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

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

To control color, the team sandwiched the polymer between two gold films. Light bounces off these films and interferes in ways that create various colors. When the polymer swells to varying extents in ...

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 ...

There’s a time and a place for minimalism, but if you’re more inspired by the bright-patterned, plant-filled palaces that Justina Blakeney publishes on The Jungalow than stark, less-is-more design, ...

Many home landscapes burst with color in early summer, only to fade into a flat, uninspiring green by midseason or become ...