MIT names Tomás Palacios to lead its soldier nanotechnology institute
MIT has appointed Tomás Palacios director of the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, a move that gives the Army-sponsored center a new leader with deep experience in advanced electronic materials, nanoelectronics and industry partnerships.
Cambridge researchers build graphene-based artificial skin that can sense slip and shear in real time
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have reported a graphene-based tactile sensor that reads pressure, shear and slip simultaneously, giving robots a more human-like sense of touch and improving control in fragile-object handling.
April 12, 2026: Arsenic-Lined MOF Gives Rhodium Catalysts a More Stable Home
Researchers reported a metal-organic framework that anchors arsenic-based ligands around rhodium, improving hydroformylation yield and selectivity while sharply reducing arsenic leaching. The result could make a long-discussed catalyst design more practical for industrial chemistry.
First Graphene locks in global rights to graphene carbon paste as commercialization widens
First Graphene has secured exclusive global rights to develop, market and sell a graphene-enhanced carbon paste already used in perovskite solar cells, a step that widens the company’s commercialization path beyond the lab and into manufacturing planning.
ESA flight test shows graphene aerogels can be driven by laser light in microgravity
Researchers backing an ESA parabolic-flight campaign reported that ultralight graphene aerogels surged forward when exposed to laser light in microgravity, a result that could inform future propellant-free spacecraft control systems.
Paragraf and INTRATOMICS move graphene biosensor work toward commercial development
Paragraf has signed a memorandum of understanding with INTRATOMICS to jointly develop graphene-enabled sensor technologies, a new collaboration that pushes graphene biosensor work further toward applied development and evaluation.