- RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT
Give these ‘living composite’ objects a squeeze and watch them glow
![Left to right, a flower-shaped, a spider web-like and a mesh-like mechanoluminescent living composite.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/media.nature.com/w767/magazine-assets/d41586-023-03279-w/d41586-023-03279-w_26206590.jpg)
Materials composed partially of bioluminescent algae can be sculpted into various shapes that glow when deformed. Credit: Chenghai Li
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Nature 623, 11 (2023)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-03279-w
References
Li, C. et al. Sci. Adv. 9, eadi8643 (2023).