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

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

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

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 ...

An artificial skin that can independently control its texture and color, much like an octopus, has been developed. It is ...

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 ...

If you've ever wondered if octopuses dream, science has a fascinating answer. When these eight-armed masters of disguise fall asleep, they don't simply settle into a quiet snooze. Instead, they ...

The octopus is famous for, what else, eight arms, each of which has hundreds of suckers. Scientists have been studying how octopuses control all those weird appendages. It was recently discovered that ...

Learn the surprising similarities between the sleep cycles of octopuses and humans, and how an octopus’ skin may reveal what they dream about. If you’ve ever wondered if octopuses dream, science has a ...