Research Highlights in 2024

The authors introduce a new printing technology called dynamic interface printing (DIP), which leverages an acoustically modulated air–liquid interface to rapidly create supportless structures without requiring specialized chemistry or complex optical systems.

An article in Science Robotics presents a wireless bioelectronic robot that integrates living motor neurons and cardiomyocytes to power movement.

An article in Communications Engineering presents a robotic optical coherence tomography system that offers robust, flexible and automatic scanning of the surface of a full kidney for quality assessment prior to transplantation.

An article in Nature Biomedical Engineering reports a low-cost and scalable light-sheet microscopy framework that benefits from high imaging performance as well as small device and computational footprints.

An article in Nature Electronics reports the development of a biodegradable, minimally invasive tent electrode for large-area cortex monitoring.

An article in Nature Materials reports a new method for generating macroscale living materials by using cells as active crosslinkers.

An article in Nature reports the generation of human chimeric brain organoids that integrate cells from multiple donors.

An article in Science Robotics reports green algae-based microrobots, carrying macrophage membrane-coated nanoparticles, that can be orally administered to neutralize proinflammatory cytokines in the gastrointestinal tract to treat inflammatory bowel disease.

An article in Nature Communications reports a metabolic modelling-based framework to construct synthetic microbiomes that can degrade specific herbicides in soil.

An article in Nature Materials reports a new ultrasoft and conformal liquid bioelectronic material for injectable and retrievable biosensing.

An article in Nature Communications reports the implications of anti-PEG immune reactions for PEG-based hydrogel implants and tissue engineering applications.

An article in Communications Engineering reports a 3D real-time magnetic particle scanner suitable for brain imaging at the patient’s bedside in intensive care units.

An article in Nature Communications reports the development of self-deliverable ribonucleoproteins for genome editing in the brain.

An article in Nature reports a leadless photoelectrochemical device that exploits a new type of diode junction to regulate heartbeats by light.

An article in Nature Communications reports the development of cultured meat with organoleptic properties by regulating the differentiation of stem cells to produce muscle and fat blocks.

An article in Nature Communications reports a battery-free, self-powered pacemaker for long-time treatment of arrhythmia.

An article in Nature Biotechnology reports flexible kirigami-based electronics that allow the non-invasive and long-term recording of electrical activity in neural organoids.

An article in Nature Medicine reports soft robotic apparel that improves walking and alleviates freezing of gait associated with Parkinson’s disease.

An article in Nature Communications reports an injectable hydrogel electrode to stimulate and restore the native pacing of the heart.