The fellowship supports top-tier researchers at U.S. universities whose high-risk, high-payoff work is of strategic importance to the Department of Defense.

MIT researchers create predictable patterns from unpredictable carbon nanotubes.

New model measures characteristics of carbon nanotube structures for energy storage and water desalination applications.

Carbon nanotubes lower the transformation temperature of glassy carbon, possibly aiding manufacturers, MIT researchers report.

Advance points toward new generation of computers for coming superstorm of data.

New stamping technique creates functional features at nanoscale dimensions.

MIT researchers discover astonishing behavior of water confined in carbon nanotubes.

Method to reinforce these materials could help make airplane frames lighter, more damage-resistant.

Inexpensive sensors could be worn by soldiers to detect hazardous chemical agents.