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

A material that can switch its appearance, cephalopod-style, could have future applications in robotics or display technology ...

Octopuses are the undisputed kings of camouflage. Whereas engineers have learned to mimic the colors, octopuses also match ...

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

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

"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 ...

Scientists have unveiled a synthetic skin inspired by octopus camouflage that is capable of changing colour and texture, opening up potential uses from robotics to display technologies. Researchers ...

Octopus and cuttlefish can change both the colour and texture of their skin in seconds, something no man made material has ...

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

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 ...