Preventing corrosion + MIT Quantum Initiative + brain implants

By rahmat hidayat

Kamis, 13 November 2025

view in browser MIT Daily November 13, 2025 Greetings! Here’s the latest from the MIT community.   Have feedback to share? Email mitdailyeditor@mit.edu. Preventing Corrosion A new, lightweight polymer film developed at MIT is virtually impenetrable to gas molecules. With such a coating, “you could protect infrastructure such as bridges, buildings, rail lines — basically anything outside exposed to the elements,” Professor Michael Strano says. Full story via MIT News → Top Headlines Leading quantum at an inflection point The MIT Quantum Initiative is taking shape, leveraging quantum breakthroughs to drive the future of scientific and technological progress. Full story via MIT News → New therapeutic brain implants could defy the need for surgery MIT researchers created microscopic wireless electronic devices that travel through blood and implant in target brain regions, where they provide electrical stimulation. Full story via MIT News → What’s ahead for digital platforms in 2026 Platforms have already changed how value is created and exchanged. Their next wave — spanning physical assets, AI, and automation — promises new efficiencies but also new risks.  Full story via MIT Sloan→ #ThisisMIT Post via @cambridgehistoricalcommission on Instagram→ In the Media The answer to sneaker recycling? Getting rival brands to collaborate // Fast Company Yuly Fuentes-Medel of the MIT Climate Project explores how encouraging collaboration between shoe manufacturers could help increase shoe recycling. “The shoe industry is competitive, and these brands are rivals,” says Fuentes-Medel. “But by sharing costs, data, and infrastructure, they can achieve the sustainability goals that have eluded them for years.” Full story via Fast Company→ Meet Your MIT Neighbor Name: Aren Ghazarians Affiliation: MIT Supply Chain Management senior program manager Years at MIT: 9 Role and responsibilities: One of my primary responsibilities is managing our departments’ student capstone projects. I work directly with our partner companies, securing projects and providing our students an opportunity to work closely with professionals on a challenging supply chain problem. Favorite part of the job: Having an opportunity to see our students bring new insights and apply their learnings to current real supply chain challenges is definitely the best part of my job. Hobbies: I have always enjoyed traveling, having visited more countries than states at this point. Trying to share this passion with my three daughters, who are always asking when our next trip will be. Full interview via MIT School of Engineering→   This edition of the MIT Daily was brought to you by a sunset view at MIT. 🌇 Thanks for reading, and enjoy your day! —MIT News Forward This Email Subscribe This email was sent to rh3252705.pese@blogger.com because of your affiliation with MIT, or because you signed up for our newsletters. subscribe update preferences unsubscribe view in browser MIT News Office · 77 Massachusetts Avenue · Cambridge, MA 02139 · USA

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