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

Learn more about the polymer film that can change color and texture when electron beams are applied.

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

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 ...

Drawing inspiration from marine creatures like squids and octopuses, researchers at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln are building synthetic skins designed to power the next generation of “soft” ...

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

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

Color change in animals is a response shaped by evolution. Each species has developed its own method and reason for this ability, like an overreliance on light or temperature cues, or a physiological ...