Review Paper: Luminal fluids actively regulate organ morphogenesis through mechanical, hydraulic, and electrochemical interactions with epithelia and the extracellular matrix, rather than serving as passive by-products of epithelial polarity.

August 24, 2026

Simulations show that quaking in soft granular materials requires a critical packing fraction, while increasing the driving speed suppresses the fluctuations through grain inertia, eventually eliminating quaking altogether.

June 31, 2026

The Shui-Chin Lee Postdoctoral Research Fellowship supports outstanding postdoctoral researchers in pursuing innovative, forward-looking research as part of ASIoP's commitment to nurturing early-career scientists.

July 24, 2026

The Best Research Paper Award for Junior Research Investigators is established to encourage young scholars of the Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica to pursue in-depth academic research and publish outstanding research papers.

July 1, 2026

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A theoretical framework shows how tissue curvature and cell mechanics interact to generate depth-dependent stress anisotropy, driving three-dimensional cell shape changes in curved epithelial layers.

June 30, 2026

Optimal driving strategies for active odd tracers in viscoelastic media reveal how measurement, odd mobility, and memory effects can be harnessed for energy-efficient transport and improved active micromachines.

June 5, 2026

A cytoskeleton-centered mechanism shows that orientation-dependent interactions between cytoskeletal structures can robustly generate spontaneous cell polarity without conventional reaction–diffusion feedback or global inhibition.

May 19, 2026

The antimicrobial peptide TP3 spontaneously self-assembles into a biocompatible, self-healing hydrogel that combats bacteria through broad-spectrum antimicrobial, antibiofilm, and anti-adhesion activity via an interfacial “trap-and-kill” mechanism.

May 12, 2026

This work develops a low-cost, prism-free polymer nanograting SPR imaging platform with integrated microfluidics for high-throughput, multiplexed biomolecular sensing and simultaneous kinetic analysis.

April 7, 2026

March 31, 2026

This theoretical work investigates how localized activity along a polymer chain regulates its conformation and dynamics, revealing that the position of active segments critically controls swelling and anomalous transport.

March 30, 2026

This work develops a scaffold-free mimetic microfibrous scaffold that promotes self-organized Achilles tendon regeneration by reducing inflammation, improving tissue alignment, and enhancing functional recovery.

March 19, 2026

This work reveals how self-propelled active particles spontaneously aggregate at confining boundaries, uncovering collective dynamics analogous to motility-induced phase separation that reshape transport and flow in confined active systems.

March 18, 2026

This award recognizes his significant contributions to uncovering the physical principles of symmetry breaking and energy conversion in active cytoskeletal systems using artificial cells.

February 10, 2026

Centrosome positioning is not universally required for epithelial polarization, as Par3 regulates centrosome positioning independently of apical membrane formation, revealing a hierarchical relationship between polarity establishment, apical membrane formation, and centrosome dynamics.

January 7, 2026