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May 6th, 2026

Good Vibrations for Quantum Communications

For the first time, researchers at Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences demonstrated a single quantum of vibrational energy interacting with a single atomic spin, seeding a pathway to quantum technologies that use sound.

April 29th, 2026

Toward Artificial Muscles That Bend and Twist on Demand

Harvard researchers have developed a 3D printing method that places “active” liquid crystal elastomers and “passive” elastomers side by side in filaments, effectively pre programming the filaments to bend, twist, expand, or contract in specific ways when heated or cooled.

February 25th, 2026

The Physics of a Squeak

Researchers in the lab of Katia Bertoldi, the William and Ami Kuan Danoff Professor of Applied Mechanics at SEAS, published a study reporting that squeaking emerges from a previously unseen mechanism. Answering the question ‘why do gym sneakers squeak’ could lead to new ways to engineer and control tunable frictional metamaterials.

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