Many home landscapes burst with color in early summer, only to fade into a flat, uninspiring green by midseason or become visually empty once flowers disappear. This often happens because gardeners ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

It’s been a long, beautiful fall this year. The cool weather tripped the trees to color up and then hold their leaves for a beautiful show of reds, oranges and yellows. Tree leaves aren’t the only ...

Flat design was previously the final aesthetic: clean, bright, and sublimely simple. No shadows, no mess - simply shapes and colours. At some point though, we found ourselves missing the warmth. The ...

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