Material Dynamics and Properties

Mesoscopic viscous-to-elastic transition underlies aging of biomolecular condensates

This paper introduces a model to explain the aging of biomolecular condensates by showing viscous elements convert to elastic ones, leading to solid-like states.

Ultrasensitive tuning of cytoplasmic viscosity via active noise

This study models cytoplasm as a colloidal suspension and shows that its viscosity is ultrasensitive to active noise, enabling efficient tuning via volume fraction regulation.