A beating heart-on-a-chip measures its own contractions

Claim

Researchers engineered the first beating 3D heart-on-a-chip from living cardiac tissue with ultrasoft embedded microsensors measuring contraction strength in real time, while a study identified particulate air pollution as a direct contributor to Alzheimer's risk and a Phase IIa trial showed a single DMT dose with psychotherapy produced sustained depression reduction.

Reporting date: 2026-02-18 (not necessarily the event date)

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