Science Highlights
The eWEAR-TCCI awards for science writing is a project commissioned by the Wearable Electronics Initiative (eWEAR) at Stanford University and made possible by funding through eWEAR industrial affiliates program member Shanda Group and the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute (TCCI®).

Molecular Strategy Enables High Performance of Elastic Skin-inspired Electronics
By Weilai Yu

Smart contact lens monitors blood sugar
By Andrew Myers

Early liver cancer diagnosis using magnetoresistive biosensor
By Andy Tay

Soft-bioelectronics to detect neuromotor disorders in infants
By Swetha Vaidyanathan

Finding brain patterns underlying depression: linking functional neuroimaging to symptom subtypes
By Tony Liu

Stanford scientists uncover how brain regions keep each other on track
By Grace Huckins

Implantable device for wirelessly controlled drug delivery
By Andy Tay

Nanostructured electrodes improve sensor sensitivity with faster electron transfer
By Andy Tay

Monitoring of intra-tumoral drug pharmacokinetics in vivo with implantable sensors
By Andy Tay

A window into maternal health through hair cortisol
By Tony Liu

Stretchable Battery Underpinned by Supramolecular Chemistry
By Weilai Yu

Improving performance of polymer semiconductors with metal-ligand based mechanophores
By Andy Tay

Strain-insensitive stretchable electronics for wearables
By Andy Tay

Bringing greater reality to virtual reality
By Andrew Myers

A New Way to Slice Up the Brain—and the Mind
By Grace Huckins

Supramolecular Chemistry Enables Highly Conductive and Stretchable Bioelectronics
By Weilai Yu

Implantable sensors to monitor arterial health
By Andy Tay

Optical tactile sensor to improve robotic performance
By Andy Tay

Human’s Virtual Best Friend: The benefits of augmented reality social support animals
By Lindzi Wessel

Wireless origami-inspired microrobots for biomedical applications
By Andy Tay

Revealing how the mouse brain’s reward center responds to deep-brain stimulation
By Tony Liu

A Wearable Strain Sensor Captures In Vivo Tumor Progression
By Weilai Yu

Probing neural circuits underlying the socially ‘contagious’ nature of pain and pain relief
By Rennie Kendrick
About the Wearable Electronics Initiative (eWEAR)
eWEAR aims to solve challenges that will increase the usefulness of future wearable electronics. eWEAR fosters multi-disciplinary approaches and collaboration between companies and Stanford University. eWEAR highlights published research by Stanford professors, postdoctoral fellows and students to inform directions for wearables and implantable medical devices.
About the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute
The Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute (TCCI®) was created in 2016 by Tianqiao Chen and his wife Chrissy Luo, the founders of Shanda Group, with a US $1 billion commitment to help advance fundamental brain research around the world. The organization’s vision is to improve the human experience by understanding how our brains perceive, learn and interact with the world.