nano am 7. April 2026 um 20:40
Startup accelerator program grows to over 30 companies, almost half of them with MIT pedigrees.
- Sixteen new START.nano companies are developing hard-tech solutions with the support of MIT.nanovon Amanda Stoll DiCristofaro | MIT.nano am 7. April 2026 um 20:40
Startup accelerator program grows to over 30 companies, almost half of them with MIT pedigrees.
- Researchers develop molecular editing tool to relocate alcohol groupsvon Danielle Randall Doughty | Department of Chemistry am 7. April 2026 um 16:35
This new technique will allow chemists to efficiently fine-tune the chemical structure of an organic molecule.
- MIT graduate engineering and business programs ranked highly by U.S. News for 2026-27von MIT News am 7. April 2026 um 4:01
Graduate engineering program is No. 1 in the nation; MIT Sloan is No. 6.
- Electrons in moiré crystals explore higher-dimensional quantum worldsvon Department of Physics am 3. April 2026 um 21:30
MIT physicists have discovered 3D “moiré crystals” that simulate four-dimensional quantum materials to a T.
- Electrons in moiré crystals explore higher-dimensional quantum worldsvon Department of Physics am 3. April 2026 um 21:30
MIT physicists have discovered 3D “moiré crystals” that simulate four-dimensional quantum materials to a T.
- Toward cheaper, cleaner hydrogen productionvon Zach Winn | MIT News am 3. April 2026 um 4:00
Co-founded by Dan Sobek ’88, SM ’92, PhD ’97, 1s1 Energy has developed electrochemical cell materials for hydrogen electrolyzers that it says reduces energy use by 30 percent.
- Tomás Palacios named director of the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologiesvon Franklin Hadley | Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies am 31. März 2026 um 20:15
The electrical engineering and nanotechnology leader will guide the US Army-sponsored research center as it advances next-generation materials, electronics, and photonics for national security.
- MIT researchers use AI to uncover atomic defects in materialsvon Zach Winn | MIT News am 30. März 2026 um 15:00
A new model measures defects that can be leveraged to improve materials’ mechanical strength, heat transfer, and energy-conversion efficiency.
- MIT researchers use AI to uncover atomic defects in materialsvon Zach Winn | MIT News am 30. März 2026 um 15:00
A new model measures defects that can be leveraged to improve materials’ mechanical strength, heat transfer, and energy-conversion efficiency.
- MIT hackathon tackles real-world challenges in Ukrainevon Center for International Studies am 27. März 2026 um 20:40
Build for Ukraine 2.0 united students, researchers, and Ukrainian collaborators to prototype solutions shaped by wartime conditions.
- MIT engineers design proteins by their motion, not just their shapevon Stephanie Martinovich | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering am 26. März 2026 um 20:20
An AI model generates novel proteins based on how they vibrate and move, opening new possibilities for dynamic biomaterials and adaptive therapeutics.
- Why solid-state batteries keep short-circuitingvon Zach Winn | MIT News am 25. März 2026 um 16:00
New insights into metallic cracks that harm battery performance could advance the longstanding quest to develop energy-dense solid-state batteries.
- Why solid-state batteries keep short-circuitingvon Zach Winn | MIT News am 25. März 2026 um 16:00
New insights into metallic cracks that harm battery performance could advance the longstanding quest to develop energy-dense solid-state batteries.







































