Roman concrete + quantum computing + healthier buildings

By rahmat hidayat

Rabu, 10 Desember 2025

view in browser MIT Daily December 10, 2025 Greetings! Here’s the latest from the MIT community.   Have feedback to share? Email mitdailyeditor@mit.edu. Roman Concrete A preserved construction site in Pompeii has revealed new information about how ancient Romans produced concrete that endured for millennia. The concrete heals itself when cracked — “a dream process we want to translate into our modern materials,” says Associate Professor Admir Masic. Full story via MIT News → Top Headlines Quantum computing reality check: What business needs to know now Commercial quantum computing is now years, rather than decades, away. It’s time for business leaders to start tracking its evolution. Full story via MIT Sloan→ Astrocyte diversity across space and time A new atlas charts the diversity of an influential cell type in the brains of mice and marmosets. Full story via MIT News → Building for performance in a climate-challenged world For Professor Christoph Reinhart, data is the key to responsible stewardship of the built environment. Full story via MIT Spectrum→ #ThisisMIT Follow @mitsporttkd on Instagram→ In the Media MIT launches quantum initiative to tackle challenges in science, health care, national security // State House News Service MIT is “taking a quantum leap,” with the launch of the new MIT Quantum Initiative (QMIT). “There isn’t a more important technological field right now than quantum with its enormous potential for impact on both fundamental research and practical problems,” said President Sally Kornbluth during the QMIT launch event. “QMIT will help us to ask the right questions, identify the most critical problems and create a roadmap for developing quantum solutions that are both transformative and accessible.”  Full story via Boston Business Journal → Verse Blue, blue is the sea to-day,          Warmly the light     Sleeps on St. Andrews Bay--          Blue, fringed with white.     That’s no December sky!          Surely ’tis June     Holds now her state on high,          Queen of the noon.     Only the tree-tops bare          Crowning the hill,     Clear-cut in perfect air,          Warn us that still      Winter, the aged chief,          Mighty in power,     Exiles the tender leaf,          Exiles the flower.     Is there a heart to-day,          A heart that grieves     For flowers that fade away,          For fallen leaves?     Oh, not in leaves or flowers          Endures the charm     That clothes those naked towers          With love-light warm.     O dear St. Andrews Bay,          Winter or Spring     Gives not nor takes away          Memories that cling      All round thy girdling reefs,          That walk thy shore,     Memories of joys and griefs          Ours evermore. —“A December Day” by Robert Fuller Murray This edition of the MIT Daily was brought to you by 5,000 windows of wonder. 🧽 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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