DuPont will be serving as a founding partner of the new Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, which today officially opened its 28,000-square foot research and development facility at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The U.S. Army Research Office and MIT recently initiated the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN) — a $50 million and 150-person initiative that will serve as the Army’s center of expertise in the application of nanotechnology.