The study by Marino Arroyo published in Science, showed that flat sheets of living cells can be programmed to fold into 3D shapes by controlling tiny organizational defects in the tissue. This reveals a possible physical mechanism for how complex biological shapes form during development.
Read the paper in https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz9174
Perspective in Science: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aeg5982
His previous research on controlled tissue fracturing was highlighted in Quanta Magazine.
Quanta magazine: https://www.quantamagazine.org/break-it-to-make-it-how-fracturing-sculpts-tissues-and-organs-20260227/