MIT Engineering and the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory Launch Research Collaboration
Summary posted by Meridian on 6/1/2009
Source: MIT News
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The International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), located in Braga, Portugal, an international research facility that is a joint project of the governments of Portugal and Spain, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States, have announced a major new collaboration that will enrich each institution's research activities in nanoscience and nanotechnology. The collaboration, MIT-INL, will create 10 senior research positions for scientists who will launch an aggressive new nanotechnology research agenda, and will appropriate up to US$35 million of new sponsored research with MIT in its first five years. Luis Magalhães, INL Council President, said "INL is the first nanotechnology laboratory in the world with international legal status. We offer in nanotechnology an open and flexible environment for researchers of any nationality to work together in world-leading projects." Subra Suresh, dean of engineering at MIT, added that "[T]his new collaboration provides a unique opportunity for faculty and students at MIT to engage in exciting new fundamental research with the potential for great societal impact." Several projects have already been selected to benefit from MIT-INL, including research on nanoparticles that can selectively adsorb water contaminants, autonomous microsystems that can move around water supplies and sense contaminants (while sustaining themselves on power scavenged from their environments), new materials for energy storage, and revolutionary tools and technologies for monitoring our food supply. The article can be viewed online at the link below.
The original article may still be available at web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/inl-0530.html
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