Advances in self-organizing cardiac organoids to recapitulate human cardiogenesis have
provided a powerful tool for unveiling human cardiac development, studying cardiovascular …

Active biomaterials offer novel approaches to study mechanotransduction in mammalian
cells. These material systems probe cellular responses by dynamically modulating their …

Control of the structure and function of three-dimensional multicellular tissues depends
critically on the spatial and temporal coordination of cellular physical properties, yet the …

Biophysical cues of rigid tumor matrix play a critical role in cancer cell malignancy. We report
that stiffly confined cancer cells exhibit robust growth of spheroids in the stiff hydrogel that …

Batteries that can be directly recharged by light would offer a new approach to balancing the
unpredictable energy surpluses and deficits associated with solar energy. Here, we present …

Hydrogels hold promise in agriculture as reservoirs of water in dry soil, potentially alleviating
the burden of irrigation. However, confinement in soil can markedly reduce the ability of …

In cancer, solid stresses impede the delivery of therapeutics to tumours and the trafficking
and tumour infiltration of immune cells. Understanding such consequences and the origin of …

Wearable piezoresistive sensors are being developed as electronic skins (E‐skin) for broad
applications in human physiological monitoring and soft robotics. Tactile sensors with …

Molecular communication (MC) engineering is inspired by the use of chemical signals as
information carriers in cell biology. The biological nature of chemical signaling makes MC a …

In recent years the development of autonomous photo‐rechargeable batteries has received
growing attention. Especially highly integrated photobatteries based on multifunctional …