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

In Stanford's laboratories, a team of engineers and physicists has succeeded in bringing to life materials inspired by a ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

It’s time to talk about what every single outfit needs. I’m talking every outfit you ever wear. Ever. Ready? All it needs are three simple components: color, texture and shine. Are you at a point in ...

Understanding the elements of color, texture and scale will bring you closer to achieving the landscape design of your dreams. The use of color is probably the most complex of the three, because it ...

The Stanford team created a metasurface from a polymer previously used in solar panels and printable electronics. They found ...

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

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, ...

A stylus with unique properties has been patented by Microsoft that we hope gets produced at some point. The stylus can determine the color of a physical object by holding the tip to it. This could be ...