The animals' camouflaging capabilities have long inspired humans. The new material could one day help researchers improve ...

Inspired by the remarkable camouflage abilities of octopus and cuttlefish, Stanford researchers have developed a soft material that can rapidly shift its surface texture and color at extremely fine ...

"These animals can physically change their bodies at close to the micron scale, and now we can dynamically control the ...

New octopus-inspired artificial skin mimics marine camouflage, enabling materials to transform in color and texture for ...

Researchers developed a color-changing material that alters both surface texture and appearance in seconds, inspired by ...

Stanford researchers have developed a flexible material that can quickly change its surface texture and colors, offering ...

Octopus and other cephalopods are good at hiding themselves—and are inspiring cutting-edge technologies that may help us do ...

Researchers have developed a flexible material that can quickly change its surface texture and colors, offering potential ...

The findings are the first to quantify how much work goes into switching on chromatophores, the specialized color-changing organs connected to cephalopods’ muscle and nervous systems, which dot the ...

Octopus-inspired synthetic skin shifts color and texture via nanoscale patterning, pointing to displays, camouflage, and soft ...

To control color, the team sandwiched the polymer between two gold films. Light bounces off these films and interferes in ...