Engineers create a programmable fiber

In a first, the digital fiber contains memory, temperature sensors, and a trained neural network program for inferring physical activity.

2021 Quantum Computing: Opportunities and Challenges—June 22

MIT’s Industrial Liaison Program (ILP) and the Center for Quantum Engineering (CQE) present a special webinar and panel discussion with business leaders and researchers in quantum computing hardware and software sharing their insights on the current lay of the land, opportunities, and challenges of quantum computing. 

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
Register here.

Phonon catalysis could lead to a new field

By selectively heating specific phonons without heating the entire material, researchers have enhanced ion diffusion in a way that could have broad applications.