We work with dangerous pathogens in a downtown Boston biocontainment lab – here's why you can feel safe about our research

The microbiologist who directs the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at Boston University explains all the biosafety precautions in place that help him feel safer in the lab than out.

Ronald Corley, Director of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories and Chair of Microbiology, Boston University • conversation
July 14, 2021 ~12 min

VELION focused ion beam scanning electron microscope expands MIT.nano capabilities

FIB-SEM is now available to researchers across the Institute for use in characterization, nanofabrication, and rapid prototyping.

MIT.nano • mit
June 14, 2021 ~5 min


Saving the radome

Student-led efforts preserve iconic campus landmark for future generations of education and research.

Sara Cody | Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics • mit
May 7, 2021 ~7 min

School of Architecture and Planning creates climate action plan

Aims to reduce carbon emissions through changes in procurement, waste tracking, airline travel, and other areas of operation.

School of Architecture and Planning • mit
Jan. 26, 2021 ~9 min

With campus as a test bed, climate action starts and continues at MIT

MIT serves as a laboratory for a multifaceted approach to address the Institute’s own contributions to climate change.

Nicole Morell | MIT Office of Sustainability • mit
Dec. 18, 2020 ~10 min

New Semilab SE-2000 Spectroscopic Ellipsometer at MIT.nano

Instrument can provide information on various properties of thin films via a combination of optical characterization and modeling.

MIT.nano • mit
Sept. 25, 2020 ~3 min

Building a framework for remote making

A decision-making framework and wiki for students developed by MIT Project Manus and MIT Environment, Health and Safety enables safe making from home.

Mary Beth Gallagher | Department of Mechanical Engineering • mit
June 17, 2020 ~9 min

Harvard, Princeton scientists make AI breakthrough for fusion energy

Scientists from Harvard and Princeton have teamed up to create an artificial intelligence algorithm that can predict destructive disruptions in nuclear fusion experiments

Mary Bergman • harvard
April 22, 2019 ~8 min


New facilities will keep Lincoln Laboratory at the forefront of advanced prototyping

Facility modernization plan includes a new compound semiconductor laboratory and microsystem integration facility that will enable modern innovation.

Kylie Foy | Lincoln Laboratory • mit
April 3, 2019 ~5 min

Tang family gift supports MIT.nano, MIT Quest for Intelligence

$20 million gift names imaging suite in new facility, creates catalyst fund.

MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 18, 2018 ~2 min

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